P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings – four-time South African Rally Raid Champions – set the fastest time in the 29km Prologue stage that got Dakar 2025 underway in Saudi Arabia, powering their Toyota Gazoo Racing Hilux Ultimate T1+ to a time 0.1 seconds ahead of Swedes Mattias Ekstrom and Emil Bergkvist, giving the new Ford […]
Third in the race were Nasser Al Attiyah and Eduardo Boulanger in the Dacia Sandriders, 20 seconds behind the leaders. Following them were Rokas Baciuska and Oriol Mena in the Toyota Hilux, and Brian Baragwanath and Leonard Cremer in the Century Racing CR-7. Sebastien Loeb and Fabian Lurquin finished sixth, with Lucas Moraes and Armand Monleon in seventh. The prologue determined the start order for the first stage, with 806 competitors taking part in the 2025 Dakar Rally. The first stage covers 500km from Bisha to Bisha in Saudi Arabia, showcasing over 8,000km of challenging terrain.
