Selected driver and rider quotes after Dakar Rally stage 6 06.01.2023: Nasser Al-Attiyah: “We pushed a lot and for the last 40km we had a broken steering pump. We lost steering and were losing a lot of oil. Thankfully we could make it to the end of the stage. Now we must make some repairs before we can continue to the bivoua

Nasser Al-Attiyah: “We pushed a lot and for the last 40km we had a broken steering pump. We lost steering and were losing a lot of oil. Thankfully we could make it to the end of the stage. Now we must make some repairs before we can continue to the bivouac in Riyadh.”



Sébastien Loeb: “It was a clean stage for us. We lost a little bit of time on some waypoints, but not too much, just like two or three minutes. When you see what happened on the stage, I think in the end that we did a good stage. We’ve made a good step in the general rankings, so that’s not too bad.”




Toby Price: “We had that crash yesterday and felt a little bit sore in the back today. Because of that I ended up taking it a little easier today, but all in all things are going well.”





Kevin Benavides: “I’m still here, trying to do my best day by day. The times are still tight between the top guys and every stage is so tough. There’s so many more days still to come at this rally. I’m just doing my best to stay in touch with the lead.”



Matthias Walkner: “Things are getting better and better for me, but the pace of the rally is really crazy fast. We
had to push all day again today. I’m improving day by day and we’ll see what that gets me.”




Daniel Sanders: “This was a tough day for me, I still feel really sick. I was OK for the first 50km, but after that I started to lose energy. It was super tough to keep pushing. I just tried to ride as good as I could.”




Mohammed Balooshi: “Today was a really nice stage with a lot of dunes. The kilometres were going past really fast. I think this is the most enjoyable stage so far at this Dakar. It was hard work and challenging for sure, but also fun.”




Seth Quintero: “We gave a hard charge for the last 50km, but it wasn’t quite enough to win the stage. I made a mistake on a plateau that cost quite a bit of time. I had to go back for one waypoint, but other than that and one puncture it was a pretty clean day.”
 



AJ Jones: “This day was definitely one for the books. We were not expecting such heavy rain and cold weather in Saudi Arabia, but we are dealing with the situation. We started the day with a small mechanical issue, however, we managed to overcome it and we are in an ideal position for tomorrow's marathon stage. We are all hoping for better weather conditions!”
 




Ignacio Casale: “Today was a very good stage for us. Even though we started way back we ended up finishing the stage in fourth position. This was a trouble free stage for me and we were able to compete.”

    
       



- Christine FIAL-