
Nasser Al-Attiyah joins Prodrive ahead of 2024 Dakar
Nasser Al-Attiyah will be joining Prodrive in 2024 after seven years racing for Toyota.
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Nasser Al-Attiyah will be joining Prodrive in 2024 after seven years racing for Toyota.
Henk Lategan dislodged his shoulder after his Toyota Hilux rolled during the Renergen 400 on Saturday. He will concentrate on recovering for the 2024 Dakar Rally now that the event is three months away.
Nasser Al-Attiyah will leave Toyota once his contract expires in September after guiding the company to three World Cups for Cross-Country Rallies, a World Rally-Raid Championship and three Dakar Rallies.
Audi has extensively updated its Dakar Rally prototype for 2023, with the improvements intended to increase powertrain efficiency and make the vehicle simpler for the crew to manage.
Toyota Gazoo Racing driver Nasser Al-Attiyah has won his fourth Dakar Rally championship after a strong performance in the 2022 Dakar event held in Saudi Arabia.
On the penultimate day of the Dakar Rally, Carlos Sainz won yet another stage for Audi, while Nasser Al-Attiyah moved closer to overall victory after finishing eighth.
Audi’s Stephane Peterhansel won the tenth stage of the 2022 Dakar Rally on Wednesday, while Sebastien Loeb gained time on race leader Nasser Al Attiyah after finishing fifth.
Toyota’s Stage 9 performance was its best of the 2022 Dakar Rally, as Giniel de Villiers led a 1-2-3 finish for the Japanese manufacturer, ahead of Henk Lategan and overall leader Nasser Al-Attiyah.
In the eighth stage of the 2022 Dakar Rally, Audi won its second stage on Monday thanks to Mattias Ekstrom, while Nasser Al-Attiyah’s troubles gave an advantage to Sebastien Loeb in the overall standings.
Nine-time WRC Champion, Sébastien Loeb reclaimed second place in the Dakar 2022 overall standings after winning Dakar Rally Stage 7.
Orlando Terranova of the Prodrive-run Bahrain team won the sixth stage of the 2022 Dakar Rally as his teammate Sebastien Loeb finished 30th after getting lost, while Nasser Al-Attiyah increased his overall lead despite finishing 10th.
Danilo Petrucci of Tech3 KTM won the 395km special on Thursday, becoming the first MotoGP rider to win in Dakar.
After a second collision with a motorcyclist, Giniel de Villiers received a five-hour penalty in the Dakar Rally overall standings, thereby eliminating him from contention.
Nasser Al-Attiyah won Stage 4 of the 2022 Dakar Rally, extending his lead over competitors Yazeed Al Rajhi and Carlos Sainz, who both had problems late in the stage.
A terrorism inquiry has been launched by French authorities into an explosion in Saudi Arabia that injured a French driver ahead of the Dakar Rally.
Max Verstappen is facing a potential one race ban if his rivalry with Lewis Hamilton continues into the 2022 season.