Overdrive Toyota's Yazeed Al Rajhi, who lost out big time on the 48-hour chrono stage in last year's Dakar Rally, thought he had achieved the best accumulated time over the two days this time around,

Local favourite Yazeed Al-Rajhi won the 48-hour second stage of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia on Monday, despite a penalty for speeding, as South African Henk Lategan took the overall lead for the factory Toyota team.

It’s stage 2 of the 2025 Dakar Rally and also the first part of the 48-hour Chrono challenge. Australian KTM rider Daniel Sanders maintains his lead in the motorcycle class while Yazeed Al-Rajhi takes the lead on the stage in the cars category.