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Record-equalling Al-Attiyah earns his sixth Dakar victory; maiden success for Dacia Sandriders and navigator Lurquin

Record-equalling Al-Attiyah earns his sixth Dakar victory; maiden success for Dacia Sandriders and navigator Lurquin
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Several drivers jostled for the lead throughout a fascinating 13 days of action across punishing desert terrain in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on this opening round of the 2026 FIA World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC). Five teams won a stage, as many drivers led the event at some point but Al-Attiyah’s consistency ultimately paid dividends and he led for the last four days before securing a winning margin of 9min 42sec.

The finish in Yanbu was held in the presence of the visiting FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem and numerous dignitaries and VIPs. The FIA President met with various team members and was on hand to congratulate the winners. 

A triumphant Al-Attiyah said: “We’ve worked very hard since last year. I might not be showing much emotion yet, but it’s there, deep down. We are so happy to win. I think we made the difference on the second day of the first marathon stage by building up a 12-minute lead. Yesterday was also important. That’s when we knew we’d won the race. This is my sixth victory. I still need to break Peterhansel’s (eight wins in a car) record!”

It was a successful Dakar for Ford Racing. Both Mitch Guthrie and Joan Roma spent a night at the top of the leaderboard, both drivers won a stage apiece and team-mate Mattias Ekström topped the times on the Prologue and won three stages.

Roma and Alex Haro secured the runner-up spot in their Ford Raptor, with Ekström and his navigator Emil Bergkvist rounding off the podium places in the second of the Raptors. Al-Attiyah’s team-mates Sébastien Loeb and Edouard Boulanger slipped to fourth and the Spanish duo of four-time winner Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz gave Ford Racing a 2-3-5 finish.

Roma said: “Yesterday I broke a wheel 50 metres before the end of the special, but we kept believing in our chances and here we are in second place. I only have words of gratitude for my team. This victory doesn’t belong to me, but to the team. Without them, nothing is possible. It’s also extraordinary to see an iconic brand like Ford committing so strongly to rally raid. You have to congratulate Nasser for pulling it off.”

Ekstrom added: “I’m pleased with the podium, but we come here to win. The first lesson is that I have to come back even better prepared because the level at the front is extremely high. This sport is becoming more like circuit racing; it comes down to the smallest details. A few years ago, there were three drivers capable of winning. I don’t think that is still the case. There are more drivers and more cars that can do it now, the competition is tougher. It’s all about preparation.”

French privateer Mathieu Serradori won his second ever Dakar stage and a first for the Century Racing Team on his way to a superb sixth overall with navigator Loic Minaudier.

Lucas Moraes joined forces with Dacia after securing last year’s W2RC Drivers’ Championship title with Toyota. The Brazilian and his navigator Dennis Zenz finished seventh in the third of the Sandriders, ahead of the leading Toyotas after a disappointing Dakar for the Japanese manufacturer.

Toby Price and Armand Monleón finished eighth in their Toyota Gazoo Racing Hilux, Seth Quintero and Andrew Short won the second stage but had to settle for ninth overall,

The Toyota pairings of Saood Variawa/François Cazalet and Guy Botterill/Oriol Mena finished 10th and 14th, while Dacia’s Cristina Gutiérrez and Pablo Moreno brought the fourth Sandrider to the finish in 11th. Ford’s Guthrie and Kellon Walch slipped to 12th on the last stage after incurring a 15-minute penalty.

Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings led for two days, won a stage and were in contention for the overall victory until the 11th stage, when a cruel rear-wheel bearing failed and they dropped four hours to the leading pack. Lategan eventually finished 21st.

The Energylandia Rally Team entered Toyota Hiluxes for three members of the Polish Goczal family. Master driver winner Marek Goczal and navigator Maciej Marton led the way in 13th, Marek’s son Eryk teamed up with Szymon Gospodarczyk to win a stage and finish 17th, while Michal Goczal and Diego Ortega were 19th behind Toyota’s João Ferreira and Filipe Palmeiro.

