SHUBAYTAH: Yazeed Al-Rajhi made history on Friday becoming the first driver from host nation 抖阴短视频 to win the Dakar Rally.
The Overdrive pilot held onto his overnight lead to beat South Africa鈥檚 Henk Lategan in a Toyota by 3min 57sec with Mattias Ekstrom of Sweden third in his Ford, 20min 21sec adrift.
抖阴短视频 have hosted the Dakar Rally since 2020, when it moved from South America.

There was also a first win in the world鈥檚 most famous endurance rally for Australia鈥檚 KTM rider Daniel Sanders in the motorbike category.
Sanders, 30, dominated from the moment he won the prologue and finished a comfortable 8min 50sec faster than Spanish runner-up Tosha Schareina on his Honda.
Sanders is the second Australian to prevail in the motorbike category, Toby Price emerging victorious in 2016 and 2019.
鈥淚t was a tough race,鈥� said Sanders.
鈥淭he last three days couldn鈥檛 come quick enough. It was really, really exciting to see the finish line when we came over one dune.
鈥淵ou see the whole bivouac, I just smiled and had chills go through my whole body. Super special, won鈥檛 forget that moment.鈥