Automotive category title holder at the Saudi Arabian Dakar Rally, Qatari Toyota Gazoo Team driver Nasser Al-Attiyah has recovered from a disappointing performance in the first round yesterday and took a well-deserved victory in the second round today after a solid performance throughout race, which is the Qatari rider’s first victory in his defense campaign. By only 14 seconds, Al-Attiyah took the lead in the category after strong competition from Dutch Overdrive driver Erik. van Loon in second place, while Spain’s Audi driver Carlos Sainz finished third, 5 minutes and 5 seconds behind headliner Al-Attiyah.
With this result, the Qatari rider closed the gap to Carlos Sainz in the overall category standings, moving up to second place by two minutes and 12 seconds to start the fight for the category title at the start of the second stage.
In the rest of the results, French Century Racing driver Mathieu Serradori finished fourth, ahead of South African Toyota Gazoo driver Giniel de Villiers in fifth place, while Saudi Overdrive team driver Yazid Al-Raji finished the round in twelfth place.
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In the ATV category, French Yamaha Racing SXM Drag-On rider Alexandre Giroux was able to endure after a fierce competition with Argentinean Team 7240 rider Manuel Andujar, who was trying to get a second victory. in a row.
Although the Argentinian was close to winning the stage, he could not keep up with the fast pace of the race and was more than 7 minutes behind French and American Del Amo Motor Sports by Motul. , Pablo Copete took advantage of this decline and increased his pace on the section. The latter finished second, 3 minutes 25 seconds behind the Giro, while Argentine “Drag On Rally” Francesco Moreno finished third, 5 minutes and 29 seconds behind.
Andujar finished fourth, ahead of Lithuanian Laisvydas Kancius in fifth, followed by Chilean Giovanni Enrico in sixth, Slovak Garaja Varga in seventh, Pole Kamil Wisniewski in eighth, France’s Sebastian Sodai in ninth and Czech Zdeněk Toma. top ten ranking for the scene.
