The day has come. After 9 days of intense testing, this Saturday morocco rallythe first acid test of the second year of the Audi and Carlos Sainz project using the RS Q e-Tron E2 with electric motor, and the penultimate round of the FIA ​​and FIM World Rally Raid Championships.

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last year, Sainz and his companion Peterhansel and Ekstromthey arrived at Dakar Missed the previous races and that put a strain on them. At the course, Audi has reduced the weight of his car by 80 kilos and conducted his more than 4,200 kilos of testing in Morocco, where he will be able to measure face-to-face over the next five days starting this Saturday. increase. Al-Attiyah’s Toyota T1+reigning champion DakarAlso Sebastian Loeb, BRX Hunter T1+. All this in preparation for his 2023 edition of the world’s toughest race.

In cars, another incentive is to see Isidre Esteve and his new Toyota Hilux T1+first class.

“The biggest challenge is to keep discovering the car, gaining confidence and finding its limits. Ultimately, in an adaptation process as intense as we have started, each phase of competition or testing becomes important. We will arrive in January when we are ready,” Isidor Esteve said in a previous statement.

In total, participants will complete 2,233 kilometers and 1,506 kilometers in a time limit of 1,506. Prologue stage this Saturday and the Sunday, The first of the five stages that make up this Morocco Rally.

Motorcycles: Santorino, add kilometers

on a motorcycle, spanish Lorenzo Santorino as Sherco Among all the rivals that Copper will beat in Dakar, we look for another great result.

Santorino’s aim at this Rally of Morocco is to start increasing the pace of competition and measure his pace against the best drivers to enter the FIM World Rally-Raid Championship after the intensive preparation he has done this summer. is to

As reported by his team, this summer the man from Salamanca continues his preparations in motorcycle training, with a few weeks of testing with his brand on the territory of Morocco, testing some improvements for Rally Sherco. Did.

The biggest emotions in World Rally Raid

The battle for the FIA ​​and FIM Rally Raid World Championship titles on the penultimate round of the course is exciting.

In the car, the duel for the world title will take place Loeb and Al-Attiyah before the final round of the Andalusia RallyBoth face this Moroccan test, just separated by points. Loeb leads with 112 to Qatar’s 111.

by motorcycle, Sunderland top the competition with 63 pointswill battle to extend their 17-point lead over Quintanilla. Walkner (35), Brabec (34), Price (25) and Cornejo (24) try to close the gap. Also, Van Beveren (20) will make his debut for Honda in the Dakar 2023 Gold Wing team as a replacement for Joan Barreda.

in the meantime, In T3, 2nd place Cristina Gutierrez tries to take a step forward against leader Best Lopez. The Chilean led the light prototype classification with 141 points after victories in Dakar and Abu Dhabi. Christina in both tests she was second, so in second place she has 116 points.