经过六个赛段，2021达喀尔拉力赛上半场已经画上了句号。虽然第六赛段缩短了100公里，但在休息日之前，仍发生了很大的变化。Tomas跟Josef以相同的时间完成了这一赛段。

After 6 stages, the Dakar Rally has now finished its first half. While the stage was shortened by 100 kilometres, it still changed a lot just before a rest day. Tomáš Enge and Josef Macháček set identical times!

达喀尔拉力赛第六赛段全场618公里（从Al Qaisumah到Ha'il），其中常规路段170公里，特殊路段448公里，这一赛段大部分被沙丘所覆盖。

第六赛段的过程就像一部电影。Tomas与Josef在348公里的赛段中以同样的时间完赛。两辆庞巴迪特种车辆均用时4:54:01.“这一赛段有很多沙丘，平原碎石路段只有四个。我们轮胎漏气了，毕竟每个人都会遇到问题。这真的很有趣，虽然沙丘很小，地形崎岖，但是还是可以开的。”Josef说到，他以第三名的好成绩完成了比赛，目前总排名第五名。“令人难以置信的是，我和传奇人物Josef用时一样。我很高兴今天能如此顺利。”Tomas说。然而他因超速被罚时五分钟，并在轻量越野组别排名第六。

It was like a thriller movie. Tomáš Enge and Josef Macháček had exactly the same time in a 348-kilometre-long stage. Both Can-Am specials did it in 4:54:01. “There was really a lot of dunes and just four plains with rocks. And of course, we had to have a puncture. But everybody has problems. It was really interesting. Even though the dunes were small, it was rugged terrain, but drivable,” said Josef Macháček, who finished in 3rd place and currently holds 5th place in the overall standings. “It’s unbelievable that me and the legend, Josef Macháček, had identical times. I’m glad that it worked out so well today,” added Tomáš Enge. However, he subsequently received a 5-minute penalty for speeding and dropped to the 6th place in the stage results of lightweight prototypes.

对零公里Buggyra车队来说，这个赛段非常艰难。“今天的比赛非常具有挑战性。从第20公里处开始，我们听到了车舱内传来奇怪的噪音，并在60公里处，我们的避震器完全失去了作用。在那之后，所有的碰撞都冲我们而来。而且这个赛段路面崎岖，所以我们必须放慢速度。那样我们是追不上其他人的。然后在赛段快结束时，我们车辆失去了大部分动力，所以我们不得不绕过沙丘，但现在还有休息日在等待着我们，我们可以再次休整。”技师David说到。

 It was a difficult stage for both Tatra Buggyra Racing crews as well. “It was very challenging today. From the 20th kilometre, we got a weird noise in the cabin and from the 60th kilometre, we completely lost cabin dampers. After that, all the hits went directly to us. Also, this stage was pretty rough, so we had to slow down a bit. We couldn’t keep up like that. And then, by the end of the stage, we also lost power, so we had to go around the dunes. However, now we have a rest day ahead of us, so we can put it all together again,” said the mechanic David Hoffman.

“我不累，但我能感受到身体每一根骨头，当时非常忙，我相信他们能把卡车修好。下半场我们需要更多的运气。”Ignacio说到

“I’m not tired, but I feel every bone in my body. It was busy and I believe that the guys will put the truck together. We could use a bit more luck for the 2nd half,” added Ignacio Casale.

其他车队也不得不处理一些技术问题，在第十四名完赛的Martin不得不更换一个破损的转向杆。然后我们的卡车陷在坑里，队员们不得不把车子挖出来。然而一辆俄罗斯的卡玛兹卡车，遇到了跟Martin同样的窘境。“在70公里处，我们被陷在软沙中。我们开始挖车，第一个停下来的是一辆卡玛兹，所以，他也被困住了。我们花了一些时间去修复转向杆，我们很高兴我们撑到了现在。这真是漫长的一天。”Martin说到。

The other crew had to deal with some technical issues as well. Martin Šoltys, who finished in 14th place, had to change a cracked steering rod. Then, the Tatra Phoenix got stuck and the crew had to dig the truck out. However, a Russian Kamaz repaid the debt to Šoltys. “On the 70th kilometre, we got stuck on soft sand. We began to dig, and the first vehicle to stop was a Kamaz. So, the karma has returned. It took a while to fix the steering rod, so I’m glad that we’ve made it here. It was a long day,“ said Martin Šoltys.

这周六，队员们将享受为期一天的休息日，然而我们的技师团队将全天工作。他们只有一天的时间去修理收整所有东西，因为2021达喀尔拉力赛的下半场将更加艰苦。

On Saturday, the crews will enjoy a rest day. However, the mechanics are going to work around the clock. They have only one day to put everything together, as the second half of the Dakar Rally is going to be very difficult.