Despite his P2 finish, Kamaz Master’s Dmitri Sotnikov, the winner of the stage one and two, retains the overall lead in the trucks category at the Dakar 2021
No bikes and quads for stage eight of the Dakar 2020 to pay respect to Paulo Goncalves. Due to this, lead cars and trucks found it hard to navigate as there were no tyre tracks through the stages.
The second stage from Al Wajh to Neom had no dunes at all, but more challenging rocky terrain along with loads of dust to heighten the level of difficulty