Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah became the winner of the Dakar rally for the fifth time in his career. In the final stage, the Toyota driver finished eleventh, but in the individual classification he was 1 hour 18 minutes and 49 seconds ahead of Prodrive driver Sébastien Loeb. Third place in the individual standings was taken by another Toyota representative, Lucas Moraes.
The 2023 success moved Al-Attiyah to second place in Dakar history in off-road wins. Now he is second only to Stefan Petransel, who has eight victories in the rally-raid on four-wheeled vehicles.
The winner of the final stage of the Dakar was Prodrive driver Guerlain Chichery, who was 1 minute 36 seconds ahead of Audi’s Matthias Ekström and 1 minute 44 seconds ahead of Henk Lategan in Toyota.
Kevin Benavidez on KTM won the Dakar motorcycle category. Janus van Kasteren of Team de Rooy from the Netherlands won the truck category.
Source: F1 News
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