Auto-motorsport·Motorautosport·19 jan 2024

All the latest Dakar 2024 news and updates from Saudi Arabia as Friday’s Stage 12 saw the winners crowned.

– History was made on Friday’s final stage of the 46th Dakar Rally as, for the first-time ever by a car equipped with electric drivetrains, Carlos Sainz’s futuristic Audi RS Q e-tron beat all-comers over the 5,000km of perilous dunes, mountains and canyons in Saudi Arabia. It is the Spanish legend’s fourth Dakar title win with the 61-year-old and his co-driver Lucas Cruz demonstrating when to push for speed and when to switch the strategy. Sainz said: “When you work hard and you believe in yourself, when you have a good team and good people around you, then the work will always pay off. This car is so special. I want to enjoy this victory.”