The Qatari driver had been the most vocal critic of Dakar’s regulations in the past, particularly complaining about the apparent performance gulf between two-wheel drive buggies and 4×4 cars such as the Toyota Hilux.
After his defeat to X-raid Mini’s Stephane Peterhansel in last year’s event, he made it clear that he was “not interested” in returning to the rally unless the rules were changed to level the playing field.
But Al-Attiyah feels that Dakar organiser ASO and the FIA have finally struck the right balance in 2022, as he goes into the second half of the rally with a 50-minute lead over nearest challengers Yazeed Al Rajhi and Sebastien Loeb.
“The last six, seven years we were really struggling with the T1 car compared to the buggies,” he said.
“Now we are equal and this makes my life easy and [allows me to] have a good lead.
“The regulation of the T1 and the buggies were not the same, but now I think we are equal. All the cars, the Audi, the Toyota, the…
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