Auto-motorsport·Motorautosport·5 jan 2024

All the latest Dakar 2024 news and updates from Saudi Arabia, as drivers and riders take on Friday’s Prologue Route: AlUla > AlUla: Liaison 130km and Special 27km

Sweden’s Mattias Ekström came out hard and fast at the beginning of the 46th Dakar Rally with the Audi RS Q e-tron star and co-driver Emil Bergkvist winning the Ultimate car prologue by an impressive 23 seconds from American category debutant Seth Quintero with Frenchman Sébastien Loeb third 38 seconds behind. Ekström, 45, said: “We had a clean run and I was enjoying driving the car a lot, so I’m very happy”