{"id":47434,"date":"2025-01-17T14:37:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T11:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/?p=47434"},"modified":"2025-01-17T14:37:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T11:37:34","slug":"yazeed-al-rajhi-becomes-first-saudi-to-win-the-dakar-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/latest\/yazeed-al-rajhi-becomes-first-saudi-to-win-the-dakar-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Yazeed Al Rajhi Becomes First Saudi To Win The Dakar Rally!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday was a day to remember for Saudi Arabian motorsport as Yazeed Al-Rajhi made history by becoming the first-ever driver from Saudi Arabia to win the legendary Dakar Rally!<\/p>\n<h2>It&#8217;s all about Rajhi on this historic day!<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">\u0628\u0637\u0644\u0646\u0627 \u064a\u0632\u064a\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0627\u062c\u062d\u064a \u0628\u064a\u0636 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0648\u062c\u0647\u0643 \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde6 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u062f\u0627\u0643\u0627\u0631_\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a\u0629<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B12025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u062f\u0627\u0643\u0627\u06312025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our Champion Yazeed writes History \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DakarInSaudi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DakarInSaudi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dakar2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Dakar2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vMbAm4Oh7S\">pic.twitter.com\/vMbAm4Oh7S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062a\u062d\u0627\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a \u0644\u0644\u0633\u064a\u0627\u0631\u0627\u062a \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062f\u0631\u0627\u062c\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\u0631\u064a\u0629 (@SAMF_GOV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SAMF_GOV\/status\/1880192048898404710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe champion stayed cool and held onto his overnight lead to cross the finish line ahead of South Africa&#8217;s Henk Lategan, driving a Toyota, by a solid 3 minutes and 57 seconds. Sweden\u2019s Mattias Ekstrom took third, but he was quite a distance behind, finishing 20 minutes and 21 seconds behind Rajhi in his Ford.<\/p>\n<p>Not bad, huh?<\/p>\n<h3>At 43 years old, Rajhi had already been close to victory, with a third-place finish back in 2022<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u062a\u062d\u064a\u0644 \u0644\u064a\u0633 \u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a\u0627\u064b \ud83d\udc9a\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RIMfgF7q24\">pic.twitter.com\/RIMfgF7q24<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yazeed Racing (@YazeedRacing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YazeedRacing\/status\/1880192186324774999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><br \/>\nBut this win? This is the one that put him in the history books!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saudi Arabia has been hosting the Dakar Rally since 2020, and now they\u2019ve got a hometown hero leading the charge.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Friday was a day to remember for Saudi Arabian motorsport as Yazeed Al-Rajhi made history by becoming the first-ever driver from Saudi Arabia to win the legendary Dakar Rally! 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