{"id":10371,"date":"2024-01-19T16:56:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T16:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/?p=10371"},"modified":"2024-01-19T16:56:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T16:56:49","slug":"meanwhile-in-the-saudi-arabian-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/?p=10371","title":{"rendered":"Meanwhile, in the Saudi Arabian desert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With a final special stage over 175 kilometres, the Dakar rally has reached the finish in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. Closing in on his 62nd<\/sup> birthday, Carlos Sainz fulfilled another of his ambitions by winning his fourth Dakar for Audi. Behind the prototypes, the participants in the Classic Dakar made for terrific imagery.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carlos Sainz \u2013 the dad, not the son. You have to hand it to the man. His ambition to perform remains strong as ever. As an insight to the man\u2019s unrelenting ambition, this documentary<\/a> is well worth the watch. Not only is he a two-time WRC world champion, he has now added a fourth Dakar<\/a> win to his resume as well. Impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo ASO\/Ricardo Leizer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Porsche 959<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our attention inevitably went more in the direction of Dakar Classic, the oldies \u2013 the cars, less so the drivers \u2013 running just behind the big Dakar boys. This year, the French Prestige Autos garage made sure most of the attention went their way. J\u00e9r\u00e9my Athimon prepared two magnificent replicas of the Porsche 959 Ren\u00e9 Metge and Jacky Ickx drove through the African desert in 1985 and 1986. The replicas were based on the Porsche 911.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo ASO\/Vandrei Stephani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For Athimon, it was the third participation in a Porsche in Dakar Classic. This year, he came 18th<\/sup> in the 959. The second 959 unfortunately did not make it to the finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo ASO\/Jorge Cunha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Duel to the finish<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Victory in Dakar Classic went to Carlos Santaolalla Milla and Jan Rosa I Vi\u00f1as in the Factorytub Toyota Land Cruiser. Last year, the Spaniards had to settle for second, and the duo came close to seeing a repeat in 2024. On the penultimate day, Lorenzo Traglio \u2013 son of Tecnosport boss Maurizio Traglio \u2013 had snatched the lead in his Nissan Pathfinder, but Santaolalla Milla managed to set things straight on the final stage. Tecnosport\u2019s Paolo Bedeschi and Daniele Bottallo completed the podium in a Toyota BJ71.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With a final special stage over 175 kilometres, the Dakar rally has reached the finish in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. Closing in on his 62nd birthday, Carlos Sainz fulfilled another of his ambitions by winning his fourth Dakar for Audi. Behind the prototypes, the participants in the Classic Dakar made for terrific imagery. Carlos Sainz \u2013…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[109,104],"tags":[952,305,277,527,353,137,993,319],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-10371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historic-rallies","category-news-pictures-videos","tag-carlos-sainz","tag-classic-dakar","tag-dakar","tag-nissan","tag-paris-dakar","tag-porsche","tag-porsche-959","tag-toyota","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t