Carlos Sousa tare da matsalolin inji ya bar jagora zuwa Stéphane Peterhansel.
Bayan Carlos Sousa ya kalubalanci Mini X-Raid mai ƙarfi da SMG armada a ranar 1st, an sake kafa ma'auni na dabi'a na Dakar. A gaban tseren guje-guje da tsalle-tsalle na Kudancin Amurka Stéphane Peterhansel, wanda ya lashe gasar a yau, 46 yana gaban Carlos Sainz, yayin da Carlos Sousa, wanda ya lashe tseren jiya, ya jinkirta da matsaloli na inji a Haval. Gabaɗaya, X-Raid na Faransa yana kan gaba tare da jagorancin 28s akan Carlos Sainz.
Na biyar a jere na yau, Nasser al-Attiyah ya riga ya zama na 3 gabaɗaya, fiye da minti huɗu daga shugabansa, Peterhansel.
Na biyu classified a karshen ranar jiya, Semi-Luso duo Orlando Terranova da Paulo Fiúza ya ragu a yau zuwa matsayi na biyar a cikin babban matsayi, don haka sanya MINIS hudu a cikin manyan wurare biyar a cikin rarrabuwa na gaba ɗaya. A karshen rana ta 2 wadannan sune mukamai:
- 1st PETERHANSEL STÉPHNE (FRA)/COTTRET JEAN PAUL (FRA) MINI ALL4 RACING 06:17:02s
- 2nd SAINZ CARLOS (ESP)/GOTTCHALK TIMO (DEU) ORIGINAL SMG 06:17:30 +28s
- 3rd AL-ATTIYAH NASSER (QAT)/CRUZ LUCAS (ESP) MINI ALL4RACING 06h21m12s +04m10s
- 4th ROME NANI (ESP)/PÉRIN MICHEL (FRA) MINI ALL4 RACING 06h21m21s +04m19s
- 5th TERRANOVA ORLANDO (ARG)/FIUZA PAULO (PRT) MINI ALL4 RACING 06h25m33s +08m31s
- 6TH DE VILLIERS GINIEL (ZAF)/VON ZITZEWITZ DIRK (DEU) TOYOTA HILUX 06h34m12s +17m10s
- 7th LAVIEILLE KRISTI (FRA)/GARCIN JEAN-PIERRE (FRA) HAVAL H8 06h38m01s +20m59s
- 8th HOLOWCZYC KRZYSZTOF (POL)/ZHILTSOV KONSTANTIN (RUS) MINI ALL4 RACING 06h54m10s +37m08s
- 9th WVERS ERIK (NLD) / LURQUIN FABIAN (BEL) HRX FORD 06h55m21s +38m19s
- 10th CABOT RONAN (FRA)/PILLOT GILLES (FRA) SMG ORIGINAL 01:00:00:10:11:21 +03:54:19