The Organizing Committee of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge announced the exclusion of Nasser Al-Attiyah from completing the rally after his car cage was severely damaged following a major accident.
Despite the accident, which lost a lot of time and caused severe damage to his car (Toyota Hilux), our hero Al-Attiyah won the third stage of the 32nd edition of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, according to Qatar News Agency.
video| Our world champion Nasser bin Saleh Al-Attiyah suffers an accident during the third stage of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge 🚀🚀🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚🚚🚔tes 2020 Desert Rally pic.twitter.com/W2KuH0iBCk
– Al Sharq Newspaper – Qatar (@alsharq_portal) March 1, 2023
A circulating video clip shows the major accident that Al-Attiyah was subjected to, which caused severe damage to the car, as the rear structure of the car, the roof and the windshield were cut off.
After winning three stages in the Abu Dhabi Rally, before being disqualified, Al-Attiyah, the winner of the Dakar International Rally title, which constitutes the first round of the World Cup for Desert Rally Championship (Rally Raid – 2023), collected 15 points, with which he topped the general standings, 9 points behind his closest French pursuer. Sebastien Loeb, who will have an opportunity to compensate in the last two stages of the Abu Dhabi Rally in the absence of Al-Attiyah, while the other Frenchman, Guerlain Checheret, ranks third in the overall standings with 49 points.
