Overview
- Spain’s Faro de Vigo reports Benavides overturned a 3:20 deficit on the 105 km final special near Yanbu, edging Brabec by just two seconds after the Honda rider erred around kilometer 98.
- Brabec had seized control on Stage 12 by executing a Honda plan to start behind Luciano Benavides, winning the stage and converting a 23‑second deficit into a 3:20 overall lead.
- Benavides said opening the Stage 12 route cost him time in dust, rocks and soft dunes, highlighting how navigation burdened the then‑leader before the final dash.
- Tosha Schareina secured the overall podium in motorcycles, reinforcing Honda’s strong week even as the title fight swung at the finish.
- In cars, Nasser Al‑Attiyah won Stage 12 to extend a roughly 15–16 minute lead toward a sixth crown, while Kevin Benavides won the Challenger Stage 12 to rise to ninth and fellow Argentine Jeremías González Ferioli took the SSV stage and climbed to fifth overall.