Carlos Sainz, Stephan Peterhansel and Mattias Ekström will be the main beneficiaries
“I have always said that the powers and the weights should be the same, that is my usual speech,” said the man from Madrid.
The FIA is fully involved in the development of the Dakar. The International Federation exercised its power to modify the performance of the cars to match their performance, adding more power for the Audi.
Carlos Sainz, Stephan Peterhansel and Mattias Ekström will be the main beneficiaries for this decision. Starting tomorrow, the fifth stage, the three riders will be able to count on an extra 11 more horses.
“I’m glad, because they can measure it and the Audi ran so fast… it turns out that it didn’t run that much. They have all the data to measure and if they give us 11 CV it’s because they saw that we were missing something,” commented the driver from Madrid after the fourth stage: “Every horse is welcome, of course. But I have always said that the powers and weights should be the same, that is my usual speech“.