The official start of the Dakar Rally 2022 took place today in Hail, Saudi Arabia.
168 motorcycles, 96 cars, 61 trucks and more from the categories Quad, Light Prototype, SSV, Open and Classic took part in the start.

The 44th version of the race will also take place from 1 to 14 January 2022 in Saudi Arabia. Gold Bedouins in seven racing categories.

Toyota's Qatari driver Nasser Al-Attiyah won the prologue of 19 km in the car category.

Cars
1. Nasser Al-Attiyah (Toyota)  0:10.56
2. Carlos Sainz Sr. (Audi) +0.12
3. Henk Lategan (Toyota) +0.36

Bikes winner is Daniel Sanders (Australia) with GAS GAS Factory Team.

Trucks
1. Eduard Nikolaev (Kamaz)  0:13.01
2. Dmitry Sotnikov (Kamaz) +0.07

1st of January
Stage 1A (prologue): Jeddah - Hail (total length 834 km / special stage 19 km)

January 2
Stage 1B: Hail - Hail (546 km / 334 km)