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Dakar 48h stage top two, Sainz and Loeb all hit with penalties

Carlos Sainz Sr Henk Lategan FIA Carlos Sainz Yazeed AlRajhi Ford Nasser AlAttiyah the Dakar Rally Toyota

Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Nasser Al-Attiyah have been handed penalties by the FIA for exceeding permitted speed limits after finishing first and second in stage two of the Dakar Rally.

Speed limits are dictated during non-timed liaison running, and stage winner Al-Rajhi was given a two-minute penalty for breaching the limit. The Toyota privateer keeps his victory but drops further behind overall classification leader Henk Lategan, the gap now at 4m45s.

Al-Attiyah was also guilty of speeding in his Dacia, though he was given a four-minute penalty, further boosting Lategan's standing in the overall standings. The penalty also means the Toyota driver took second in the stage, with the Qatari dropping to third.

Carlos Sainz endured a miserable second stage in his Ford Raptor and a two-minute penalty only compounded his issues.

#225 Ford M-Sport Ford: Carlos Sainz Sr. (Photo by: Red Bull Content Pool)

Sainz rolled over in a crash on day one of the endurance stage, which triggered back pain; although he was able to return to the bivouac and stay in the rally, a puncture and navigational issues have left the four-time winner way down the order, over an hour and a half off Lategan's lead.

"I want to recover, both emotionally and physically, and try to help the team – and if I can win a stage, all the better," Sainz said. "My back hurts a bit, it's a bit sore, but I don't think there's anything out of the ordinary, just the blow."

Sebastien Loeb's hopes were also dented as his Dacia was hit by fan issues on the first day of the stage, though repairs were able to keep him in the top 10 for the stage to minimise the time lost.

Whilst the Frenchman was also penalised by the FIA, he was only docked 10 seconds, meaning he stays sixth in the classification, 18m56s off the lead.

Lategan takes his lead over Al-Rajhi and Al-Attiyah [11m14s] into stage three, which will take in 495km of timed running and 352km of untimed travel from the Bisha bivouac to Al Henakiyah.

Photos from Dakar Rally Stage 2

#225 Ford M-Sport Ford: Carlos Sainz Sr., Lucas Cruz

2025 Dakar Rally - Stage 2

#319 Red Bull Off-Road Junior Team Taurus: Goncalo Guerreiro, Cadu Sachs

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#77 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM: Luciano Benavides

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#319 Red Bull Off-Road Junior Team Taurus: Goncalo Guerreiro, Cadu Sachs

2025 Dakar Rally - Stage 2

#319 Red Bull Off-Road Junior Team Taurus: Goncalo Guerreiro, Cadu Sachs

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#222 X-Raid Mini JCW Team Mini: Guillaume De Mevius, Mathieu Baumel

2025 Dakar Rally - Stage 2

#319 Red Bull Off-Road Junior Team Taurus: Goncalo Guerreiro, Cadu Sachs

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#47 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM: Kevin Benavides

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#319 Red Bull Off-Road Junior Team Taurus: Goncalo Guerreiro, Cadu Sachs

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#225 Ford M-Sport Ford: Carlos Sainz, Lucas Cruz, crash

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#227 Ford M-Sport Ford: Nani Roma, Alex Haro

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#212 The Dacia Sandriders Dacia: Cristina Gutierrez, Pablo Moreno

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#210 Overdrive Racing Toyota: Rokas Baciuska, Oriol Mena

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#226 Ford M-Sport Ford: Mattias Ekström, Emil Bergkvist

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#225 Ford M-Sport Ford: Carlos Sainz, Lucas Cruz, crash

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#200 The Dacia Sandriders Dacia: Nasser Al-Attiyah, Boulanger Edouard

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#203 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota: Lucas Moraes, Armand Monleon

2025 Dakar Rally - Stage 2

#225 Ford M-Sport Ford: Carlos Sainz, Lucas Cruz, crash

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#47 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM: Kevin Benavides

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#219 The Dacia Sandriders Dacia: Sebastien Loeb, Fabian Lurquin

2025 Dakar Rally - Stage 2

#225 Ford M-Sport Ford: Carlos Sainz, Lucas Cruz, crash

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#204 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota: Seth Quintero, Dennis Zenz

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#248 Overdrive Racing Toyota: Marcos Moraes, Maykel Justo

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#204 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota: Seth Quintero, Dennis Zenz

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#225 Ford M-Sport Ford: Carlos Sainz Sr., Lucas Cruz

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#203 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota: Lucas Moraes, Armand Monleon

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#222 X-Raid Mini JCW Team Mini: Guillaume De Mevius, Mathieu Baumel

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#231 Overdrive Racing Toyota: Toby Price, Sam Sunderland

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#228 Ford M-Sport Ford: Mitchell Guthrie, Kellon Walch

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#200 The Dacia Sandriders Dacia: Nasser Al-Attiyah, Boulanger Edouard

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#226 Ford M-Sport Ford: Mattias Ekström, Emil Bergkvist

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#219 The Dacia Sandriders Dacia: Sebastien Loeb, Fabian Lurquin

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#206 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota: Giniel De Villiers, Dirk Von Zitzewitz

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#227 Ford M-Sport Ford: Nani Roma, Alex Haro

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#305 Team BBR Taurus: Dania Akeel, Stephane Duple

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#204 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota: Seth Quintero, Dennis Zenz

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#204 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota: Seth Quintero, Dennis Zenz

