Al-Rajhi retakes lead from Lategan and is set to win his first Dakar Rally title
Yazeed Al-Rajhi is set to win the Dakar Rally on home soil in the Saudi desert after retaking the lead from South Africa’s Henk Lategan.
Lategan and Cummings second in 2025 Dakar, Saudi team wins at home
The 2025 Dakar Rally ended on Friday 17 January with a brief twelfth stage beginning and ending in Shubaytah. The South African driver, under Toyota Gazoo Racing, Henk Lategan and navigator Brett Cummings placed second overall, a mere 3 minutes 57 seconds behind the winning team.
‘Happy’ Henk Lategan loses Dakar Rally lead – and a chance at the title
Yazeed al-Rajhi took the overall lead in the car standings at the Dakar Rally after finishing third in Thursday's decisive penultimate stage.
Dakar Rally comes down to a duel in the sand between Lategan and Al-Rajhi
Henk Lategan and Yazeed Al-Rajhi will duel in the Saudi sand for their first Dakar Rally title after swapping the lead for a second straight day
SA’s Lategan completes 2025 Dakar Rally in second position
Yazeed Al-Rajhi made history on Friday becoming the first driver from host nation Saudi Arabia to win the Dakar Rally.
Dakar Rally title slips out of Lategan’s grasp with finish line in sight
Despite his best efforts in the dunes of Saudi Arabia’s notorious Empty Quarter on Thursday, Henk Lategan and co-driver Brett Cummings lost the Dakar Rally lead which they are highly unlikely to regain with the finish line in sight.
Al-Rajhi builds six-minute lead over Lategan in penultimate stage
Yazeed Al-Rajhi opened up a commanding overall lead of six minutes and 11 seconds over second-placed Henk Lategan in the Dakar Rally, after the South African, who led by over two minutes before Thursday,
SA's Henk Lategan back on top as Nani Roma hands Ford first Dakar Rally stage win in 10 years
Spain's Nani Roma won the 10th stage of the Dakar Rally on Wednesday, but South Africa's Henk Lategan moved back to the top of the overall standings.
Lategan’s Dakar Rally lead is virtually wiped out to a mere 21 seconds
Henk Lategan’s lead of the Dakar Rally melted to 21 seconds after a chaotic seventh stage for timings in the Saudi desert on Sunday.
South Africa's Lategan retakes Dakar lead from Al-Rajhi
Toyota's South African Henk Lategan regained the overall lead in the Dakar Rally on Wednesday with a two minutes and 27 seconds advantage over Saudi Arabia's Yazeed Al-Rajhi going into the penultimate stage.
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Lategan masters drive to Riyadh to earn breathing room on Dakar Rally
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Lategan reclaims top spot as Al Attiyah's title hopes take blow after navigation error
Shubaytah: South African Henk Lategan moved back atop the overall standings after the 10th stage of the Dakar Rally won by ...