Yazeed Al-Rajhi

Yazeed Mohamed Al-Rajhi[1] (born 30 September 1981[1] in Riyadh) is a Saudi businessman and rally driver who has been competing in the World Rally Championship and other international rally events since 2007. He participated in the Cross-Country Rallies and his debutant at Dakar Rally was in 2015.

Yazeed Al-Rajhi

WRC Rally Portugal 2015
Personal information
Nationality	Saudi Arabian
Born	(1981-09-30) 30 September 1981[1] Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2008 – present
Co-driver	Dirk von Zitzewitz
Teams	Toyota
Rallies	138
Championships	2 (2018 - 2019)
Rally wins	26
Podiums	61
Stage wins	154
Total points	885
First rally	2007 Jordan Rally
First win	Al Sharqiya Rally 2008
Last win	Al Sharqiya Rally 2019
Last rally	Dakar 2021
Last updated on: 20 January 2021.

In 2007 Yazeed established his own racing team, it was known as Al-Rajhi Racing Team and later renamed to Yazeed Racing Team [2] 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 future. After that He scored his first ever points (eighth place) in Greek's 2012 Acropolis Rally in the 40th season of the World Rally Championship (WRC).

Nicknamed the Black Horse, Al Rajhi made his WRC debut at 2008 Rally Argentina with Subaru Impreza WRX STI officially. In 2008 Jordan Rally – was his other WRC appearance of the year.[3] 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 IRC round in Corsica, finishing 14th. The Saudi won the Silk Way Rally [4] in 2018. In 2019 Al Rajhi won the first edition of Saudi Desert Rally Championship. Yazeed occupied the top positions in Dakar 2020 with 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 Dakar Rally 2021 in his Toyota Hilux and becomes the first Saudi and Arab to win on home soil in his class and the youngest contestant to win a stage from Dakar this year.[5]