2025 Dakar Rally - Stage 2

#225 Ford M-Sport Ford: Carlos Sainz Sr., Lucas Cruz

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#203 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota: Lucas Moraes, Armand Monleon

2025 Dakar Rally - Stage 2

#203 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota: Lucas Moraes, Armand Monleon

2025 Dakar Rally - Stage 2

#203 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota: Lucas Moraes, Armand Monleon

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#222 X-Raid Mini JCW Team Mini: Guillaume De Mevius, Mathieu Baumel

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#203 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota: Lucas Moraes, Armand Monleon

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#231 Overdrive Racing Toyota: Toby Price, Sam Sunderland

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#228 Ford M-Sport Ford: Mitchell Guthrie, Kellon Walch

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#228 Ford M-Sport Ford: Mitchell Guthrie, Kellon Walch

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#200 The Dacia Sandriders Dacia: Nasser Al-Attiyah, Boulanger Edouard

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#200 The Dacia Sandriders Dacia: Nasser Al-Attiyah, Boulanger Edouard

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#219 The Dacia Sandriders Dacia: Sebastien Loeb, Fabian Lurquin

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#206 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota: Giniel De Villiers, Dirk Von Zitzewitz

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#210 Overdrive Racing Toyota: Rokas Baciuska, Oriol Mena

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#217 X-Raid Mini JCW Team Mini: Denis Krotov, Konstantin Zhiltsov

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#305 Team BBR Taurus: Dania Akeel, Stephane Duple

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#304 Team BBR Taurus: Pau Navarro, Lisandro Ezequiel Sisterna Herrera

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#404 Can-Am Factory Team Can-Am: Francisco Lopez Contardo, Juan Pablo Latrach

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#319 Red Bull Off-Road Junior Team Taurus: Goncalo Guerreiro, Cadu Sachs

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#240 X-Raid Mini JCW Team Mini: Joao Ferreira, Filipe Palmeiro

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#39 Esprit KTM KTM: Benjamin Melot

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#400 Sébastien Loeb Racing - RZR Factory Racing Polaris: Xavier De Soultrait, Martin Bonnet

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#278 MD Rallye Sport MD: Jean Pierre Strugo, Christophe Crespo

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#278 MD Rallye Sport MD: Jean Pierre Strugo, Christophe Crespo

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#278 MD Rallye Sport MD: Jean Pierre Strugo, Christophe Crespo

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#304 Team BBR Taurus: Pau Navarro, Lisandro Ezequiel Sisterna Herrera

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#425 Sébastien Loeb Racing - RZR Factory Racing Polaris: Brock Heger, Max Eddy

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#207 JLC Racing MD: Jean-Luc Ceccaldi, Delphine Delfino

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#237 Coronel Dakar Team Century: Tim Coronel, Tom Coronel

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#237 Coronel Dakar Team Century: Tim Coronel, Tom Coronel

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#224 X-Raid Mini JCW Team Mini: Lionel Baud, Lucie Baud

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#240 X-Raid Mini JCW Team Mini: Joao Ferreira, Filipe Palmeiro

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#400 Sébastien Loeb Racing - RZR Factory Racing Polaris: Xavier De Soultrait, Martin Bonnet

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#400 Sébastien Loeb Racing - RZR Factory Racing Polaris: Xavier De Soultrait, Martin Bonnet

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#231 Overdrive Racing Toyota: Toby Price

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#225 Ford M-Sport Ford: Carlos Sainz Sr, Lucas Cruz

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#204 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota: Seth Quintero, Dennis Zenz

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#404 Can-Am Factory Team Can-Am: Francisco Lopez Contardo, Juan Pablo Latrach

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#211 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota: Henk Lategan, Brett Cummings

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#210 Overdrive Racing Toyota: Rokas Baciuska, Oriol Mena

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#206 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota: Giniel De Villiers, Dirk Von Zitzewitz

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#200 The Dacia Sandriders Dacia: Nasser Al-Attiyah, Boulanger Edouard, #219 The Dacia Sandriders Dacia: Sebastien Loeb, Fabian Lurquin

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#225 Ford M-Sport Ford: Carlos Sainz Sr, Lucas Cruz

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#225 Ford M-Sport Ford: Carlos Sainz Sr, Lucas Cruz

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#205 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota: Guy David Botterill, Dennis Murphy

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#77 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM: Luciano Benavides, #4 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM: Daniel Sanders

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#204 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota: Seth Quintero, #226 Ford M-Sport Ford: Mattias Ekström

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#233 MD Rallye Sport MD: Simon Vitse, Max Delfino

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#225 Ford M-Sport Ford: Carlos Sainz Sr., Lucas Cruz

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#225 Ford M-Sport Ford: Carlos Sainz Sr.

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#77 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM: Luciano Benavides

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#218 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota: Saood Variawa, Francois Cazalet

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#210 Overdrive Racing Toyota: Rokas Baciuska, Oriol Mena

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#77 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM: Luciano Benavides

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#206 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota: Giniel De Villiers, Dirk Von Zitzewitz

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#73 BAS World KTM Racing Team KTM: Edgar Canet

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#77 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM: Luciano Benavides

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#73 BAS World KTM Racing Team KTM: Edgar Canet

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#4 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM: Daniel Sanders

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#42 Monster Energy Honda HRC Honda: Adrien Van Beveren

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#77 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM: Luciano Benavides

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#218 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota: Saood Variawa, Francois Cazalet

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#4 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM: Daniel Sanders

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