P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Only one of the top 10 prologue qualifiers made the top 10 in the opening stage Stage 1: AlUla –
In Stage 1 of the rally, Guillaume de Meuvis and Xavier Panseri won in the Ultimate class with their Overdrive Toyota Hilux T1+. Carlos Sainz of Audi Sport finished in second place, followed by Giniel de Villiers in third. Lithuanian Vaidotas Zala and Paolo Fiuza took fourth place, and Romain Dumas/Max Delfino finished fifth. Guy Botterill and Brett Cummings had an impressive debut, finishing seventh overall. Yazeed Al Rajhi/Timo Gottschalk and Mathieu Serradori/Loic Minaudier also had strong performances. Sebastian Loeb/Fabian Lurquin and Nasser Al Attiyah/Mathieu Baumel faced setbacks and finished in 20th and 22nd places, respectively. In the motorcycle category, Tosha Schareina crashed out of the race and Michael Docherty was airlifted to the hospital due to a hip injury. Stage 2 will take the rally from Al Hanakiyah to Al Duwadimi with 470 racing kilometers.
