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Mitch Guthrie Jr Takes Dakar Rally Lead as Ford Raptors Dominate Stage 3

Posted : 07 January 2026

American driver Mitch Guthrie Jr secured his first victory in the top car category at the Dakar Rally, winning the third 421km stage in Saudi Arabia and taking the overall lead on Tuesday. Guthrie completed the loop starting and finishing in Al Ula with a 26-second advantage over Czech driver Martin Prokop, while Sweden’s Mattias Ekstrom held third place.

Guthrie praised his co-driver Kellon Walch for flawless navigation. "We started at the back, and Kellon killed it with the navigation," he said. "There were a lot of tricky spots, but we had no flat tyres. The car was great, so we just kept moving all day."

The top five was dominated by Ford Raptors, with Spaniards Carlos Sainz and Nani Roma taking fourth and fifth overall, respectively. Brazilian Lucas Moraes finished sixth, while the Dacia Sandrider team of Cristina Gutierrez, Nasser Al-Attiyah, and Sebastien Loeb took seventh, 10th, and 12th places.

Al-Attiyah, a five-time Dakar champion, had been leading after Monday's stage but dropped back due to two punctures, finishing more than 11 minutes behind Guthrie. Loeb, the nine-time world rally champion, also struggled with punctures and ran out of spare tyres, forcing him to complete the remaining 300km at a reduced pace. "We’re driving at about 20 percent of our capacity just to avoid punctures and we still get them," Loeb said.

In the motorcycle category, Spain’s Tosha Schareina won the stage riding for Honda, while defending champion Daniel Sanders from Australia retained the overall lead on his KTM, one minute and seven seconds ahead of Honda rider Ricky Brabec.

The fourth stage of the rally, a 417km route from Al Ula with an overnight desert bivouac, is set for Wednesday.

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