HARADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Local driver Yazeed Al Rajhi took advantage of a miserable stage by South Africa's Henk Lategan to grab the Dakar Rally lead in the Saudi Arabia desert on Tuesday.

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Driver Carlos Sainz and co-driver Lucas Cruz compete during the stage two, day One, of the Dakar Rally with ...

Veteran rally driver Carlos Sainz Sr. had a scare during the 2025 Dakar Rally's second stage when his vehicle flipped over. Luckily, neither Sainz nor his co-driver Lucas Cruz were injured in the ...

The 46th edition of the Dakar Rally will see a field of 778 competitors take the start in AlUla, Saudi Arabia, as they race over deserts, mountains and vertiginous sand dunes from coast-to-coast ...

Starting behind (start order in GP class was reversed from yesterday’s results to ensure stage one was “raced” and no sandbagging), aided the top riders who could use tracks of those ahead to amplify ...

The 2025 Dakar Rally has begun, and the Prologue stage has set the pace for this year’s competition. The first day has given us a mix of good and bad news and the most notable being the ...

Thanks to a longstanding tradition of starting right on or right after New Year’s, today’s start of the 47th Dakar Rally again represents the first major motorsports event on the international ...