One Qatari near victory in Dakar Rally

Enigma
By Enigma

CORDOBA, Argentina (AP) — Nasser Al-Attiyah of Qatar drove his car and Marc Coma of Spain rode his bike without any major problems in Friday's next-to-last stage of the Dakar Rally, setting themselves up for victory on Saturday.
Al-Attiyah finished 6 minutes, 11 seconds behind the winner and defending champion Carlos Sainz of Spain to take third in the 12th stage. Overall, Al-Attiyah leads Giniel de Villiers of South Africa by 48:21 and Sainz by 1:21:16. The three leaders all drive Volkswagens.

"It really was the hardest stage of my life because I had to keep focused and not make any mistakes," Al-Attiyah said. "Sometimes I was going fast, sometimes slow, because I needed to keep my concentration and keep the same pace."

Source usatoday.com

By s_isale• 18 Jan 2011 06:51
s_isale

he has already won it isnt it?

By anonymous• 15 Jan 2011 11:55
anonymous

Wish him the best... to win

By KHATTAK• 15 Jan 2011 11:41
KHATTAK

Nasser deserves it this time... Best of Luck to him & Qatar.

By rheeza• 15 Jan 2011 11:38
rheeza

congrats..

By anonymous• 15 Jan 2011 11:14
anonymous

he is one of the best driver in desert conditions. on tramac he s not the 1st :)

In dakar he is doing very good results and i wish him all the luck.

By one_shot• 15 Jan 2011 07:20
one_shot

he is really something to be proud of.

he got the talent.

congratulation qatar.

i wish luck for him

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