Overview
- The official rally site reports Al‑Rajhi withdrew on the fourth stage’s 452 km special after stopping with mechanical issues at km 234.
- Al‑Rajhi and co‑driver Timo Gottschalk were driving a Toyota for Overdrive Racing and were 19th overall before the stage.
- After Stage 3 in the cars classification, Mitch Guthrie leads ahead of Martin Prokop with Mattias Ekström in third.
- Denis Krotov, who competes under a Kyrgyz license, and navigator Konstantin Zhiltsov had two breakdowns on Stage 2 at km 56 and 199, finishing 217th and losing 5h 54m 04s.
- Krotov and Zhiltsov rebounded to 10th on Stage 3 in Al‑Ula in their Ford to sit 60th overall at +5:49:32, with Nasser Al‑Attiyah having led after Stage 2.