Overview
- Nasser Al-Attiyah won the car category by 9m42s over Ford’s Nani Roma, with Ford’s Mattias Ekström third after winning the final stage and edging Sébastien Loeb by 37 seconds.
- Friday’s penultimate test was Al-Attiyah’s 50th career Dakar stage win, tying Stéphane Peterhansel and Ari Vatanen for the car record.
- The result delivers Dacia its first overall Dakar victory in only the manufacturer’s second attempt.
- KTM’s Luciano Benavides captured the RallyGP crown by two seconds, the smallest winning margin in Dakar history.
- Honda’s Ricky Brabec lost the lead after a wrong turn about 7 km from the finish of the 105 km Yanbu stage; Edgar Canet won the day and Tosha Schareina took third overall.