Yazeed Al-Rajhi

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Yazeed Al Rajhi
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Hungarian Baja 2021
Personal information
NationalityFile:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabian
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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World Rally Championship record
Active years2008, 2010–2018
Co-driverTemplate:Flagicon Timo Gottschalk
TeamsOverdrive Racing – Toyota
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  • 2021 Cross Country Baja
  • 2022 Cross Country Baja
  • 2019 Saudi Toyota Championship
  • 2022 Saudi Toyota Championship
First rally2007 Jordan Rally
First win2013 Rally Sweden - WRC2

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Yazeed Mohamed Al-Rajhi[1] (Template:Langx; born 5 may 1981[1] in Riyadh) is a Saudi businessman and rally driver.[2] He is from the family that founded the largest bank in Saudi Arabia.

He was born and raised in Riyadh. He began his working life at an early age when his father appointed him in 1998 as an observer of the Private Property Office and later became its genz manager throughout the Kingdom in 2004.

He has argued against free speech in Saudi Arabia, saying, "We should not accept any negative talk about our rulers, even in private settings."[3]

Rally career

At the same time, Al-Rajhi is a Rally driver and a two-time FIA World Cup champion in 2021 and 2022, a four-time champion in the local championship, the Saudi Toyota Championship in 2019 and 2022–24,[4][5] and a winner of the Dakar Rally.

Al-Rajhi has been competing in the World Rally Championship and other international rally events since 2007 and stopped at the end of 2018. He later started to participate in the cross-country rallies, and his debut at the Dakar Rally was in 2015.

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Al-Rajhi competing in the 2012 Wales Rally GB

In 2007, Al-Rajhi established his own racing team. It was known as the Al-Rajhi Racing Team and later renamed Yazeed Racing Team,[6] where he started his first unofficial competition in the Middle East Rally Championship (MERC), the 2007 Jordan Rally, in order to gain experience so he can formally participate in different rally championships in the future. After that, he scored his first ever points (eighth place) in Greek 2012 Acropolis Rally in the 40th season of the World Rally Championship (WRC).

Nicknamed the Black Horse, Al Rajhi made his WRC debut at the 2008 Rally Argentina with a Subaru Impreza WRX STI in the 2008 Jordan Rally, as his other WRC appearance of the year.[7] He returned to the top level in 2010, finishing 13th overall on the Jordan Rally in a Peugeot 207 S2000. He also contested that year's Rally d'Italia Sardegna, a round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, but he retired after losing a wheel. In 2011, he contested seven WRC rounds but retired from six of them. He also competed in the 2011 Tour de Corse, finishing 14th. The Saudi won the Silk Way Rally[8] in 2018. In 2019, Al Rajhi won the first edition of Saudi Desert Rally Championship. Yazeed occupied the top positions in Dakar 2020, with his best finish in fourth place. Moving to the new year, the Saudi motorsport icon left a historical imprint in the second edition of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia after winning two stages in the Dakar Rally 2021 in his Toyota Hilux. He became the first Saudi and Arab to win on home soil in his class and the youngest contestant to win a stage in Dakar that year.[9] In 2025, Yazeed won the 2025 Dakar Rally, becoming the first Saudi to win the Dakar on home soil.[10][11]

Championship titles

  • 2021 [FIA World Cup for Cross Country Baja][1]
  • 2022 [FIA World Cup for Cross Country Baja][2]
  • 2019 [Saudi Toyota Championship]
  • 2022 [Saudi Toyota Championship][3]
  • 2023 [Saudi Toyota Championship][4]
  • 2024 [Saudi Toyota Championship] [5]

Personal titles

Racing career

Results of 2025

Rally name Position Category
Dakar Template:Flagicon 1st W2RC

Results of 2024

Rally name Position Category
Dakar Template:Flagicon Withdrawal W2RC
Baja Hail Template:Flagicon 1st Saudi Toyota Championship
ADDC Rally Template:Flagicon 2nd W2RC
Tabuk Toyota Template:Flagicon 1st Saudi Toyota Championship
Desafio Ruta 40 Template:Flagicon 3rd W2RC
Qassim Rally Template:Flagicon 1st Saudi Toyota Championship

