The factory Toyota team led the majority of the 465km special between Al Qaisumah and Riyadh, with three-time Dakar winner Al-Attiyah setting the early pace and teammate Henk Lategan taking over at the third waypoint. Sainz was the next driver to take to the front, moving clear of the Toyotas at the eighth waypoint, and he quickly built a one-minute lead in his electric Audi. However, a second victory in as many stages wasn’t to be, a broken bearing on his car forcing him to limp to the finish line. The Spaniard’s mechanical troubles initially promoted Al Rajhi to a provisional victory in t …