I have followed very much the Dakar in these last years, and yes, in the 2021 edition he made some mistakes in a very difficult navigation for this specific editions. Anyway, mistakes came also from other more expert navigators like the one of Carlos Sainz. You win or you lose, it's a team work.
I think Daniel has showed some wrong attitude to the team and basically I think they didn't want him around anymore. Such a shame because I really wanted to see them winning the Dakar. A strong decision also from Loeb, he too has to raise the level if he really want to win.
As for the car, the result speak for itself: best debutant car in the Dakar. And it was delayed by the Covid, with no big testing, no races before the Dakar. And of course there is always something you need to develop or modify after the first Dakar.
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