AL HENAKIYAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Nineteen-year-old Saood Variawa of South Africa became the youngest top-class driver to win a stage in the Dakar Rally on Tuesday. The previous record was 22, set last Saturday by American Seth Quintero. Both are competing in the ultimate car category for only the second time.

Seth Quintero, the US off-road racing driver representing Toyota Gazoo Racing, was declared the winner of the 2025 Dakar Rally Stage 1 on Saturday. I

Late change in the finishing order as Quintero moves ahead of provisional winner Chicherit

American driver Seth Quintero was promoted to first place on the opening stage of the Dakar Rally after helping a crashed rival on Saturday. Quintero's Toyota actually crossed second behind the Mini of Frenchman Guerlain Chicherit after the 413-kilometer special in the desert around Bisha in Saudi Arabia's south west.

Race officials credit Quintero with 95 seconds as he briefly stopped to help Laia Sanz after her crash - Anadolu Ajansı

(Reuters) -Nine-times world rally champion Sebastien Loeb is out of the Dakar Rally after he rolled his Dacia in the Saudi desert on Tuesday as the race continued to take a toll of the big names after the exit of 2024 winner Carlos Sainz.

American Toyota driver Seth Quintero won the first stage of the Dakar Rally on Saturday, the race favourites having eased up so as not to land an

Stage 1 of the 47th edition of the Dakar rally saw KTM rider Daniel Sanders claim his second stage victory of the race. In the cars category, Toyotas Seth QUintero pushed ahead at the end to claim todays stage.