Dakar - Cars: Front-runner Sainz wins again
Carlos Sainz won the stage on day five and in the process extended his overall lead to four minutes and 24 seconds in the Dakar Rally.
The Spaniard has been strong every day of the event so far, and on the 207km stage from Jujuy to Calama it was no different, as a confident finish lifted him above the early pace-setter, Stephane Peterhansel in the BMW.
Peterhansel set the fastest time up to way-point four, but he was overhauled by Sainz and Volkswagen team-mate Nasser Al-Attiyah, who went on to take second place.
The top three on the day mirrored the top three in the overall standings, with Peterhansel lagging a further 77 seconds behind Al-Attiyah.
Sainz said: "The stage today started with some tricky road sections but we were not too bad, then we joined classic desert tracks and it was difficult in terms of navigation to find the correct way but Lukas (Cruz, his co-driver) did a good job.
"Tomorrow is a difficult day, 500km entering the Atacama and the first dunes. We will try to do a good job.".
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Peterhansel is doing a great job dragging that honking big BMW into top 3. I love BMW cars but both of their off-road (Joke) vehicles SUCK!!!
Sainz and Coma... is Spain starting 2011 in the spirit of 2010.
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