ROME. The Dakar 2022 starts and Nasser Al-Attiyah immediately shows off. The pilot from Qatar (former skeet shooting champion) with his Toyota wins the prologue of the historic rally, 19 km of …
ROME. The Dakar 2022 starts and Nasser Al-Attiyah immediately shows off. The pilot from Qatar (former shooting champion) with his Toyota wins the prologue of the historic rally, 19 km of special between Jeddah and Hàil in 10’56 ”. Immediately behind him was the Spaniard Carlos Sainz: the Spanish champion, two-time rally world champion and three-time Dakar winner, father of the Ferrari driver, finished in second place with the hybrid Audi 12 seconds behind Al-Attiyah, followed by the South African Henk Lategan (Toyota). Among the other favorites, the French Sébastien Loeb finished quito, the Spaniard Nani Roma seventh. The results of yesterday’s prologue determine the starting order of the first real test scheduled for today.
Until 14 January 1,065 between drivers and co-drivers will face the most famous, fascinating and dangerous rally raid in the world which for the third consecutive year is held in Saudi Arabia. From Hàil to Jeddah they will have to face 8,375 kilometers with 4,258 km of extremely treacherous special stages. The protagonists will be cars, motorcycles, trucks, quads and historic cars, the new category that was introduced in 2021.