Week 2

The seventh stage and the first after the rest day ran for 458.21km between Riyadh and Wadi Ad Dawasir. Al-Attiyah opened the road with his closest rival Lategan starting from 12th on the road. The South African took full advantage of that position to lead before losing over eight minutes in the closing kilometres.

That time delay enabled Ekström to claim the stage win from João Ferreira and Guthrie and Al-Attiyah to maintain an overall advantage of 4min 47sec over the Swede with Lategan slipping to fourth behind Roma.

Stage eight looped through the deserts around Wadi Ad Dawasir for 482.35km in windy conditions with poor visibility in places. Variawa won the stage by just three seconds, while second-placed Lategan moved back up to third overall at the expense of Roma. Al-Attiyah retained the overall lead but saw his advantage trimmed to four minutes. Eryk Goczal lost time with differential woes.

The first section of the second Marathon stage ran for 409.67km between Wadi Ad Dawasir and a remote Refuge location to the northwest with service crews heading directly to Bisha.

Lategan suffered early power steering pump issues and the components were replaced at a remote pit stop in 14 minutes before he clipped a tree on the stage and then had a puncture. Guthrie suffered a costly oil leak, Ferreira clouted a rock and both Al-Attiyah and Ekström lost valuable time with navigational issues.

On a dramatic day, a first ever Ultimate class stage win went to Eryk Goczal from his uncle Michal and Price but the day’s action threw the leader board into turmoil. The Ford duo of Roma and Sainz moved to the top of the rankings, albeit separated by just 57 seconds, with Al-Attiyah, Lategan and Ekström rounding off the top five.

Roma survived three flat tyres, Sainz had a speeding penalty and Loeb survived power steering woes. Martin Prokop was not so fortunate and plummeted down the rankings after getting stuck nose-first in a sand hole.

The second part of the Marathon (SS10) ran for 419.91km competitively in the direction of Bisha. Cristina Gutiérrez barrel-rolled out of the top 10 just seven kilometres into the stage and Ekström ground to a halt with technical issues after 97km.

A superb run by a physically and mentally exhausted Al-Attiyah earned him second on the day and he regained the overall lead to take into the remaining three stages. Lategan moved back into second, albeit 12 minutes behind the leading Dacia after running out of fuel near the finish and relying on support from team-mate Price. Roma and Loeb held third and fourth.

Serradori stunned the leading teams to take a first ever stage win for the Century CR7 team, a first for navigator Loic Minaudier and a second for himself after a stage win in 2020. He also climbed to fifth at the expense of Ekström and Sainz, the latter missing a waypoint and picking up a hefty time penalty.

The 11th stage ran for 346.07km between Bisha and the last bivouac in Al Henakiyah before the return to Yanbu. Lategan’s fading chances of winning the event were dealt another massive blow when he stopped to replace a rear-left wheel bearing after 140km with the loss of four hours.

Lategan, who slipped to 23rd overall, said: “This is the end of our Dakar. Everything that could be thrown at us was thrown at us. We carried on going and kept pushing. This Dakar tried to get us down and it’s managed. We lost four hours in the stage. We’ve never broken something like this before. This was not supposed to break. If anything around it had broken, we may have lost five minutes.”

Ekström claimed his second stage win of the campaign to add to the Prologue success by getting the better of podium debutant Romain Dumas and Sainz. In so doing, the Swede moved up to fourth overall behind Al-Attiyah, Roma and Loeb. The Qatari’s lead was trimmed to 8min 40sec but he had a favourable starting position for the last of the long stages.

Rather than slow to try and preserve his lead, Al-Attiyah went on the attack and managed to win the penultimate 310.72km special into Yanbu from Guthrie and Price. A record-equalling 50th stage win (Ari Vatanen and Stéphane Peterhansel have 50 stage wins) for the Dacia driver and a second on the event this year enabled him to take a lead of 15min 02sec into the final day.

