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Dakar 2021, Stage 10: Al Rajhi wins, Al-Attiyah beats Peterhansel
Overdrive Toyota driver Yazeed Al Rajhi took top honours in Stage 10 of the Dakar Rally on Wednesday, as Nasser Al-Attiyah narrowly beat Stephane Peterhansel to second.
Rachit Thukral
Edited: Jan 13, 2021, 5:33 PM
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Starting fourth in the 342km loop between Neom and Alula, Al-Rajhi snatched the lead from fellow Saudi Arabian driver Yasir Seaidan at the second waypoint and never looked back, claiming a second stage win of 2021.
With Al Rajhi out of reach, Al-Attiyah and Peterhansel were locked in a tight scrap for the best of the rest honours, with the X-raid Mini driver holding the initial advantage. But Toyota’s Al-Attiyah was able to overturn his advantage by the eighth waypoint, eventually securing second place by a slender margin of 49s.
Reigning champion Carlos Sainz dropped as low as 17th in the early part of the stage, losing over six minutes to the leaders, but recovered enough to finish fourth, 4m12s down on Al-Rajhi.
Jakub Przygonski rounded off a strong day for the Overdrive team in fifth, beating the factory Toyota of Giniel de Villiers by just over a minute.
Vladimir Vasilyev was seventh on a Mini 4x4, ahead of the Century cars of Mathieu Serradori and Brian Baragwanath. Nani Roma completed the top 10 on the sole remaining Bahrain Raid Xtreme entry.
Seaidan, who led the rally at the first checkpoint, was forced to stop at the 190km mark and is yet to complete the stage.
With just two stages to run, Peterhansel is edging closer to a record 14th title, holding an advantage of 17 minutes over Al-Attiyah, with Sainz more than an hour down in third.
Przygonski and Roma have consolidated fourth and fifth position respectively, ahead of the top PH Sport Peugeot of ex-WRC driver Khalid Al Qassimi, who finished 15th in Wednesday’s stage.
Vasilyev just sits one minute behind Al Qassimi in seventh, while de Villiers has jumped the privateer Ford of Martin Prokop to move up to eighth, with Optimus driver Christian Lavieille remaining 10th.
A second stage win of 2021 has propelled Al Rajhi to 13th, up five places from Tuesday’s ranking, behind Toyota privateer Benediktas Vanagas and PH Sport’s Cyril Despres.
Standings after Stage 10 (Top 10 only):
Pos
Driver
Car
Time/Gap
1
Stephane Peterhansel
Mini
37hr33m06s
2
Nasser Al-Attiyah
Toyota
17m01s
3
Carlos Sainz
Mini
1hr03m44s
4
Jakub Przygonski
Toyota
2hr18m43s
5
Nani Roma
BRX
2hr50m22s
6
Khalid Al Qassimi
Peugeot
3hr13m14s
7
Vladimir Vasilyev
Mini
3hr14m56s
8
Giniel de Villiers
Toyota
3hr43m28s
9
Martin Prokop
Ford
3hr45m46s
10
Christian Lavieille
Optimus
4hr30m52
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