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 years2008 – present
Co-driver Dirk von Zitzewitz
TeamsToyota
Rallies138
Championships2 (2018 - 2019)
Rally wins26
Podiums61
Stage wins154
Total points885
First rally2007 Jordan Rally
First winAl Sharqiya Rally 2008
Last winAl Sharqiya Rally 2019
Last rallyDakar 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]

Yazeed Al Rajhi Personal Titles

Best Results of 2020
Rally Nmae Position Category
Dakar 4th Dakar Rally
Qatar Rally 2nd CCR
Hail Rally RET [1]SAMF
Andalucia Rally 3rd CCR
Baja Hail 1 4th CCR Bajas
Baja Hail 2 3th CCR Bajas

Best Results 2019
Rally Nmae Position Category
Dakar 7th Dakar Rally
Qatar Rally 2nd SAMF
Abu Dhabi Rally RET CCR
Qassim Rally 1st SAMF
AlUla Neom 1st SAMF
Riyadh Rally 1st SAMF
Sharqiyah Rally 1st SAMF

Best Results 2018
Rally Name Position Category
Silkway Rally 1st CCR
Category Kazakhstan Rally 1st CCR

Best Results 2017
Rally Name Position Category
Rally Italia Sardinia 1st WRC Trophy

Best Results 2016
  • Third Overall in Cross Country Championship - CCR (2016)
Rally Nmae Position Category
Dakar 11th Dakar Rally
Hail Rally 2nd SAMF
Abu Dhabi Rally 2nd CCR
Qatar Rally 2nd CCR
Silkway Raly 2nd CCR

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

Best Results 2014
  • Third Overall in Cross Country Championship - CCR.
Rally Nmae Position Category
Sweden Rally 4th WRC
Qatar Rally link=|alt=قطر|23x23px 4th MERS
Jeddah Rally 1st SAMF
Kuwait Rally 3rd MERS
Russia Rally 1st CCR
Rally Sardegna 1st CCR
Pharaohs Rally 1st CCR
Poland Rally 3rd WRC2
Neste Oil Rally Finland 4th WRC2
Cyprus Rally 1st ERC

Best Results 2013
  • Fifth Overall in World Rally Championship WRC2.
  • Fifth Overall in Middle East Rally Championship MERS.
Rally Nmae Position Category
Sweden Rally 1st WRC2
Coates Hire - Rally Australia 3rd WRC2
Rally Catalunya 2nd WRC2

Best Results 2012
  • Third Overall in World Rally Championship WRC2.
Rally Nmae Position Category
Hail Rally 1st SAMF
Acropolis Rally 2nd WRC2
Auto24 Rally 2nd WRC2
Neste Oil Rally Finland 2nd WRC2
Wales Rally GP 3rd WRC2
Rally de France 2nd WRC2
Rally Jordan 3rd MERS
Costa Daurada Rally Catalunya 3rd WRC2

Best Results 2011
Rally Nmae Position Category
Rallye Terre Des Cardabelles 3rd WRC2
Spain Rally 1st WRC2
Rally Terre Cardbells 2nd WRC2

Best Results 2010
Rally Nmae Position Category
Hail Rally 1st SAMF
Rally Jordan 1st WRC2
Sharqiyah Rally 1st MERS
Sharqiyah Rally 1st SAMF
Rallye Terre Des Cardabelles 2nd WRC2

Best Results 2009
  • Third Overall in MERC.
Rally Nmae Position Category
Hail Rally 1st SAMF
Qatar Rally 2nd MERS
Syria International Rally 1st MERS
Rally Lebanon 3rd MERS

Best Results 2008
Rally Nmae Position Category
Rally Lebanon 4th MERS
Sharqiyah Rally 1st SAMF
Sharqiyah Rally 1st MERS

Victories of Saudi Arabia Motor Federation (SAMF)
Year Vehicle Class Position Stage Name
2008 Mitsubishi T1 1st Sharqiyah Rally
2009 Nissan T1 1st Hail Rally
2010 Mitsubishi T1 1st Hail Rally
2010 Peugeot T1 1st Sharqiyah Rally
2012 Mini T1 1st Hail Rally
2015 Hummer T1 1st Hail Rally
2015 Hummer T1 1st Jeddah Rally
2016 Hummer T1 1st Hail Rally
2019 Toyota T1 1st Qassim Rally
2019 Toyota T1 1st AlUla-Neom Rally
2019 Toyota T1 1st Riyadh Rally
2019 Toyota 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 Pos. 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
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points
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 Pos. 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
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos. Points
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
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos. Points
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 Toyota DNF 1
2016 11th 0
2017 Mini 27th 0
2018 DNF 0
2019 7th 0
2020 Toyota 4th 0
2021 16th 2

References
  1. "Team". YazeedRacing.com. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. solutions [www.vasereseni.cz, Project: KNOW HOW. "Yazeed AlRajhi Racing Team". yazeed.knowhowsolutions.cz. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  3. "Yazeed Al-Rajhi". eWRC-results.com. eWRC.cz. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  4. "S.7 – LIPETSK-MOSCOU : " Apothéose sur la Place Rouge " - 497,22 km | SilkWay". www.silkwayrally.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  5. "Saudi Arabia's motorsport icon Yazeed Al-Rajhi claims two home stages at Dakar Rally 2021". Ajel. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

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