Dakar Rally witnessed an outstanding victory for Toyota, with Saudi Arabia’s Yazeed Al Rajhi and co-driver Timo Gottschalk clinching the win in

The Dakar Rally has been held in several countries since its inaugural edition in 1979, but no driver had managed to lift the Touareg trophy on home soil until Yazeed Al-Rajhi this year. The Saudi driver won an atypical 2025 event in which a number of favourites fell by the wayside early on,

Rajhi becomes the first driver to win on home soil since Pierre Lartigue won the Paris to Dakar to Paris rally in 1994.

There were notable finishes throughout the top order in fact, with another factory entered Hilux of Henk Lategan coming home second, just under four minutes behind Al Rajhi. It was looking like the South African’s Dakar this year,

Al Abdulghani Motors announced the launch of the Toyota GR Yaris Cup Qatar 2025, the first-ever racing championship of its kind in Qatar. Following its successful debut in

Local hero Yazeed Al-Rajhi secured his first Dakar title on Friday, finishing the 12-stage rally almost four minutes ahead of his closest competitor Henk Lategan, while Red Bull KTM's Daniel Sanders maintained his lead to win in the motorcycle category.

Yazeed al-Rajhi made history on Friday by becoming the first driver from host nation Saudi Arabia to win the Dakar Rally. The Overdrive pilot held onto his overnight lead to beat South Africa's Henk Lategan in a Toyota by 3min 57sec with Mattias Ekstrom of Sweden third in his Ford,

Thierry Neuville made an encouraging start to the defence of his world title, leading the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally after Thursday's three night-time stages.

The 2025 Dakar Rally concluded on Friday, with Saudi Arabia's Yazeed Al Rajhi in cars and Australia's Daniel Sanders in bikes being crowned champions. Lucas Moraes in cars and Michael Docherty in bikes won the 61-kilometer 12th stage in Shubaytah.

SHUBAYTAH, SAUDI ARABIA - Local hero Yazeed Al-Rajhi secured ... no private team beat a factory team but we did it this time." Toyota's Lategan, who finished three minutes and 57 seconds behind ...