US EditionAl-Attiyah Claims Sixth Dakar Car Crown as Benavides Edges Bike Title
Nasser Al-Attiyah clinched his sixth Dakar car title with a nearly 10-minute lead while Luciano Benavides won the bike crown by just two seconds.
- On Saturday in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, Qatari driver Nasser Al-Attiyah secured his sixth Dakar Rally car title, while Argentina's Luciano Benavides won the bike crown by two seconds.
- Nasser Al-Attiyah had built his cushion by winning stages and avoiding mistakes, bringing his career tally to 50 on Friday and retaining almost 10 minutes after placing ninth on the 13th and final stage.
- Dacia, Romanian car manufacturer, notched its first Dakar victory at only its second attempt, while Mattias Ekstrom, Swedish driver and final stage winner, completed the car podium in third overall.
- Argentina's Luciano Benavides clinched the bike crown in dramatic fashion, securing a debut Dakar title after finishing second as Honda's American two-time champion Ricky Brabec lost time by taking the wrong line near the finish.
- Statistically, the result reshuffles the all-time rankings as Nasser Al-Attiyah moved two ahead of Ari Vatanen and Carlos Sainz, but he said he still needs to break Stephane Peterhansel's record.
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Sixth victory of Nasser Al-Attiyah in the cars. A record at the Dakar Rally. Like the two-second difference with which KTM driver Luciano Benavides won in the bikes after just under 8000 kilometers through the desert. It is the narrowest lead with which the toughest rally in the world has ever been won. However, the Benavides family held the record before.
Only 4th of the Dakar 2026 won on Saturday with an absolute mastery by his team-mate at Dacia Nasser al-Attiyah, now six-time winner of the event, Sébastien Loeb has never won in ten participations. Why?
Qatar’s Al-Attiyah claims sixth Dakar Rally title
Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah secured his sixth Dakar Rally car title in Saudi Arabia on Saturday with Luciano Benavides scraping home by two seconds to claim the bike title. "We've worked very hard since last year. I might not be showing much emotion yet, but it's there, deep down. We are so happy to win," said Al-Attiyah at the finish. Al-Attiyah, at the wheel of a Dacia, only had to avoid a final day slip-up to top the podium after bringing his c…
Radio France Internationale
The Katarian pilot Nasser Al-Attiyayah, who competed for the team Dacia Sandriders, won his master Raliu Dakar at the end of the final stage of the contest in Saudi Arabia. It is the first victory for the Dacia builder in the famous endurance course.
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