Roma retained second but had to rely on support from Romain Dumas and Laia Sanz to see him safely into Yanbu after his right-side suspension failed 12km from the stage finish and then he ran out of fuel.

A cautious Al-Attiyah made it safely through the final 104.04km loop stage to secure a sixth Dakar win with last stage success falling to Ekström.

Navarro and Rosa hold on to win Challenger class

The BBR Taurus T3 Max crew of Pau Navarro and Jan Rosa led at the rest day and retained their advantage throughout the second week to seal success in the Challenger class. Consistency and sensible driving were the secrets for the Spanish crew, who finished 23min 22sec clear of the Nasser Racing Team’s Yasir Seaidan and Xavier Flick without winning a stage.

Navarro said: “It hasn’t sunk in yet. We’re just two blokes who love this. I’m going to see my parents and we’ll all enjoy the sight of the Touareg trophy back home! The only day we attacked, we finished second or third. We built up an advantage without pushing the car too hard, setting a fast pace, but without hitting the front.”

Defending W2RC champions, Nicolas Cavigliasso and Valentina Pertegarini (Taurus), rounded off the podium places with the South American Taurus crew of Lucas Del Rio/Bruno Jacomy finishing fourth and Dutch girl Puck Klaassen teaming up with Augusto Sanz to finish fifth in a G Rally Team G-ECKO.

On a seventh stage where his brother and eventual Dakar winner Luciano topped the motorcycle times, Kevin Benavides won the Challenger special by 4min 39sec in a Can-Am. A resurgent Seaidan came home second ahead of Cavigliasso, Akeel and Navarro, but the latter retained a 2min 48sec cushion over Cavigliasso in the general Challenger classification.

Klaassen collected her second win of the campaign on stage eight by narrowly beating Akeel on a stage where Spierings and Zille were within a minute of the Dutch girl. Navarro finished ninth and saw his Challenger lead reduced to 2min 02sec by Cavigliasso.

Cavigliasso suffered radiator woes near the start of the second Marathon stage and ruined his chance of securing the win on a stage where Spierings claimed the quickest Challenger time from Benavides, Zille and Klaassen. Navarro’s overall advantage over Seaidan was 41min 41sec as a result of Cavigliasso’s delays.

Spierings snatched Challenger honours on SS10 from Seaidan and Benavides. Navarro dropped time to his pursuers and also picked up a 12-minute penalty for starting the stage late. He still led the category by 18min 30sec from Seaidan.

Cavigliasso pipped Spierings and Akeel to the honours on stage 11 but Navarro was able to retain a 25min 08sec advantage over Seaidan in the Challenger class to take into the last two stages.

Benavides pipped Akeel to the penultimate stage win by 2min 15sec but Navarro stayed clear of trouble to take an advantage of 25min 53sec over Seaidan into the final day. The Argentine also topped the times in the last stage but Navarro was able to secure a comfortable category win.

Heger tops the SSVs in a Polaris; Can-Am’s Chaney finishes as leading W2RC entrant

The American duo of Brock Heger and Max Eddy were not registered for the W2RC but dominated the SSV category in a Loeb Fraymedia Motorsport-RZR Factory Racing Polaris. Heger’s winning margin was 1hr 01min 39sec.

Heger, who won for a second year in succession, said: “Our goal was to win and we did it. I loved the Dakar. I had a blast with Xavier (De Soultrait) and my other teammates. We’re an American crew and it’s an American brand. It’s a huge win and I can’t wait to come back next year and try to do it again. It’s a brutal race that can stop at any moment, especially in navigation where you can get lost very quickly. Max and I focused on being in the right place every day, which meant we could ease off towards the end.”

