Nasser Al-Attiyah debuted by winning in the 2024 edition of the Dakar with the Nasser Racing Prodrive Hunter. The driver thus climbed to second place in the overall classification before the 48-hour marathon stage.
In the fifth stage, which had only 118km timed, the Qatari spent 1h37m25s. Consistently the fastest, he surpassed Guerlain Chicherit (Overdrive Racing/Toyota) by 1m51s. Overdrive Racing had a great performance, placing three more drivers in the top five: Juan Cruz Yacopini, Yazeed Al Rajhi, and Guillaume de Mevius.
The sixth in the T1U, the main category, was Giniel de Villiers (Toyota), but ahead of him Francisco López Contardo (Can-Am Factory) was the best in the Challenger category and achieved a sixth place in the combined classification of all car categories.
In the overall classification, Al Rajhi remains the leader, now 9m03s ahead of Al-Attiyah who surpassed Carlos Sainz. The Spanish Audi driver had a more complicated day, only reaching the 16th position. Mattias Ekström (Audi) is in fourth place, ahead of Mathieu Serradori (Century Racing Factory Team). After another top ten among the T1U with the ninth time, Lithuanian Vaidotas Zala with Portuguese navigator Paulo Fiúza (X-Raid Arijus Team/MINI) is in seventh place overall.
Top ten of Stage 5:
Top ten overall:
