Overview
- Ford swept the Stage 5 podium after Nani Roma’s 1m10s speeding penalty gave teammate Mitch Guthrie his second win of the rally, with Martin Prokop third.
- Henk Lategan stayed atop the general classification by 3m17s over Nasser Al-Attiyah, with Ford’s Mattias Ekström, Roma and Carlos Sainz filling third through fifth and Guthrie up to sixth.
- Opening the road on the second marathon day cost Lategan nearly 13 minutes on the stage, though Toyota returned all three GR Hilux crews to the bivouac after punctures and navigation setbacks.
- In RallyGP, Luciano Benavides won the stage as Daniel Sanders reclaimed the overall lead by 2m02s over Ricky Brabec, helped by a 10-minute penalty that dropped Tosha Schareina to fourth.
- The marathon leg ended with Stage 5 from AlUla to Ha’il, and crews now face Stage 6 to Riyadh followed by the rally’s rest day.