2024 Dakar stage 9 results – Settling In
The big news of 2024 Dakar Rally 8 was the retirement of defending champion Nasser Al-Attiyah. He suffered engine trouble which meant he could not finish the stage. Read more Dakar Rally stage results at this link. 2024 Dakar stage 9 was a 436km timed special from Hail to AlUla. The latter part of the stage featured tricky navigation as well a rocky plateau to deal with.
Al-Attiyah received a stage penalty of 20 hours and 20 minutes after taking a new engine for his Prodrive Hunter. He was placed 87th position in the general rankings almost 30 hours behind Carlos Sainz. The aim was to play a support role to his teammate Loeb. However, shortly after starting, the Qatari made a u-turn to join the public road due to a mechanical problem.
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