Dakar Rally 2022: Final Results, Winner Prize Money and Reaction

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Nasser Al-Attiyah won the cars division
at the 2022 Dakar Rally, which wrapped up Friday in Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia, for his fourth career title in the race.

Al-Attiyah won the race’s first and
fourth stages to secure an early lead, and he never relinquished the
advantage despite capturing no further victories across the 12-stage
event. He teamed with co-driver Matthieu Baumel to finish 27 minutes
and 46 seconds ahead of the closest competition.

Here are the top finishers from the
cars event:

1. Nasser Al-Attiyah & Matthieu Baumel — 38:33.03
2. Sebastien Loeb & Fabian Lurquin — +27.46
3. Yazeed Al Rajhi & Michael Orr — +1:01.13
4. Orlando Terranova & Daniel Oliveras Carreras — +1:27.23
5. Giniel de Villiers & Dennis Murphy — +1:41.48

Al-Attiyah previously won the
competition in 2011, 2015 and 2019. He finished second each of the
last two years. His four career Dakar Rally titles are tied with Ari
Vatanen for the second-most in the history of the cars category
behind only Stephane Peterhansel, an eight-time champion.

The 51-year-old Qatar native and his
team, Toyota Gazoo Racing, earned a $45,000 cash prize and a $450,000
sponsor bonus for finishing atop the standings, per Wajahat Tajamal
of Total Sportal.

It’s the third triumph as a co-driver
for Baumel, who also paired with Al-Attiyah in 2015 and 2019.

The other winners crowned Friday included:

• Bike: Sam Sunderland
• Original Motul: Arunas Gelazninkas
• Quad: Alexandre Giroud
• Light Prototype: Francisco Lopez Contardo & Juan Pablo Latrach Vinagre
• SSV: Austin Jones & Gustavo Gugelmin
• Truck: Dmitry Sotnikov, Ruslan Akhmadeev & Ilgiz Akhmetzianov
• Open: Gerard Tramoni & Dominique Totain
• Classic: Serge Mogno & Florent Drulhon

This year’s Dakar Rally began New
Year’s Day with a prologue from Jeddah to Ha’il and ended Friday when
drivers completed the 8,402-kilometer (5220-mile) round trip back to
Jeddah.

The 2023 competition, which is expected
to feature a new hybrid model from French constructor ORECA, will get
underway early next year.