Yazeed Al Rajhi: “the first Saudi driver to win”
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January 17
th
2025
- 12:52
[GMT + 3]
Yazeed Al Rajhi triumphed on his 11th participation, in front of home crowds, linking his story to those of Jean-Louis Schlesser (1999) and Pierre Lartigue (1994).
“I am very, very happy to do it, it is not an easy race, it’s the toughest one that I’ve done in the last eleven years. For sure, I’m very happy – me and Timo and my team did a great job like always. For sure, we have made a lot of records today: the first Saudi driver to win and also in the last twenty-five years no private team beat a factory team but we did it this time. Also, it’s the first time there is a winner on the Dakar from the same country in which it is raced, with a Saudi guy winning a Saudi Dakar. I’m very happy…Today we took it easy, there was no need to push and we did a great job”.