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Yazeed Al-Rajhi
Personal information
Nationality	Saudi Arabian
Born	September 30, 1981; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2008 – 2018
Co-driver	Michael Orr Dale Moscatt Degandt Bjorn Baumel Mathieu Lancaster Steve
Rallies	46
	Last updated on: 11 March 2020.

Yazeed Al Rajhi

Yazeed Al-Rajhi was born and raised in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (May 5, 1981) He is a leading 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.

In 2007 he established his own racing team, it was known as Yazeed Al-Rajhi Rally 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).

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, and in 2019 he won the Saudi Desert Rally Championship. Al-Rajhi occupied the top positions in Dakar 2020 with best finish in fourth place.

Achievements

Yazeed Al Rajhi Personal titles

Victories & Podium

2008. 1st in Middle East Championship in Kuwait Rally.^[5]
2008. 1st in Sharqiyah Rally – MERC.
2008. 1st in Sharqiyah Rally – SAMF.
2009. 1st in Hail Rally (Baja) – SAMF.
2009. 1st in the Syria International Rally.
2009. 2nd in Qatar International Rally.
2009. 3rd in Lebanon International Rally.
2009. 3rd overall in Middle East Championship standings.
2010. 1st in Hail Rally (Baja) – SAMF.
2010. 1st in Jordan Rally – MERC.
2010. 1st in Sharqia Rally – MERC.
2010. 1st in Sharqia Rally – SAMF.
2011. 2nd in the third round of the World Rally Championship – WRC2.
2011. 1st in Spain Rally 4th round of World Rally Championship – WRC2.
2011. 2nd in the 4th round of Italian Rally's championship (Rally terre cardbells) S2000 Cars.
2012. 1st in Hail Rally (Baja) – SAMF.
2012. 2nd in Greece Rally in World Rally Championship – WRC2.
2012. 2nd in Rally Estonia.
2012. 2nd in Rally Finland in World Rally Championship – WRC2.
2012. 3rd in Rally Wales (Great Britain) in World Rally Championship – WRC2.

2012. 2nd in Rally de France in world rally championship WRC2.

2012. 3rd in Rally Jordan in FIA championship.

2012. 3rd in Rally Spain in world rally championship – WRC2.
2012. 3rd overall in World Rally Championship standings – WRC2.

2013. 1st in Sweden Rally 2013 World Rally Championship – WRC2

2013. 3rd in Coates Hire Rally Australia – WRC2.

2013. 1st in Rally Sweden – WRC2.

2014. 1st in Rally Jeddah (Baja) – MERC.

2014. 3rd in Kuwait International Rally – MERC.

2014. 1st in Baja Russia Northern Forest – CCR.

2014. 1st in Italian Baja – CCR.

2014. 1st in Pharaons Rally (Egypt) – CCR.

2014. 3rd in LOTOS Rally Poland – WRC2.

2014. 1st in Cyprus Rally – ERC.

2014. 3rd overall in Cross Country Championship standings - CCR.

2015. 3rd in Kuwait International Rally – MERC.

2015. 1st in Hail International Rally – SAMF.

2015. 1st in Rally Jeddah – SAMF.

2015. 2ed in Pharaons Rally (Egypt) – CCR.

2015. 3rd in Rallye Du Maroc – CCR.

2015. 3rd overall in Cross Country Championship standings – CCR.

2016. 1st in Hail Nissan International Rally – SAMF

2016. 2ed inAbu Dhabi Desert Challenge Rally – CCR

2016. 2ed in Qatar Sealine Cross-Country Rally – CCR

2016. 2ed in Silkway Rally.

2016. 3rd overall in Cross Country Championship standings – CCR.

2017. 1st in Rally Italia Sardinia – WRC Trophy.

2018. 1st in Kazakhstan Rally – CCR

2018. 1st in Silkway Rally.^[6]

2019. 2ed in Rally Manateq Qatar Cross-Country

2019. 1st Qassim Rally – SAMF^[7]

2019. 1st AlUla Neom Rally – SAMF

2019. 1st Riyadh Rally – SAMF^[8]

2019. 1st Sharqiyah Rally – SAMF^[9]

2019. 1st (winner) of the Saudi Toyota Desert Rally Championship

2020. 2ed Qatar Cross Country Rally^[10]

Best Results of 2020

Rally Nmae	Position	Category
Dakar	4th	Dakar Rally
Qatar Rally	2nd	CCR
Hail Rally	RET	[1]SAMF
Abu Dhabi Rally	RET	CCR

Best Results of 2019

Rally Nmae	Position	Category
Dakar	7th	Dakar Rally
Qatar Rally	2nd	[2]SAMF
Hail Rally	1st	SAMF
Abu Dhabi Rally	RET	CCR
Qassim Rally	1st	SAMF
AlUla Neom	1st	SAMF
Riyadh Rally	1st	SAMF
Sharqiyah Rally	1st	SAMF

Best Results of 2018

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

Best Results of 2017

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

Best Results of 2016

Third Overall in Cross Country Championship - CCR (2016)

Rally Nmae	Position	Category
Dakar	11th	Dakar Rally
Hail Rally	2nd	[3]SAMF
Abu Dhabi Rally	2nd	CCR
Qatar Rally	2nd	CCR
Silkway Raly	2nd	CCR

Best Results of 2015

Third Overall in Cross Country Championship - CCR (2015)

Al Rajhi made his debut in Dakar.

