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Dakar 2025, Stage 5: Al-Attiyah stretches muscle tissue to take first win, Lategan holds general lead
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Dakar 2025, Stage 5: Al-Attiyah stretches muscle tissue to take first win, Lategan holds general lead

By Miles Cooper January 28, 2025
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Dacia driver Nasser Al-Attiyah bounced again from mechanical points to win the fifth stage of the 2025 Dakar Rally on Thursday and climb as much as fourth within the general standings.

Having misplaced half an hour with a puncture and a damaged rear suspension on Wednesday, the Qatari driver dominated the 428km check between Al-Ula and Ha’il to place himself firmly again in rivalry for the general victory.

X-raid Mini driver Guerlain Chicherit set the early tempo on a route made up largely of sand and grime, whereas Ford’s Mattias Ekstrom additionally loved a short stint on the entrance after leaping to first place on the 87km mark.

However neither driver had a solution to five-time Dakar winner Al-Attiyah, who shortly started to drag away from the competitors after taking the lead 173km into the stage.

Extending his benefit by virtually seven minutes within the brief 40km run between checkpoints eight and 9, the Qatar driver ultimately reached the end line with a powerful margin of 9m59s.

This was the primary time a non-Toyota driver topped a stage in Dakar 2025, with all 4 earlier phases having been gained by both the manufacturing facility group or its buyer squad, Overdrive.

Behind Al-Attiyah, Ekstrom appeared set to complete second having retaken the spot from Toyota rival and general chief Henk Lategan on the penultimate checkpoint. However each had been leapfrogged on the very finish by a charging Seth Quintero in one other manufacturing facility Hilux, leaving them third and fourth within the ultimate order and separated by only one minute.

Dakar 2025, Stage 5: Al-Attiyah stretches muscle tissue to take first win, Lategan holds general lead

#226 Ford M-Sport Ford: Mattias Ekstrom, Emil Bergkvist

Photograph by: Purple Bull Content material Pool

Stage 4 winner Yazeed Al-Rajhi (Overdrive Toyota) had a quite lacklustre outing en path to fifth place, 11m13s down on Al-Attiyah.

Lucas Moraes drove his manufacturing facility Toyota to sixth forward of Ford’s Mitch Guthrie Jr in seventh, in what was a blended day for the American producer.

Whereas each Ekstrom and Guthrie Jr fared properly, Nani Roma suffered a head-on collision with MD Rally Sport driver Simon Vitse. The 2-time Dakar champion was unhurt however his Raptor sustained heavy harm within the accident. 

Mini’s lead contender Chicherit additionally bumped into bother mid-way by means of the stage, dropping virtually half an hour behind the leaders. He was provisionally categorised tenth.

Going into the remaining day in Ha’il on Friday, Lategan continues his stranglehold on the highest spot within the general standings, along with his lead over Al-Rajhi extending to 10m24s.

Ekstrom holds third place in the perfect of the Fords, whereas Al-Attiyah is fourth and 25 minutes down on Lategan with seven phases nonetheless to run within the second week of Dakar.

Moraes, Guthrie Jr and Century’s Matthieu Serradori are subsequent up in fifth, sixth and eighth respectively, all sitting inside an hour of Lategan with half the rally nonetheless to run.

Dakar 2025 – Outcomes after Stage 5 (Prime 10)

Pos

Driver

Automobile

Time/Hole

1

Henk Lategan

Toyota

28h10m11s

2

Yazeed Al-Rajhi

Toyota

10m17s

3

Mattias Ekstrom

Ford

20m54s

4

Nasser Al-Attiyah

Dacia

25m00s

5

Lucas Moraes

Toyota

41m55s

6

Mitch Guthrie Jr

Ford

42m44s

7

Matthieu Serradori

Century

45m59s

8

Juan Cruz Yacopini

Toyota

1h03m17s

9

Seth Quintero

Toyota

1h30m10s

10

Guerlain Chicherit

Mini

1h38m45s

Images from Dakar Rally Stage 5

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