The Can-Am Factory Team is pursuing W2RC honours this season and second place and top spot in the W2RC went to Kyle Chaney and Jacob Argubright in a Maverick R. Frenchman Xavier de Soultrait and his navigator Martin Bonnet rounded off the podium finishers in the second of the Polaris RXRs.

The Can-Am Factory Team’s João Monteiro/Nuno Morais and Jeremías Gonzalez Ferioli/Gonzalo Rinaldi finished fourth and fifth overall and second and third of the W2RC crews after Francisco Lopez/Alvaro León dropped over an hour on the penultimate stage and finished sixth.

Can-Am drivers claimed the top three SSV spots on the seventh stage with the win falling to Gonzalez Ferioli from Chaney and Monteiro. Technical issues cost De Soultrait around 25 minutes and enabled Heger to extend his overall advantage to 40min 43sec with Chaney climbing to second and De Soultrait slipping to third.

Gonçalo Guerreiro started the eighth stage in fifth place but crashed after just 45km, suffered an arm fracture and was forced to retire his Polaris. SSV leader Heger took the stage win by 45 seconds from Gonzalez Ferioli and increased his advantage over Monteiro to 47min 09sec. Chaney slipped to third overall and an on-stage collision with former champion Bruno Saby cost De Soultrait even further time.

Lopez topped the SSV times on the first part of the second Marathon with Can-Ams filling the top three places amongst the registered crews. Chaney overhauled Monteiro to regain second place but Heger had a comfortable lead of 43min 58sec. Alexandre Pinto was forced to withdraw after another disappointing day.

Polaris crews were back to winning ways on stage 10 with overall leader Heger topping the times from De Soultrait. The stage win enabled the American to extend his advantage over Chaney to 1hr 01min 47sec.

Heger was again on top in the 11th stage and managed to beat Gonzalez Ferioli by 51 seconds to extend his overall advantage over Chaney to 1hr 06min 06sec. Can-Ams filled the top three places on the penultimate special with Gonzalez Ferioli getting the better of Monteiro and Miller. But Heger headed into the final day with a 1hr 03min 46sec advantage over Chaney.

Monteiro earned the final stage win but fifth place was sufficient for Heger to earn a comfortable Dakar win.

Defender Team’s Baciuška and Vidal take emphatic Stock victory

Lithuania’s Rokas Baciuška and his Spanish navigator Oriol Vidal dominated the new Stock category in their Defender Dakar D7x-R. Over the course of the second week, they extended their advantage over their rivals to seal victory by the massive margin of 3hr 58min.

Team-mates Sara Price and Sean Berriman were their closest challengers after Dakar legend Stéphane Peterhansel and his navigator Michael Metge suffered several time delays during the second week.

Baciuška said: “It was a great adventure for Defender. We beat Toyota and scored a 1-2. I’ve learnt a lot this year, especially from Stéphane Peterhansel. We’re friends now. It’s nice to be a factory driver. It’s so hard to become one in Ultimate, but I will.”

The Team Land Cruiser Toyota Auto Body crew of Ronald Basso and Julien Menard rounded off the podium places with the second Toyota crew of Akira Miura and Jean-Michel Polato classified in fifth behind Peterhansel.

Defenders earned a 1-2-3 Stock class finish on the seventh stage with Peterhansel getting the better of Baciuška by just 21 seconds. The Lithuanian saw his comfortable lead trimmed to 44min 22sec. Basso retained third ahead of Price.

Another Stock class win for Baciuška on stage eight saw the Lithuanian increase his already comfortable advantage to 2hr 37min 51sec after Peterhansel lost time with serious technical issues and was forced to wait for his assistance truck with a massive time penalty to follow.

Baciuška was again the dominant force in the Stock section on the first section of the second Marathon and continued to pull away from his rivals with Price and Basso trailing in his wake. Peterhansel again suffered serious delays.

