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.

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

French Mini driver Guerlain Chicherit was fastest in the 413km first stage around the southwestern town of Bisha, but Toyota’s Quintero, who finished 50 seconds behind, was promoted hours later after he was credited 95 seconds to make up for time lost when he stopped to assist Spaniard Laia Sanz, who had crashed.

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

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.

American Seth Quintero won the first stage of the Dakar Rally on Saturday, while Qatar's five-time winner Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah was in 20th positio

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

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.