49. Qatar International Rally 2024
31. 1. – 3. 2. 2024, Lusail • Qatar Motor & Motorcycle Federation • gravel 201.04 km • total distance including road sections - 622.53 km • Other years
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SS10
It was a good morning for us. We can be pleased with what we have done. Let’s hope it can continue. Now we need to be clever and do the same.
We have a broken rear damper quite early on the second stage. We had to drive slowly. This was a shame because we had a good rhythm today. We feel that something happened on the rear damper and we checked it and it’s broken. With these short stages and also a bit of lack of confidence with the car, we know the stages quiet well. We did them last year. I was a bit surprised that we damaged the car. This time it’s on the wrong side for us. We have to fix the car and never give up. We came back from two minutes yesterday so everything is possible. We have to try again and cross fingers…
I lost the front bumper but it’s okay. We have three more stages to go and we will see what we can do this afternoon.
We were hoping to catch up a bit from yesterday. That’s what we did. Times are good and we changed the set-up on the car. We are trying to push but safely as well. We lost a bit of time in the first one.
I was really disappointed with the decision. It was completely wrong. We couldn’t really stop in the middle of the highway otherwise someone could hit you. We decided to move. I am really disappointed. It is not a professional way. We are here. We try to make some good points. I will do my best to jump at least two or three positions and to have a good time.
SS5
Penalty of 10 min for the remaining stages of Leg 1 was given because of moving in the highway in 3 wheels