Overview
- Henk Lategan won Stage 4 and moved to the top of the autos classification, 3:55 ahead of Nasser Al-Attiyah, with Ford’s Mattias Ekström third at 13:00.
- Ford’s Stage 3 momentum collapsed on the marathon leg, with Mitch Guthrie conceding about 44 minutes and Carlos Sainz, Ekström and Nani Roma each losing roughly half an hour.
- On bikes, Tosha Schareina beat Ricky Brabec by six seconds for a second straight stage win; both are tied on 16:45:40 overall, with Schareina listed first by tie-break, and Daniel Sanders now 1:24 behind.
- In Challenger T3, Nicolás Cavigliasso and Valentina Pertegarini won the stage and climbed to third overall, 6:45 off leader Yasir Seaidan.
- Defending cars champion Yazeed Al-Rajhi retired with mechanical trouble during the marathon stage as the rally heads to Ha’il for Thursday’s second marathon leg.