If a disaster does not occur in the final stage of the Dakar 2025, which is only 61 timed kilometers, Yazeed Al-Rajhi (Toyota Overdrive) will be the new Dakar champion. The Saudi billionaire, owner of banks, hamburger restaurants and everything imaginable in Saudi Arabia, will finally achieve his dream of conquering the Dakar Rally after giving a great final blow and singing ‘checkmate’ against to his greatest rival, the until yesterday test leader , Henk Lateganalso on the controls of a Toyota.
Yazeed He is pure fire and the lack of race management played against him, like last year, when he had to retire from the lead due to an accident. It’s amazing that he did it laughing after leaving his car in pieces. But it’s possible that he knows he still has a lot of opportunities. And a year later, in a pure endurance race where some of the strongest men left for the first time, Yazeed became a giant with a very reliable car like Toyota and this time he did not make a mistake.
Saudi Arabia is ready to experience a historic milestone in its land. If after defeating Argentina in the last World Cup, it was declared a national holiday, with the victory of Al-Rajhi the same thing is about to happen.
Stage 11 is key. Everyone is ready to win. He started from a very late position towards 275 km of special pure sand. And there, in his garden, in the sand of his country, he went all out to take more than 8 minutes from Henk and thus face the last special stage of the Dakar, only a procedure where the cars will start with rows, which are divided. in groups depending on the classification, with everyone to win.
Al-Rajhi has a margin of 6 minutes and 11 seconds over Lategan in the general classification after the penultimate stage, held in the dreaded ‘Empty Quarter’, and Ekström retained the podium position 22 minutes behind the leader after winning the stage.
Ekström left Al-Attiyah without a podium
The Swede will achieve Ford’s first podium at the Dakarthat left five-time champion Nasser Al-Attiyah from that box of three, who gave up his options in the previous stage due to navigation problems.
on stage, Ekström managed to win against Al-Attiyah by 41 seconds, containing the Qatariwith Al-Rajhi in third place of the day at 1’45”. Lategan, for his part, reached 5 to 10’23”, thus surrendering the Dakarian throne to the local idol.
Source: La Verdad
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