DAKAR 2020

NASSER AL-ATTIYAH PENALTY
In three minutes at the leaf stage, second of the Sports Commisarios, turned into a 'disturbed' state by Carlos Sainz for several kilometers until the second zone of neutralization. Thus, if approached from the Al-Attiyah, Carlos Sainz and and his navigator Lucas Cruz, it triggered several times, or Closed more or his adversary did not reappear happily, and that is a violation, that said: which is necessary to allow to be ultrapassed. So, that is the concorrent has received a three-orders-of pass, of the concordant, even in a period of time less than or equal to 45 seconds, must be 15 seconds in a row, or the third order of pass, all or possible, to facilitate the overtaking of a competitor, what you did, you are asking for (be it land or allow) ”. The commissioners review or GPS Sentinel dice system and will decide whether to take a penalty of three minutes to the Qatari pilot who will be 7m55s behind Carlos Sainz. Na stage, Fernando Alonso ascends to fourth place, precisely in front of the Attiyah



STEP 3: LEADER CHANGE IN SSV
American Casey Currie is the new leader of the SSV, and now has Chaleco Lopez at 15s. Chilean today lost the almost ten-minute lead he had to Currie, but the race is still lively, as several thousand miles to the end of the race. At the end of yesterday, 20 minutes separated the top 5, and today the scenery is even better, since the same top 5 fits in a quarter of an hour.
Good performance by Conrad Rautenbach and Pedro Bianchi Silver, who yesterday finished the day half an hour ahead and today, remaining in the same sixth place, are only 22m50s from the front.
The day started well for Reinaldo Varela, winner of the SSV category in 2019, who has not had a good start from Dakar. However, the Brazilian driver began the day to walk well and led the shot with 13 seconds in advance for Gerard Farrés. Chaleco Lopez was third to 29 seconds. The Brazilian remained so until near the end, but with less than a minute's advance to Casey Currie and Austin Jones. By now, Chaleco Lopez was down 4: 40.
Shortly thereafter, Casey Currie recovered the delay from Reinaldo Varela and built a two-minute advantage for the Brazilian after 250 km. Conrad Rautenbach and Austin Jones were also in the fight for the triumph of the stage. By this time, Cyril Despres and Mike Horn were trapped on km 273 for several decades. Buggy's engine shut down and they had to wait for assistance.
Fifth in km 352, Gerard Farrés was the most efficient in the last part of the special. After a disastrous day yesterday, the second runner-up in the 2019 edition of the race, managed to react well today and secured a beautiful victory in the stage, albeit with an 18-second advantage over Sergei Kariakin. Casey Currie, third, took the lead in the overall ranking, with a 15-second lead over Chaleco Lopez.
As for Cyril Despres and Mike Horn, they made it to the second neutralization, towed by the team's assistance truck. However, they do not yet know whether they will be able to continue their journey. 

BY José Luis Abreu, Portugal