Carlos Sainz believes Dakar Rally organisers have treated Peugeot unfairly with its latest raft of rule tweaks, which include giving the 3008DKR a smaller air restrictor. The Spaniard, who won the South American event for Volkswagen in 2010, finished Monday's short opening stage of the 2017 event in fourth, the best of Peugeot's four-strong factory line-up. However, speaking after the end of the stage, Sainz said the all-new 3008DKR is significantly down on power compared to its main competitor, the Toyota Hilux, which topped the 39km sprint with Nasser Al-Attiyah. He questioned why the Japanese marque should receive a two-millimetre increase in its air restrictor diameter compared to the...
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