Umqhubi ongumFrentshi uphumelele inqanaba lokuqala elithi “à seria” laseDakar, emva kokucinywa izolo.
Yayifika, ibona kwaye iphumelele, ngokoqobo. USébastien Loeb (Peugeot) ungene ngonyawo lwasekunene kwinto ayiyo ekuqaleni kwakhe eDakar, ebetha ngezixhobo ezifanayo – funda isithuthi – onzima abafana noStéphane Peterhansel (2m23s) noCyril Despres (4m00s), kwi-386 km yeqonga. ukuba iqhagamshele Villa Carlos Paz ukuba Termas de Rio Hondo.Emva kweePeugeots ezimbini zikaLoeb noPeterhansel, iToyota «umkhosi» yafika noVladimir Vasilyev kunye noGiniel de Villiers, ngokulandelelana 2m38 kunye 3m01s ukusuka eLoeb. Oku kulandelwe ngu-rookie Mikko Hirvonen (3m05s), iPeugeot kaCyril Despres (4m00s) kunye ne-MINI kaNasser Al-Attiyah (4m18s), ophumelele iDakar 2015.
Emva kwe-WRC, i-FIA GT, i-Pikes Peak, i-24 yeeyure ze-Le Mans, i-Ralicross kunye ne-WTCC, uSébastien Loeb wongeza obunye ubungqina kwi-repertoire yakhe ende yempumelelo yezemidlalo. Imo yelegend? Khangela!