Dakar Portraits - Yazeed Al Rajhi - #Dakar2025 - Vidéo Dailymotion

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00:00sure I'd love to make history with this victory and after a long life be

00:11remembered as the one who won this rally it's a great honor for me for the

00:16Saudis and something special for the whole world to know that a Saudi driver

00:20won this rally. Yazeed al-Raji's journey on the Dakar goes way back it all

00:26started in South America when the Saudi impressed in his debut year. I remember

00:33in my first Dakar I won one of its stages and was extremely happy with the

00:37rally I was third in the overall standings until two stages before the

00:40end when a technical issue stopped my car. A Dakar career that has made him a

00:49star although it's not all about racing.

00:56You could say I'm well known here in Saudi Arabia perhaps 30 or 40 percent of

01:01my fame comes from the rally while 60 percent is from my projects and family

01:05name. My brother and sister are also famous and I always tell them fame is

01:12dangerous you must treat the fans as one family and avoid thinking you're in a

01:17different world. Fame can be extremely hazardous if you're not balanced and

01:22could lead to ruin. Despite all the frustrations despite the crashes and

01:28mechanical hiccups the Saudi always has a smile on his face.

01:32Enjoyment is very important to me in rallies I only compete for the love of

01:36it sometimes during the stages as my co-driver Tima knows if I'm not enjoying

01:41the rally I'll stop if I feel he made a mistake or lost the way I tell him to

01:46relax and let's just enjoy it. Then I push again. Often I laugh during the

01:52stages especially when I see David Casteira the rally director in the

01:55helicopter watching a struggle on the route. I laugh so much and Timo asks me

01:59why. I tell him David is watching us like we're crazy wondering what we're doing

02:04down here after he put us on this impossible route.

02:10After 10 years of battling to get to the highest step of the Dakar podium it's

02:15time has come.

02:22This Dakar edition has been the toughest as all the drivers say. When they

02:27remember the winner of the hardest edition and say it was Yazeed that will

02:31be something truly special for me and for it to happen on Saudi soil as the

02:35first driver from the host country to win the Dakar rally in a car that's

02:39history. It's incredible to be part of such a historic moment.

Dakar Portraits - Yazeed Al Rajhi - #Dakar2025

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