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Dakar Rally 2026, Live | Race Stage 12, Carlos Sainz, Nani Roma, Al Attiyah, Tosha Chalayna, Edgar Kane
Challenger – Pau Navarro reaches the finish line
Together with Yan Rosa, the Catalan reached the end of the stage with little to no ground on his Tuareg rivals. With a lead of over 25 minutes, the crown is within reach.
Challenger – Pau Navarro defeats Seadan
The Catalan passed the penultimate checkpoint one minute faster than the Saudi, giving him an even better position at the top of the overall standings.
CARS – Laia Sanz is also in Yanbu
The Catalan driver reached the finish line just 20 minutes behind Nasser Al-Attiyah’s time, placing him once again in the top 20 fastest.
Al-Attiyah rivals historical records
With this stage victory, the Qatari achieved a total of 50 stage wins in his sporting career, making him the fourth-highest number of wins in history, alongside Vatanen.
CARS – Cristina Gutierrez reaches the finish line
A very good stage for Burgos women with Dacia. He remains nine and a half minutes behind Nasser’s time and is on the verge of breaking into the top 10.
Cars – Nasser Al Attiyah’s victory!
A great day for Dacia. Win the stage and complete the Dakar. Nasser Al-Attiyah overtook Price and Ekström on this penultimate stage, sealing the Touareg for the sixth time barring tomorrow’s disaster.
qatar won Over 6 minutes at Nani Roma And Carlos Sainz has more than seven. This gave us a lead of over 15 minutes with 100km remaining. he has more than that
CARS – Toby Price defeats Ekstrom
The Toyota driver, together with his co-driver Armando Monleon, took a provisional lead upon reaching the finish line, beating the Swede in Froods by 24 seconds. It remains to be seen whether Al Attiyah will outperform both riders and win the stage.
CARS – Carlos Sainz is already at the goal line
The Spaniard arrived at the Yanbu camp chasing Ekström for 5 minutes and 56 seconds. It wasn’t a great day for the Ford driver.
CARS – Ekström is already at the finish line
Despite the track being open, it was a great day for Ford in Sweden. Ekström has already reached the finish line and it remains to be seen what Al-Attiyah and Price will do to decide the stage winner. In any case, the Ford driver will aim to secure fourth place and get on the podium tomorrow
CARS – Beware of prices and Montleon
Toby Price took second place behind Al Attiyah at the penultimate checkpoint. The Australian and Spanish co-driver have had a very successful second week of the rally.
CARS – Sainz loses big time to Ekström
The Spaniard was unable to match the Swede’s pace early on on the course, and at the penultimate checkpoint Carlos conceded more than six minutes to his Ford teammate.
Al Attiyah, devastating
Challenger – Pau Navarro has it under control
Together with Jan Rosa, the Catalan lost just two minutes to Seaidan at 134km. He therefore maintains a margin of over 20 minutes in the overall standings and will not struggle to get the Touareg.
CARS – Al Attiyah looks set for a big victory
If Qatar wins the stage at this pace, they will win the Dakar. The Dacia driver is already running almost a minute ahead of Ekström and, having started far behind him, will be doing everything he can to widen the gap.
Nani Roma has already lost more than five minutes compared to Nasser.
Motorcycle – Saunders will arrive in 35 minutes
The rally leader for much of the event arrived in Yanbu in severe pain from a fall during the marathon. Despite missing more than 30 minutes, the Australian is desperate to get to the finish line. Some people may consider them heroic or reckless. Possible sternum and clavicle fractures
CARS – Nani Roma loses the world
The Ford-born Spaniard had a poor final stage and had already lost more than five minutes compared to Nasser at the 184km checkpoint. All your options are here.
CARS – Al Attiyah outperforms Ekström
The Dacia-born Qatari finished 15 seconds faster than the Swede, establishing his lead in the lead and closing out the Dakar.
CARS – Sainz left behind
The Spaniard has already lost more than four and a half minutes compared to Ekström at the checkpoint at km 198. His options for a final podium are disappearing
CARS – Ekström is flying
It looked like Sainz would be the one suffering, but it was the Swede who was creating an incredible rhythm. Despite opening, Al Attiyah is already 44 seconds behind at the third checkpoint.
brabec, man of the day
Motorcycles – What are the general classifications?
Brabec has everything in mind as he prepares to win his third Touareg. He has some experience and he was very smart on the Honda. He has to open the track tomorrow, but he arrives on the last day with almost everything packed.
