The heat is on: rivals aim to topple Toyota at Dakar 2023
► Loeb determined to cap a great year with his first Dakar winWhat promises to be one of the most keenly contested Dakar Rallies ever kicks off on New Year’s Eve, with Toyota out to defend its crown, Audi keen to fulfil the promise of its radical hybrid and Prodrive’s Sébastien Loeb itching to end a sensational 12 months with that elusive first Dakar win.
Loeb, the nine-times World Rally champion, has won rounds of the WRC, Extreme E and the World Rally Raid Championship in 2022. He’s finished second twice in the Dakar, including in 2022 in theIn 2023 the Hunter is using a new blend of British fuel specialist Coryton’s advanced sustainable fuel, Prodrive EcoPower, which combines biofuel from agricultural waste and e-fuel from carbon capture.
Rolf Michl, head of Audi Motorsport, says: ‘We have clear goals. I hope to clinch a pdium. We’ve improved the car, we’ve got the best drivers and a highly motivated, competent team. The important thing for me is that if everything works, I think a pdoium is possible. We have to be optimally prepared, highly concentrated at every moment, and team cohesion will be the decisive key to success.
The man to beat is Nasser Al-Attiyah, whose fourth Dakar win came in 2022 – which he followed up by taking the World Rally Raid Championship.
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