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LATEGAN/CUMMINGS RETAIN GRIP ON DAKAR RALLY LEAD FOR TGR

Itumeleng Garebatshabe
Last updated: January 9, 2025 11:00
By Itumeleng Garebatshabe
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  • 2nd place on Stage 4 sees Lategan and Cummings retain overall lead
  • 11th place on stage for Lucas Moraes and Armand Monleon
  • 12th place on stage for Giniel de Villiers and Dirk von Zitzewitz
  • Multiple punctures cause havoc on the stage

The 4th stage of the 2025 Dakar Rally caused multiple upsets among the top competitors, with punctures largely dictating the outcome of the Marathon Stage. TOYOTA GAZOO Racing’s Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings (#211) set the second-fastest time on the rocky stage despite also suffering two punctures. They retain their overall lead in the rally, and are now 6min 54sec ahead of Yazeed Al Rajhi and Timo Gottschalk (Toyota Hilux) in second place.

The next-fastest GR Hilux EVO crew was Lucas Moraes and Armand Monleon (#203). The duo lost 18min 36sec to the stage winners after suffering three punctures. With the Hilux carrying only two spares, they had to wait for assistance from a fellow competitor. They remain in 5th place overall, with their deficit to the leaders now 33min 25sec.

Giniel de Villiers and Dirk von Zitzewitz (#206) finished just 1min 16sec behind Moraes/Monleon, despite having only one puncture on the stage. The South African driver managed his pace over the stage to preserve his tyres, recording the 11th-best time of the day. This has moved him up to 21st place in the overall rankings, though he is still 2hr 33min 27sec behind the lead.

For the rest of the TGR crews, the Marathon Stage brought tyre woes. Saood Variawa/Francois Cazalet (#218) and Guy Botterill/Dennis Murphy each suffered two punctures, forcing them to moderate their pace to the finish. Seth Quintero and Dennis Zenz (#204) had one more, forcing them to wait for assistance from a fellow competitor. They had a long wait, losing 1hr 51sec as a result. This has dropped the Californian down to 12th overall, 1hr 31min 04sec behind the lead.

The Marathon Stage was run between the towns of Bisha and Alula, with competitors taking on a tough stage of 415km, excluding liaisons of 173km. They will rejoin the main bivouac at Hail on Thursday (9 January) via Stage 5, having had to service and repair their own cars at the overnight stop. Stage 5 will feature 428km of special stage, with a short liaison of 64km.

Stage 5 will be followed by the much-needed Rest Day in Hail, when the technical crews will strip, repair and rebuild the race cars in preparation for the second week of the rally. This year’s event will draw to a close on 17 January, in Saudi Arabia’s fearsome Empty Quarter.

QUOTES:

Henk Lategan: “The first 90km were really tricky, with a lot of rocks. We had to be really careful to avoid punctures. After that, the track became smoother, and we could push. I had a blast behind the wheel today… In the end, though, we had to ease off a bit because we had two punctures.”

Lucas Moraes: “We had a good run until roughly the 300km mark. Then, we passed some of the crews ahead of us, which was good. Unfortunately, the punctures started after that.”

Giniel de Villiers: “All good, not too bad a day until we had a puncture and then we discovered that the nut gun didn’t have a battery on it. So, it took us almost 10 minutes to change the tyre. We lost a lot of time, then we had dust, as a lot of guys passed us. But yeah, all in all a very tough stage, lots of rocks. I was really driving carefully in the beginning to not get punctures.”

Guy Botterill: “We pulled off, and 5km from the start,  waited for Henk. He came past, and we got the thumbs up from Brett, said thank you and then we pulled in behind him. About 50km in we had two punctures and the rest of the day we drove very slowly to get here.”

Seth Quintero (USA) and Dennis Zenz (DEU) of Toyota Gazoo Racing are seen at the start line of stage 03 of Rally Dakar 2025 from Bisha to Al Henakiyah, Saudi Arabia on January 07, 2025

Saood Variawa: “Today was our first time ever opening a stage, so we had a decent first 180km. Unfortunately, we got a puncture shortly after that, and wrong-slotted in a few places while opening the road. We had another puncture 200km in, and had to take it easy after that.”

Seth Quintero: “We had a good run until about 150km into the stage. Then we had two flats, and another at about 300km. But we’re still in it, and still going to fight.”

Dakar Rally 2025 – Stage 4 Results

1.#201Y. Al Rajhi / T. Gottscalk(Overdrive Racing) 04hour 26min 40sec
2.#211H. Lategan / B. Cummings(Toyota GAZOO Racing)+04:51
3.#216J. Yacopini / D. Oliveras(Overdrive Racing)+10:45
4.#221M. Prokop / V. Chytka(Orlen Jipocar Team)+10:55
5.#217D. Krotov / K. Zhiltsov(X-Raid Mini JCW Team)+13:17
6.#209M. Serradori / L. Minaudier(Century Racing Factory Team)+14:01
7.#228M. Guthrie / K. Walch(Ford M-Sport)+15:20
8.#230M. Gastaldi / A. Metge(Century Racing)+15:37
9.#226M. Ekström / E. Bergkvist(Ford M-Sport)+16:57
10.#203L. Moraes / A. Monleon(Toyota GAZOO Racing)+18:36
11.#206G. de Villiers / D. v Zitzewitz(Toyota GAZOO Racing)+19:52
21.#205G. Botterill / D. Murphy(Toyota GAZOO Racing)+35:12
28.#218S. Variawa / F. Cazalet(Toyota GAZOO Racing)+46:18
34.#204S. Quintero / D. Zenz(Toyota GAZOO Racing)+01:00:51

Dakar Rally 2025 – Standings after Stage 4

1.#211H. Lategan / B. Cummings(Toyota GAZOO Racing)23hour 36min 24sec
2.#201Y. Al Rajhi / T. Gottscalk(Overdrive Racing)+06:54
3.#226M. Ekström / E. Bergkvist(Ford M-Sport)+21:40
4.#209M. Serradori / L. Minaudier(Century Racing Factory Team)+30:25
5.#203L. Moraes / A. Monleon(Toyota GAZOO Racing)+33:25
6.#228M. Guthrie / K. Walch(Ford M-Sport)+34:09
7.#200N. Al-Attiyah / E. Boulanger(The Dacia Sandriders)+35:53
8.#216J. Yacopini / D. Oliveras(Overdrive Racing)+41:10
9.#240J. Ferreira / F. Palmeirp(X-Raid Mini JCW Team)+01:11:07
10.#235U. Männama / R. Lepik(Overdrive Racing)+01:17:36
12.#204S. Quintero / D. Zenz(Toyota GAZOO Racing)+01:31:04
21.#206G. de Villiers / D. v Zitzewitz(Toyota GAZOO Racing)+02:33:27
70.#218S. Variawa / F. Cazalet(Toyota GAZOO Racing)+08:18:15
107.#205G. Botterill / D. Murphy(Toyota GAZOO Racing)+28:46:17
TAGGED:2025 Dakar RallyBrett CummingsHenk LateganTimo GottschalkTOYOTA GAZOO Racing’Yazeed Al Rajhi

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