Dakar 2024: Lozerian Martin Bonnet wins his first title in the SSV category, alongside Xavier de Soultrait

Un titre plein de maitrise. Florent Gooden – FLORENT GOODEN

Quatrième de la dernière étape du Dakar ce vendredi 19 janvier, Xavier de Soultrait et son co-pilote lozérien Martin Bonnet ont réussi à garder de l'avance au classement général et s'imposer dans la catégorie SSV. 

At the wheel of their RZR Pro R from the Sébastien Loeb racing team, the two Frenchmen had 2'49" ahead of their pursuers before the start of the last stage of the Dakar.

A 175 km long stage around Yanbu at the end of which, they kept 2'25" on the Sadeleer/Metge duo, to win the SSV category at the wheel of their Polaris buggy.

"It's a lot of emotions. I didn't come far from winning in 2021 on a motorcycle, but I had to give up. It was hard to leave again, to jump into the unknown. But I am very happy to have found Martin (Bonnet, his co-pilot), Polaris and the Sébastien Loeb Racing-Bardahl team,” confided Xavier de Soultrait a few minutes after arrival at the microphone of' ;nbsp;La Chaîne L'Équipe.