Defenders filled the top three stage positions into Bisha with Baciuška comfortably leading the way from Price and Peterhansel, who was struck from behind by a truck while stuck below a dune with Price. The Lithuanian had a massive Stock lead of 3hr 29min 11sec to take into the final three days.

Another fastest time followed for Baciuška in SS11 and he arrived in Al Henakiyah with a massive cushion of just under four hours over Price. The Australian got the better of both Peterhansel and Baciuška in a close tussle for the 12th stage win but Baciuška took a 3hr 56min 59sec lead into the final day.

Price was handed a 30-minute penalty for changing the Defender’s differential. Baciuška sealed his victory in style with the quickest time on the final stage.

The FIA World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC) resumes with the BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal on March 17th-22nd.

2026 Dakar Rally – final positions (W2RC registered only):

1. Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Fabian Lurquin (BEL) Dacia Sandrider                                      48hr 56min 53sec

2. Joan Roma (ESP)/Alex Haro (ESP) Ford Raptor                                                                       49hr 06min 35sec

3. Mattias Ekström (SWE)/Emil Bergkvist (SWE) Ford Raptor                                                  49hr 11min 26sec

4. Sébastien Loeb (FRA)/Edouard Boulanger (FRA) Dacia Sandrider                                       49hr 12min 03sec

5. Carlos Sainz (ESP)/Lucas Cruz (ESP) Ford Raptor                                                                    49hr 25min 23sec

6. Mathieu Serradori (FRA)/Loic Minaudier (FRA) Century CR7                                               49hr 41min 55sec

7. Lucas Moraes (BRA)/Dennis Zenz (GER) Dacia Sandrider                                                     49hr 44min 43sec

8. Toby Price (AUS)/Armand Monleón (ESP) Toyota Hilux GR                                                  49hr 49min 00sec

9. Seth Quintero (USA)/Andrew Short (USA) Toyota Hilux GR                                                 50hr 11min 55sec

10. Saood Variawa (RSA)/François Cazalet (FRA) Toyota Hilux IMT Evo                                      50hr 20min 29sec

11. Cristina Gutiérrez (ESP)/Pablo Moreno (ESP) Dacia Sandrider                                           50hr 26min 42sec

12. Mitch Guthrie (USA)/Kellon Walch (USA) Ford Raptor                                                       50hr 34min 18sec

13. Marek Goczal (POL)/Maciej Marton (POL) Toyota Hilux                                                    50hr 34min 20sec

14. Guy Botterill (RSA)/Oriol Mena (ESP) Toyota Hilux IMT Evo                                              50hr 40min 30sec

17. Eryk Goczal (POL)/Szymon Gospodarczyk (POL) Toyota Hilux                                           51hr 25min 03sec

18. Joāo Ferreira (POR)/Filipe Palmeiro (POR) Toyota Hilux IMT Evo                                      52hr 14min 41sec

19. Michal Goczal (POL)/Diego Ortega (ESP) Toyota Hilux                                                       52hr 18min 22sec

20. Laia Sanz (ESP)/Maurizio Gerini (ITA) Ebro S800 XRR                                                          52hr 28min 02sec

21. Henk Lategan (RSA)/Brett Cummings (RSA) Toyota Hilux GR                                            52hr 54min 38sec

23. Martin Prokop (CZE)/Viktor Chytka (CZE) Ford Raptor                                                        53hr 20min 27sec

28. Pau Navarro (ESP)/Jan Rosa (ESP) Taurus T3 Max                                                               54hr 46min 21sec

29. Hernán Garcés (CHI)/Juan Pablo Latrach (CHI) Toyota Hilux                                             54hr 47min 23sec

30. Yasir Seaidan (KSA)/Xavier Flick (FRA) Taurus Evo Max                                                      55hr 09min 43sec

32. Nicolas Cavigliasso (ARG)/Valentia Pertegarini (ARG)                                                        55hr 22min 13sec

