Dacia Sandriders motorist Nasser Al-Attiyah has actually exposed he has actually sent out a letter to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem over his complaints from this year's Dakar Rally.
The five-time occasion winner was left aggrieved by a 10-minute charge when ending up fastest on Stage 5, a lost extra wheel eliminating his 9m59s benefit at the end of the test to leave him one 2nd adrift of the phase win in 2nd.
Al-Attiyah has actually likewise been outspoken versus the choice from the FIA to block Carlos Sainz and Sebastien Loeb from continuing the occasion after their rollover crashes in the opening 4 phases – damage to the roll cages of the Ford and Dacia devices leaving them not able to continue as advised by the guidelines.
With disappointment structure, the Qatari motorist exposed his objective to compose a letter to Ben Sulayem and asked by media consisting of Motorsport.com for an upgrade on the development of the note, Al-Attiyah discussed: “Yes, we sent out the letter, and we were stating that we needed to protect our position, our 10 minutes. This is an error, to get 10 minutes, however we are working for this circumstance to alter – not to alter, we require to put the best individuals [there]I believe.
“I do not enjoy it. No, I do not take pleasure in Dakar, I'm do day by day, however each time something weird [happens]I'm not delighting in at all”.
On whether there was anything missing out on to assist his satisfaction, Al-Attiyah responded: “No, we do not miss out on anything, however when you concern the race, you require to delight in. You do not require to have politics in the center or something that's unfair, when you put a guideline – surface. You do not require to alter something every day. We are not in school.”
Al-Attiyah completed simply under 12 minutes down on Stage 7 winner Lucas Moraes on a day where 20km of the path was neutralised to resolve a roadbook mistake – the occasion director flying out in a helicopter mid-stage to help the rivals.
Mohammed Ben Sulayem, President, FIA
Picture by: Red Bull Content Pool
The outcome leaves him 21m57s down on Henk Lategan in the general category and asked if he can still include a 6th win to his name, Al-Attiyah yielded: “I do not understand.
“But perhaps, in the end, I can win. Far I have actually not won on a phase, I go day by day, we'll see.
“Twenty minutes is absolutely nothing, we still have 5 days, we attempt to do our finest day by day, I will do my finest to reach win.”
Images from Dakar Rally Stage 7
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