Results of 2023

Rally name Position Category
Dakar Template:Flagicon 86th W2RC
ADDC Rally Template:Flagicon 1st W2RC
Sonora Rally Template:Flagicon 2nd W2RC
Tabuk-Neom 1st Saudi Toyota Championship
Italian Baja Template:Flagicon 1st CCR Bajas
Baja Aragon Template:Flagicon P9 CCR Bajas
Desafio Ruta 40 Template:Flagicon 3rd W2RC

Results of 2022

Rally name Position Category
Dakar Template:Flagicon 3rd W2RC
Russian Baja Template:Flagicon Retired CCR Bajas
Baja Jordan Template:Flagicon 11th CCR Bajas
Qatar Baja Template:Flagicon 2nd CCR Bajas
ADDC Rally Template:Flagicon 12th W2RC
Italian Baja Template:Flagicon 1st CCR Bajas
Baja Aragon Template:Flagicon 2nd CCR Bajas
Baja Poland Template:Flagicon Retired CCR Bajas
Aseer Rally Template:Flagicon 1st Saudi Toyota Championship
Rallye du Maroc Template:Flagicon 4th W2RC
Qassim Rally Template:Flagicon 1st Saudi Toyota Championship
Andalucia Rally Template:Flagicon 3rd W2RC
Baja Portalegre 500 Template:Flagicon 16th CCR Bajas
Hail Rally Template:Flagicon 1st CCR Bajas + Saudi Toyota Championship
Baja Dubai Template:Flagicon 4th CCR Bajas
Rally Jeddah Template:Flagicon 1st Saudi Toyota Championship

Best results of 2021

Rally name Position Category
Dakar Template:Flagicon 16th Dakar Rally
Dubai International Baja Template:Flagicon 1st CCR Bajas
Baja Aragon Template:Flagicon 3rd CCR Bajas
Hungarian Baja Template:Flagicon 2nd CCR Bajas
Baja Poland Template:Flagicon 2nd CCR Bajas
Italian Baja Template:Flagicon 1st CCR Bajas
Baja Portalegre 500 Template:Flagicon 10th CCR Bajas
Andalucia Rally Template:Flagicon 3rd CCR
Rally Kazakhstan Template:Flagicon 17th CCR
Rallye du Maroc Template:Flagicon 2nd CCR
Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge Template:Flagicon 3rd CCR
Hail Rally Template:Flagicon Retired CCR

Best results of 2020

Rally name Position Category
Dakar Template:Flagicon 4th Dakar Rally
Qatar Rally Template:Flagicon 2nd CCR
Hail Rally Template:Flagicon RET [1]SAMF
Andalucia Rally Template:Flagicon 3rd CCR
Baja Hail 1 Template:Flagicon 4th CCR Bajas
Baja Hail 2 Template:Flagicon 3rd CCR Bajas

Best results 2019

Rally name Position Category
Dakar Template:Flagicon 7th Dakar Rally
Qatar Rally Template:Flagicon 2nd [6]SAMF
Abu Dhabi Rally Template:Flagicon RET CCR
Qassim Rally Template:Flagicon 1st SAMF
AlUla Neom Template:Flagicon 1st SAMF
Riyadh Rally Template:Flagicon 1st SAMF
Sharqiyah Rally Template:Flagicon 1st SAMF

Best results 2018

Rally name Position Category
Silkway Rally Template:FlagiconTemplate:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon 1st CCR
Category Kazakhstan Rally Template:Flagicon 1st CCR

Best results 2017

Rally name Position Category
Rally Italia Sardinia Template:Flagicon 1st WRC Trophy

Best results 2016

  • Third Overall in Cross Country Championship – CCR (2016)
Rally name Position Category
Dakar Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 11th Dakar Rally
Hail Rally Template:Flagicon 2nd [7]SAMF
Abu Dhabi Rally Template:Flagicon 2nd CCR
Qatar Rally Template:Flagicon 2nd CCR
Silkway Raly Template:FlagiconTemplate:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon 2nd CCR

Best results 2015

  • Third Overall in Cross Country Championship – CCR (2015)
  • Al Rajhi made his debut in Dakar.
Rally name Position Category
Dakar Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 3rd then Ret Dakar Rally
Sweden Rally Template:Flagicon 4th WRC2
Kuwait Rally Template:Flagicon 3rd MERS
Hail Rally Template:Flagicon 1st SAMF
Abu Dhabi Rally Template:Flagicon 4th CCR
Jeddah Rally Template:Flagicon 1st SAMF
Pharaohs Rally Template:Flagicon 2nd CCR
Morocco Rally Template:Flagicon 3rd CCR