33. Lucas Del Rio (CHI)/Bruno Jacomy (ARG) Can-Am Maverick WRS                                      55hr 23min 30sec

35. Lionel Baud (FRA)/Lucie Baud (FRA) Mini JCW Rally 3.0D                                                  55hr 33min 36sec

36. Puck Klaassen (NED)/ Augusto Sanz (ARG) G Rally Team G-ECKO                                      55hr 40min 33sec

37. Kyle Chaney (USA)/Jacob Argubright (USA) Can-Am Maverick R                                       56hr 13min 35sec

40. Denis Krotov (KGZ)/Konstantin Zhiltsov (KGZ) Ford Raptor                                                57hr 07min 38sec

41. Guillaume de Mévius (BEL)/Mathieu Baumel (FRA) Mini JCW Rally 3.0i                                      57hr 08min 14sec

42. Romain Dumas (FRA)/Alex Winocq (FRA) Ford Raptor                                                       57hr 09min 15sec

43. Kevin Benavides (ARG)/Lisandro Sisterna (ARG) Taurus T3 Max                                       57hr 19min 11sec

44. Dania Akeel (KSA)/Sébastien Delaunay (FRA) Taurus T3 Max                                            57hr 22min 26sec

46. João Monteiro (POR)/Nuno Morais (POR) Can-Am Maverick R                                         57hr 39min 21sec

47. Paul Spierings (NED)/Jan Pieter van der Stelt (NED) Taurus Evo Max                                      57hr 59min 07sec

48. Jeremías Gonzalez Ferioli (ARG)/Gonzalo Rinaldi (ARG) Can-Am Maverick R                   58hr 02min 40sec

49. Rokas Baciuška (LTU)/Oriol Vidal (ESP) Defender Dakar D7x-R                                         58hr 09min 45sec

50. Francesco Lopez (CHI)/Alvaro Leon (CHI) Can-Am Maverick R                                          58hr 10min 50sec

51. David Zille (ARG)/Sebastien Cesana (ARG) Taurus T3 Max                                                 58hr 14min 46sec

52. Pedro Gonçalves (PRT)/Hugo Maghalães (POR) Taurus T3 Max                                        58hr 17min 19sec

53. Manuel Andujar (ARG)/Andres Frini (ARG) Can-Am Maverick R                                       58hr 49min 33sec

56. Kees Koolen (NED)/Jurgen van den Goorbergh (NED) G Rally Team G-ECKO          59hr 15min 04sec

61. Miroslav Zapletal (CZE)/Marek Sykora (SVK) Ford F150 Evo                                              60hr 56min 59sec

62. Sara Price (USA)/Sean Berriman (USA) Defender Dakar D7x-R                                          62hr 07min 45sec

68. Maciej Oleksowicz (POL)/Marcin Sienkiewicz (POL) Can-Am Maverick R                                      63hr 56min 50sec

77. Richard Aczel (GBR)/Wouter Rosegaar (NED) Can-Am Maverick R                                      65hr 43min 49sec

78. Pim Klaassen (NED)/Mark Laan (NED) Taurus Evo Max                                                      65hr 59min 40sec

79. Rui Carneiro (POR)/Fausto Mota (POR) MMP T3 Rally-Raid                                               66hr 13min 57sec

81. Ronald Basso (FRA)/Julien Menard (FRA) Toyota Land Cruiser GR Sport                                       66hr 44min 14sec

85. Joan Pfierrer (ESP)/Xavier Blanco (ESP) Can-Am Maverick R                                             68hr 25min 37sec

90. Sergei Remmenik (ANA)/Aleksei Ignatov (ANA) Taurus T3 Max                                        70hr 01min 34sec

103. Rebecca Busi (ITA)/Sergio Lafuente (URU) X-Raid Fenic                                                   87hr 04min 16sec

104. Mindaugas Sidabras (LTU)/Ernestas Česokas (LTU) Can-Am Maverick R                                      90hr 08min 49sec

106. Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA)/Michael Metge (FRA) Defender Dakar D7x-R         96hr 25min 55sec

111. Helder Rodrigues (POR)/Gonçalo Reis (POR) Polaris RZR Pro R Sport                                      110hr 38min 18sec

112. Charles Munster (LUX)/Xavier Panseri (FRA) G Rally Team G-ECKO                                      114hr 59min 19sec

115. Herve Guillaume (FRA)/Maxime Guillaume (FRA) PH-Sport Zephyr Phase 2      124hr 03min 03sec

118. Akira Miura (JPN)/Jean-Michel Polato (FRA) Toyota Land Cruiser GR Sport          145hr 52min 44sec

119. Hassan Jameel (KSA)/Maciej Giemza (POL) Can-Am Maverick R                                      151hr 34min 56sec

122. Hunter Miller (USA)/Jeremy Gray (USA) Can-Am Maverick R                                          161hr 50min 43sec

126. Nathan Hayashi (CAN)/Shane Hairsine (CAN) Ford Bronco Raptor                                      196hr 56min 24sec

 

RETIREMENTS (week 2)

João Dias (POR)/Daniel Jordao (POR) Polaris RZR Pro R Sport                                                 RETIRED – SS10

Alexandre Pinto (POR)/Bernardo Oliveira (POR) Polaris RZR Pro R Sport                                      RETIRED – SS10

Martin Koloc (CZE)/Mirko Brun (ITA) Red-Lined Revo T1+                                                       RETIRED – SS7

Isidre Esteve Pujol (ESP)/José-Maria Villalobos (ESP) Toyota Hilux                                         RETIRED – REST DAY

 

Select others

15. Simon Vitse (FRA)/Max Delfino (FRA) Optimus MD Rallye                                                 50hr 44min 16sec*

16. Brian Baragwanath (RSA)/Leonard Cremer (RSA) Century CR7                                         50hr 54min 43sec*     

22. Christian Lavieille (FRA)/Valentin Sarreaud (FRA) Optimus MD Rallye                                      53hr 07min 49sec*

24. Khalid Al-Qassimi (UAE)/Khalid Al-Kendi (UAE) Toyota Hilux IMT Evo                                      53hr 25min 07sec*

25. Ronan Chabot (FRA)/Gilles Pillot (FRA) Toyota Hilux                                                          53hr 55min 57sec*

31. Brock Heger (USA)/Max Eddy (USA) Polaris RZR Pro R                                                       55hr 11min 56sec*

38. Xavier de Soultrait (FRA)/Martin Bonnet (FRA) Polaris RZR Pro R                                      56hr 37min 21sec*

Gonçalo Guerreiro (POR)/Maykel Justo (BRA) Polaris RZR Pro R                                             RETIRED – SS8*

(*denotes not W2RC registered)

 

Rally leaders

SS1                                          Guillaume de Mévius (Mini)

SS2                                          Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (Dacia)

SS3                                          Mitch Guthrie (Ford)

SS4-5                                      Henk Lategan (Toyota)

SS6-8                                      Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (Dacia)

SS9                                          Joan Roma (Ford)

SS10-13                                 Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (Dacia)

               

Stage winners

Prologue                                Mattias Ekström (Ford)                      

SS1                                          Guillaume de Mévius (Mini)

SS2                                          Seth Quintero (Toyota)

SS3                                          Mitch Guthrie (Ford)

SS4                                          Henk Lategan (Toyota)

SS5                                          Joan Roma (Ford) – reinstated by Stewards

SS6                                          Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (Dacia)

SS7                                          Mattias Ekström (Ford)

SS8                                          Saood Variawa (Toyota)

SS9                                          Eryk Goczal (Toyota)

SS10                                       Mathieu Serradori (Century CR7)

SS11                                       Mattias Ekström (Ford)

SS12                                       Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (Dacia)

SS13                                       Mattias Ekström (Ford)

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