NASSER OUT

Nasser Al-Attiyah has pulled out of this year's Dakar Rally due to mechanical failure, dashing his dreams of another title in the celebrated race, his team announced on Tuesday.

Al-Attiyah, 42, and his co-driver Lucas Cruz had been pushing for the overall lead of the race until repeated break-downs on the 851km stage nine between Tucuman and Cordoba in Argentina forced them to abandon. A broken water pump was to blame.

At the start of the ninth stage, Al-Attiyah was second in the overall classification for cars, just over three minutes behind Frenchman Stephane Peterhansel, who is pushing for his 11th Dakar Rally win.

The Qatari driver, who won the race in 2011 and was second in 2010, was taking part in a buggy developed over the last five months by Red Bull Motorsport.

The Red Bull Rally Team's other buggy, driven by Spain's Carlos Sainz, was withdrawn on the sixth stage, also because of mechanical problems.

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Permalink Reply by Chupakabras on January 15, 2013 at 3:01pm

we all knew, and RG said that let's see how reliable they are,. and there you go.

Permalink Reply by mj on January 15, 2013 at 3:08pm

Permalink Reply by speedy7 on January 15, 2013 at 3:12pm

Completely in awe....

Permalink Reply by Scott B on January 15, 2013 at 3:14pm

I think I may have just suffered a seizure.

Permalink Reply by Adam G on January 15, 2013 at 3:25pm
CLASSIC
Permalink Reply by Mike/WC77 on January 15, 2013 at 3:26pm

mj, you & "ieatpaintchips" need to trade names...

Permalink Reply by mj on January 15, 2013 at 3:33pm
Thought you'de all like that lol
Permalink Reply by Kathy Kubara on January 15, 2013 at 3:45pm

You guys made me laugh

Permalink Reply by mj on January 15, 2013 at 4:05pm
It's amazing what you can find when you google " llama" and
" happy dance " lol
Permalink Reply by David Z on January 15, 2013 at 4:16pm

At maybe even scarier on some of the other thing you may find Googling that.

Permalink Reply by David Z on January 15, 2013 at 4:15pm

Nasser is an excellent driver who excels in the desert, you know, the areas with no water or trees. (OK, at least I attempted to be nice)

Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 15, 2013 at 7:33pm

and still gets stuck.

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