Fernando Alonso, standing more than an hour in the middle of the second stage of the Dakar

The Spanish pilot Fernando Alonso (Toyota) suffered an accident on Monday throughout the second stage of the Dakar which retains it standing for more than an hour at the top of kilometer 160 of the timed part of the day.

Though the group of the race has not indicated the nature of the avera suffered by Alonso, the Spaniard might endure a affect in opposition to a rock and to restore the injury requires the intervention of the help street, which takes time to reach.

As a result of this mishap, the System 1 driver can end the second day of competitors many hours away from the head of the race, after Sunday signed a exceptional debut the place he completed in the eleventh place, about 15 minutes from the greatest time.

The Spaniard suffered this drawback when I used to be signing some very good stage partials, with instances just like these of more skilled pilots who often lead the rally.

Upon passing the second step of the stage, positioned at kilometer 104, Alonso was fourth of the day, solely three and a half minutes behind the greatest time marked by the emirat Khalid Al Qassimi.

In the subsequent one, positioned at kilometer 159, the double System 1 champion had left one other three minutes earlier than he was pressured to cease in the middle of the route.

The second stage of the Dakar It consists of 393 kilometers, of which 367 are timed between the coastal cities of Al Wajh and Neom, with a route of stony roads, rock canyons and valleys that make this a sophisticated navigation route.

The novelty of this present day is that, solely half an hour earlier than departure, the group gave the individuals the “roadbook” (street map), a roll of paper with all the indications of the day's journey to succeed in the factors obligatory route route.

This made the pilots and co-pilots have been virtually blind to the stage, since they’re used to receiving this doc the night time earlier than.

Fernando Alonso is the first champion of the System 1 that runs the Dakar rally, which in its fortieth version, from January 5 to 17, is performed for the first time in Saudi Arabia, with 12 levels and a route of 7,800 kilometers, of which 5,000 are timed.