Best results 2014

  • Third Overall in Cross Country Championship – CCR.
Rally name Position Category
Sweden Rally Template:Flagicon 4th WRC
Qatar Rally 4th MERC
Jeddah Rally Template:Flagicon 1st SAMF
Kuwait Rally Template:Flagicon 3rd MERC
Russia Rally Template:Flagicon 1st CCR
Rally Sardegna Template:Flagicon 1st CCR
Pharaohs Rally Template:Flagicon 1st CCR
Poland Rally Template:Flagicon 3rd WRC2
Neste Oil Rally Finland Template:Flagicon 4th WRC2
Cyprus Rally Template:Flagicon 1st ERC

Best results 2013

  • Fifth Overall in World Rally Championship WRC2.
  • Fifth Overall in Middle East Rally Championship MERS.
Rally name Position Category
Sweden Rally Template:Flagicon 1st WRC2
Coates Hire – Rally Australia Template:Flagicon 3rd WRC2
Rally Catalunya Template:Flagicon 2nd WRC2

Best results 2012

  • Third Overall in World Rally Championship WRC2.
Rally name Position Category
Hail Rally Template:Flagicon 1st SAMF
Acropolis Rally Template:Flagicon 2nd WRC2
Auto24 Rally Template:Flagicon 2nd WRC2
Neste Oil Rally Finland Template:Flagicon 2nd WRC2
Wales Rally GPTemplate:Flagicon 3rd WRC2
Rally de France Template:Flagicon 2nd WRC2
Rally Jordan Template:Flagicon 3rd MERS
Costa Daurada Rally Catalunya Template:Flagicon 3rd WRC2

Best results 2011

Rally name Position Category
Rallye Terre Des Cardabelles Template:Flagicon 3rd WRC2
Spain Rally Template:Flagicon 1st WRC2
Rally Terre Cardbells Template:Flagicon 2nd WRC2

Best results 2010

Rally name Position Category
Hail Rally Template:Flagicon 1st SAMF
Rally Jordan Template:Flagicon 1st WRC2
Sharqiyah Rally Template:Flagicon 1st MERC
Sharqiyah Rally Template:Flagicon 1st [8]SAMF
Rallye Terre Des Cardabelles Template:Flagicon 2nd WRC2

Best results 2009

  • Third Overall in MERC.
Rally name Position Category
Hail Rally Template:Flagicon 1st SAMF
Qatar Rally Template:Flagicon 2nd MERC
Syria International Rally Template:Flagicon 1st MERC
Rally Lebanon Template:Flagicon 3rd MERC

Best results 2008

Rally name Position Category
Rally Lebanon Template:Flagicon 4th MERC
Sharqiyah Rally Template:Flagicon 1st SAMF
Sharqiyah Rally Template:Flagicon 1st MERC

Victories of Saudi Arabia Motor Federation (SAMF)

Year Vehicle Class Position Stage Name
2008 Mitsubishi Template:Flagicon T1 1st Sharqiyah Rally
2009 Nissan Template:Flagicon T1 1st Hail Rally
2010 Mitsubishi Template:Flagicon T1 1st Hail Rally
2010 Peugeot Template:Flagicon T1 1st Sharqiyah Rally
2012 Mini Template:Flagicon T1 1st Hail Rally
2015 Hummer Template:Flagicon T1 1st Hail Rally
2015 Hummer Template:Flagicon T1 1st Jeddah Rally
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2019 Toyota Template:Flagicon T1 1st Qassim Rally
2019 Toyota Template:Flagicon T1 1st AlUla-Neom Rally
2019 Toyota Template:Flagicon T1 1st Riyadh Rally
2019 Toyota Template:Flagicon T1 1st Sharqiyah Rally

