Overview
- Toyota’s Henk Lategan won Stage 4 and moved into the overall lead in cars, with Nasser Al‑Attiyah up to second, Mattias Ekström third and Carlos Sainz fourth about 16 minutes back.
- Ford’s marathon day unraveled as Ekström, Sainz and Nani Roma dropped large chunks of time and Tuesday’s leader Mitch Guthrie ceded roughly 43 minutes.
- In bikes, Tosha Schareina took a second straight stage and leads the general classification on countback over Ricky Brabec after they tied on total time, with Daniel Sanders now third at 1:24.
- Defending car champion Yazeed Al‑Rajhi retired from the rally after problems in the rocky special, underlining the stakes of the no‑service rules.
- In Challenger, Yasir Seaidan retains the overall lead; Puck Klaassen and Argentine co‑driver Augusto Sanz remain in close contention after their Stage 3 win, while Nicolás Cavigliasso and Valentina Pertegarini captured the Stage 4 special.