Saudi Jazid Al Rajhi (Overdrive Racing), who was the leader of the Dakar 2024 general classification until Thursday morning, left the rally at the beginning of the king-queen stage of the rallies and handed over the general classification to the fight between him and the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Audi). Nasser Al-Attiyah (Prodrive) from Qatar.
Dakar sources reported: “The car broke down” He said that at the start of the 48-hour time trial, which was supposed to be the big stage of the rally raid, he had to abandon the vehicle after it got stuck in the sand dune at the 51st kilometer of the sixth round.
After the 51st kilometer Sainz will be the virtual leader of the raceThis causes him to go slower than the other drivers as he is currently first in the stage and has 8 minutes and 39 seconds against Al-Attiyah, who opened the circuit by winning this Wednesday’s stage.
In fact, right now and in the next few hours, The man from Madrid would be six minutes and eleven seconds ahead of the Qatari. who is the current champion and has accumulated two Touaregs in a row.