Career results

Complete World Rally Championship results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst Points
2008 Yazeed Al-Rajhi Subaru Impreza WRX STI MON SWE MEX ARG
Ret 		JOR
Ret 		ITA GRE TUR FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR NC 0
2010 Al-Rajhi Racing Team Peugeot 207 S2000 SWE MEX JOR
13 		TUR NZL POR BUL FIN GER JPN FRA ESP GBR NC 0
2011 Al-Rajhi Racing Team Peugeot 207 S2000 SWE MEX POR
Ret 		JOR ITA
Ret 		ARG GRE
Ret 		FIN GER
Ret 		AUS FRA
34 		ESP
Ret 		NC 0
Ford Fiesta S2000 GBR
Ret
2012 Yazeed Racing Ford Fiesta RRC MON SWE
24 		MEX POR
Ret 		ARG GRE
8 		NZL
28 		FIN
17 		GER
Ret 		GBR
16 		FRA
18 		ITA ESP
15 		26th 4
2013 Yazeed Racing Ford Fiesta RRC MON SWE
10 		MEX POR
WD 		ARG GRE ITA FIN
12 		GER AUS
12 		FRA ESP
12 		GBR
18 		29th 1
2014 Yazeed Racing Ford Fiesta RRC MON SWE
14 		MEX POR ARG ITA
Ret 		POL
13 		FIN
13 		GER AUS
Ret 		FRA ESP GBR NC 0
2015 Yazeed Racing Ford Fiesta RRC MON SWE
16 		MEX ARG POR
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		POL FIN GER AUS
Ret 		FRA ESP
Ret 		GBR NC 0
2016 Yazeed Racing Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE
Ret 		MEX ARG POR
11 		ITA
Ret 		POL
Ret 		FIN
Ret 		GER CHN
C 		FRA ESP GBR
Ret 		AUS NC 0
2017 Yazeed Racing Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA
13 		POL FIN GER ESP GBR
Ret 		AUS NC 0
2018 Yazeed Racing Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE
Ret 		MEX FRA ARG POR
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		FIN GER TUR
Ret 		GBR ESP AUS NC 0

* Season still in progress.

SWRC results

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2012 Yazeed Racing Ford Fiesta RRC MON SWE
5 		POR
Ret 		NZL
4 		FIN
2 		GBR
3 		FRA
2 		ESP
3 		3rd 88

WRC-2 results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst Points
2013 Yazeed Racing Ford Fiesta RRC MON SWE
1 		MEX POR
WD 		ARG GRE ITA FIN
4 		GER AUS
3 		FRA ESP
2 		GBR
8 		5th 74
2014 Yazeed Racing Ford Fiesta RRC MON SWE
4 		MEX POR ARG ITA
Ret 		POL
3 		FIN
4 		GER AUS
Ret 		FRA ESP GBR 11th 39
2015 Yazeed Racing Ford Fiesta RRC MON SWE
4 		MEX ARG POR
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		POL FIN GER AUS
Ret 		FRA ESP
Ret 		GBR 28th 12

WRC-Trophy results

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2017 Yazeed Racing Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA
1 		POL FIN GER ESP GBR
Ret 		AUS 5th 25

ERC results

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2014 Yazeed Racing Ford Fiesta RRC JÄN LIE GRE IRE AZO YPR EST CZE CYP
1 		VAL COR 15th 38

Dakar Rally results

Year Class Vehicle Position Stages won
2015 Cars Template:Flagicon Toyota DNF 1
2016 11th 0
2017 Template:Flagicon Mini 27th 0
2018 DNF 0
2019 7th 0
2020 Template:Flagicon Toyota 4th 0
2021 16th 2
2022 3rd 0
2023 37th 1
2024 DNF 0
2025 1st 1

Complete World Rally-Raid Championship results

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Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst Points
2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota Hilux Overdrive T1 DAK
351 		ABU
1220 		MOR
629 		AND
321 		3rd 121
2023 Overdrive Racing Hilux Overdrive T1+ DAK
3019 		ABU
144 		SON
243 		DES
332 		MOR
143 		2nd 181
2024 Overdrive Racing Hilux Overdrive Ultimate DAK
Ret14 		ABU
237 		PRT
528 		DES
152 		MOR
429 		2nd 160
2025 Overdrive Racing Hilux Overdrive Ultimate DAK
170 		ABU
283 		ZAF PRT
464 		MOR
Ret1 		6th 78
2026 Overdrive Racing Toyota Hilux Overdrive Ultimate DAK
Ret5 		PRT DES MOR ABU 21st* 5*

* Season still in progress.

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