Nasser Al Attiyah: "We attacked non-stop"

Dakar 2026 | Prologue | YANBU > YANBU
January 3 ^rd 2026 - 15:42 [GMT + 3]

The Qatari, a five-time winner of the event, has also taken the Dakar prologue six times (2009, 2017 through 2019, 2021 and 2022). This time round, he had to settle for fourth place, 8 seconds behind Mattias Ekström.

"It was a good prologue, I'm thrilled to get going. We attacked non-stop and set a strong pace. The stage was short but tricky. We did a good job and I think the car's come a long way since last year, I have good reason to be happy."