Overview
- Luciano Benavides won the motos special and rose to third overall, 4m40s behind leader Daniel Sanders with Ricky Brabec second.
- Kevin Benavides took the Challenger stage for his first cars win at Dakar, marking the first time brothers have both won stages on the same day; Pau Navarro leads the class over Nicolás Cavigliasso with Lucas Del Río and Bruno Jacomy third overall.
- Jeremías González Ferioli prevailed in SSV to complete an Argentine three-win day, while Brock Heger heads the SSV standings from Kyle Chaney and Xavier De Soultrait.
- In Autos Ultimate, Mattias Ekström won the stage and cut Nasser Al-Attiyah’s lead to 4m47s, with Nani Roma holding third in the general classification.
- Stage 7 ran 877 km from Riyadh to Wadi ad Dawasir with 459 km timed, and Stage 8 is a 481 km loop expected to magnify the cost of opening the road and the need for mechanical care.