{"id":526307,"date":"2026-01-18T01:18:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T20:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=526307"},"modified":"2026-01-18T01:18:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T20:18:46","slug":"sixth-dakar-triumph-looms-for-al-attiyah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/sixth-dakar-triumph-looms-for-al-attiyah\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixth Dakar triumph looms for Al-Attiyah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> YANBU<br \/>\nQatar\u2019s Nasser Al-Attiyah looked set for a sixth Dakar Rally title after the Dacia driver won Friday\u2019s penultimate 12th stage in the Saudi Arabian desert and extended his lead to 15 minutes with 105km remaining.<br \/>\nThe stage win was the 50th of the 55-year-old\u2019s career, equalling a record in the car category held by Finnish rally great Ari Vatanen and France\u2019s 14-times Dakar winner Stephane Peterhansel.<br \/>\nThe rally ends on Saturday outside the Red Sea port of Yanbu.<br \/>\nIn the motorcycle category Honda\u2019s American Ricky Brabec returned to the top of the standings after taking a strategic decision on Thursday to drop back and get a better start position.<br \/>\n\u201cTo win this stage and to have a good lead now is really amazing,\u201d said Al-Attiyah after the 409km drive over rocks and sand left him on the verge of victory.<br \/>\nFord\u2019s Nani Roma remained his closest rival but the Spaniard\u2019s overnight deficit of eight minutes ballooned after he broke his car\u2019s front axle and lost a wheel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can lose everything today but we did a good job. One day to go, but we need to be smart and really focused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>French team-mate Romain Dumas came to Roma\u2019s rescue at the stage finish, providing the parts for the second-placed driver to continue on the link road and reach the overnight bivouac on time and without penalty.<br \/>\nFord\u2019s Mattias Ekstrom was third overall, 23 minutes and 21 seconds off the lead, with Dacia\u2019s nine times world rally champion Sebastien Loeb a close fourth and ahead of Ford\u2019s Carlos Sainz.<br \/>\nAmerican Mitch Guthrie was second on the stage for Ford, with Australian Toby Price third in a Toyota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YANBU Qatar\u2019s Nasser Al-Attiyah looked set for a sixth Dakar Rally title after the Dacia driver won Friday\u2019s penultimate 12th stage in the Saudi Arabian desert and extended his lead to 15 minutes with 105km remaining. 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