World Rally-Raid Championship newcomer Dacia has been driving the crest of a wave since its aggressive debut in Morocco final season.
Two wins from three occasions, a few stage wins on the Dakar Rally and the early lead within the 2025 W2RC standings for Nasser Al-Attiyah is a reasonably respectable begin in anybody’s e-book.
All clean crusing on that facet of the workshop, however the identical can’t be mentioned for the opposite star title within the Sandriders squad, Sébastien Loeb.
Whereas Al-Attiyah is in search of a fifth world title this season, Loeb is solely seeking to attain the end having been compelled out every time on FIA security grounds. For its half, Dacia tried to attraction Loeb’s enforced Dakar withdrawal – with out success – and maintains a special stance to the FIA by way of the automotive’s security.
“The automotive from Dakar, we’re nonetheless utilizing for testing, we haven’t repaired it, so I feel that’s testomony to the truth that we expect it’s nonetheless secure,” Dacia’s technical director Philip Dunabin instructed DirtFish.
“The FIA would possibly assume they’re taking a tough line and uncompromising place on this, and that place is to a sure extent comprehensible. The roll cage and the automotive are at their most secure when they’re of their authentic specification and something that’s exterior of the unique situation, they will’t make a touch upon.
“So that they received’t, on their facet, assume any danger. We made a request that will change the homologation proposal, however they didn’t purchase that concept.”
