2026 Dakar Rally

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He is confirmed being out of Dakar. Without getting into details, I read from reports he's in critical conditions. One can only hope he'll be able to survive and eventually recover...

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Ekstrom won the prologue. Tomorrow the first stage of 300 Km.

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Guillaume De Mevius (Mini X-Raid) won the first stage. Very close gaps, 20 drivers in 10 minutes. Al Rajhi picked up a penalty and finished 28 minutes behind De Mevius. 2 of the 3 works Land Rover Defender (Peterhansel and Price) already in trouble.

Top 10:
1 - Guillaume De Mevius (Mini X-Raid)
2 - Nasser Al Attiyah (Dacia) +40s
3 - Martin Prokop (Ford Jipocar) +1m 27s
4 - Mattias Ekstrom (Ford M-Sport) +1m 38s
4 - Marek Goczal (Toyota Energylandia) +1m 38s
6 - Carlos Sainz (Ford M-Sport) +1m 54s
7 - Guy Botterill (Toyota SA/SVR) +2m 03s
8 - Nani Roma (Ford M-Sport) +2m 37s
9 - Mitch Guthrie (Ford M-Sport) +2m 50s
10 - Sebastien Loeb (Dacia) +3m 01s

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Stage 2 won by Seth Quintero and dominated by Toyota, but Nasser takes the lead. Still very small gaps.

Top 5:
1 - Nasser Al Attiyah (Dacia)
2 - Seth Quintero (Toyota) +7s
3 - Guillaume De Mevius (Mini X-Raid) +1m 09s
4 - Henk Lategan (Toyota) +1m 28s
5 - Sebastien Loeb (Dacia) +1m 57s