1st place Brabec
2nd place Benavidez 3’20”
3rd place Shalayna 27’51”
2nd place Benavidez 3’20”
3rd place Shalayna 27’51”
Motorcycle – Champion reaches the finish line and leadership change is confirmed
The first three cars of this Dakar Rally have already arrived in Yanbu. Brabec derives the strategy, The play was incredible, and he clocked 3 minutes and 43 seconds from Benavidez today.was the leader of the contest until today. Meanwhile, Tosha Chalayna finished third, about 13 minutes behind her Honda teammate.
CARS – Robe gives way
The Frenchman from Dacia had overtaken the Fords, but he overtook Ekström at the 134km mark, 1 minute 48 seconds behind him, causing a problem before the third checkpoint. In other words, it’s the same time as Sainz’s current time.
CARS – Carlos Sainz suffers
Ekström went much faster than his Ford teammate and was about two minutes ahead of the Spaniard at the third checkpoint, even though the track was open.
Motorcycle – Benavidez supports the coup
The Argentine is four and a half minutes behind Brabec, but with the bonus of starting the course he can still dream a little of tomorrow’s very short stage. Brabec will definitely start there.
CARS – Al-Attiyah surpasses Robe
The Qatari passes the second control point with just one advantage over his Dacia teammate. The positive thing for him is that he has a 1 minute 41 second advantage over Nani Roma, who is the only one who can argue with the Tuareg.
Motorcycle – Canet loses the world
It was a really tough day for Edgar. He was unable to help Benavidez with navigation at any time and lost 23 minutes.
CARS – Guthrie’s new leader
Sebastien Loeb remains in the lead at the second checkpoint. However, initially GUssuri and Lategan have already surpassed the French. Both of them had a lot of problems yesterday, and they ended up exceeding the top 20. Therefore, there will be no navigation problems and you will arrive much faster. It will take some time to find this stage winner.
Motorcycle – Shalayna has already lost 10 minutes
Valencian throws in the towel on Touareg options. If there is no checkpoint, it is more than 10 and a half minutes away from Brabec.
Motorcycles – Brabec isn’t slowing down at all
The Honda rider continued to widen the gap on Luciano Benavidez, with Benavidez holding on as hard as he could to open the course. The KTM guys collect a few seconds bonus, but The difference with Honda is already over 4 and a half minutes.
CARS – Al Attiyah beats Nani in time
The two Touareg candidates have already passed the first checkpoint, with the leader of the competition almost a minute ahead. So things get even more complicated with Ford’s Catalan
CARS – Sainz makes more concessions
The Spaniard and Ekström have already passed the second checkpoint, and the Swede has a nearly one-minute advantage over Carlos.
CARS – Loeb is the fastest so far
In the absence of Nasser Al Attiyah, who arrived at the first checkpoint, the Dacia driver was fastest with a 14-second lead over de Möbius.
+ Motorcycles – Benavidez and Brabec at a very high level
The rest is done by the two Touareg candidates. And it shows that Howes and Van Beveren are losing big. The American is 18 minutes from Brabec and Van Beveren is 10 minutes.
Chalayna has just passed 223km in almost 7 and a half hours. It is clear that everyone is waiting for help if Brabec needs help more than attack
CARS – Ekström gets off to a better start than Sainz
The Ford duo reached the first checkpoint and even though the track was open, the Swede was 20 seconds faster than the Spaniard.
Motorcycle – Brabec pushes even harder
Benavidez is opening the track and the American will take advantage of this to further increase his margin at the top of the timetable. Argentina has almost four minutes and Shalayna has over six and a half minutes.
The big loser was Edgar Canet, who was nearly 17 minutes behind the Honda.
The desert dunes are full of traps.
CARS – The first vehicles are starting to depart
Since everyone is on the same route, cars start behind the two-wheelers, and now it’s the four-wheelers’ turn. Yesterday’s best riders, Ekström and Sainz, are already riding in the special race.
Motorcycle – Brabec heads for Dakar
The Honda driver used a strategy yesterday and started behind his great rival Luciano Benavidez. He is doing well at 3’09” at 184km and will be the new leader of the rally.
As for him, Tosha Chalayna is struggling and currently missing over 6 minutes. The only thing you have to worry about is not making mistakes and securing the final 3rd place
good morning!
how are you? The penultimate stage of Dakar 2026 is ticking down minute by minute. As is customary, the final day is the last day where drivers can make a difference, as it is usually a very short stage that only serves as a wrap-up.
Today we have a 311km stage, but it’s not that long, the links are 409km
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Source: Mundo Deportivo
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