Al-Attiyah wins inaugural Rally Saudi Arabia
The Qatari won five of the day's six gravel stages to the north of the Red Sea city to earn a record-breaking 89th career MERC rally win, as he bids for a 20th FIA Middle East Rally Championship title. His Autotek Škoda Fabia RS suffered one time-consuming puncture on the second stage of the final day, but Al-Attiyah hit back to win his third successive MERC event with Carrera by 1min 37.4sec.
Al-Attiyah said: 'It was nice to win the rally. But the good thing was that we had the rally back here in Saudi Arabia. I cannot wait for the next one in November. I want to do it in a Rally1 car!'
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