**2015**
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 of 2014

Third Overall in Cross Country Championship - CCR.

2014
Rally Nmae	Position	Category
Sweden Rally	4th	WRC
Qatar Rally [[:ar:قطر\|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 of 2013

Fifth Overall in World Rally Championship WRC2.

Fifth Overall in Middle East Rally Championship MERS.

2013
Rally Nmae	Position	Category
Sweden Rally	1st	WRC2
Coates Hire - Rally Australia	3rd	WRC2
Rally Catalunya	2nd	WRC2

Best Results of 2012

Third Overall in World Rally Championship WRC2.

2012
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 of 2011

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

Best Results of 2010

2010
Rally Nmae	Position	Category
Hail Rally	1st	SAMF
Rally Jordan	1st	WRC2
Sharqiyah Rally	1st	MERS
Sharqiyah Rally	1st	[4]SAMF
Rallye Terre Des Cardabelles	2nd	WRC2

Best Results of 2009

Third Overall in MERC.

2009
Rally Nmae	Position	Category
Hail Rally	1st	SAMF
Qatar Rally	2nd	MERS
Syria International Rally	1st	MERS
Rally Lebanon	3rd	MERS

Best Results of 2008

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	Possition	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

Middle East Rally Championship (MERC)

Stage wins: 8 Total points:120 First points:Rally of Lebanon 2008 Last points:Kuwait International Rally 2015 First stage win: Qatar International Rally 2013
Year	Driver Co-driver	Vehicle	Event
2015	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Orr Michael	Ford Fiesta RRC	Jordan Rally
2015	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Orr Michael	Ford Fiesta RRC	Kuwait International Rally
2015	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Orr Michael	Ford Fiesta RRC	Qatar International Rally
2014	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Orr Michael	Ford Fiesta RRC	Jordan Rally
2014	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Orr Michael	Ford Fiesta RRC	Kuwait International Rally
2014	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Orr Michael	Ford Fiesta RRC	Qatar International Rally
2013	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Orr Michael	Ford Fiesta RRC	Dubai International Rally
2013	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Orr Michael	Ford Fiesta RRC	Cyprus Rally
2013	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Orr Michael	Ford Fiesta RRC	Kuwait International Rally
2013	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Orr Michael	Ford Fiesta RRC	Qatar International Rally
2012	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Orr Michael	Ford Fiesta RRC	Cyprus Rally
2012	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Orr Michael	Ford Fiesta RRC	Jordan Rally
2010	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Baumel Mathieu	Peugeot 207 S2000	Sharqiya Rally
2010	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Baumel Mathieu	Peugeot 207 S2000	Jordan Rally WRC
2010	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Baumel Mathieu	Peugeot 207 S2000	Kuwait International Rally
2010	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Baumel Mathieu	Peugeot 207 S2000	Qatar International Rally
2009	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Baumel Mathieu	Peugeot 207 S2000	Dubai International Rally
2009	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Baumel Mathieu	Peugeot 207 S2000	Jordan Rally
2009	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Baumel Mathieu	Peugeot 207 S2000	Troodos Rally
2009	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Baumel Mathieu	Peugeot 207 S2000	Rally of Lebanon
2009	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Baumel Mathieu	Peugeot 207 S2000	Syrian International Rally
2009	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Baumel Mathieu	Peugeot 207 S2000	Kuwait International Rally
2009	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Baumel Mathieu	Peugeot 207 S2000	Qatar International Rally
2008	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Baumel Mathieu	Subaru Impreza STi N14	Dubai International Rally
2008	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Baumel Mathieu	Subaru Impreza STi N14	Troodos Rally
2008	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Baumel Mathieu	Subaru Impreza STi N14	MERC Jordan Rally
2008	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Baumel Mathieu	Subaru Impreza STi N12	Rally of Lebanon
2008	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Baumel Mathieu	Subaru Impreza STi N12	Syrian International Rally
2008	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Lancaster Steve	Subaru Impreza STi N12	Cyprus Rally
2008	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Lancaster Steve	Subaru Impreza STi N12	Qatar International Rally
2007	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Lancaster Steve	Subaru Impreza STi N12	Dubai International Rally
2007	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Lancaster Steve	Subaru Impreza STi N12	Cyprus 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
2011	Al-Rajhi Racing Team	Ford Fiesta S2000													GBR Ret			NC	0
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		Toyota	11th	0
2017		Mini	27th	0
2018			DNF	0
2019			7th	0
2020		Toyota	4th	0

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^ "S.7 – LIPETSK-MOSCOU : « Apothéose sur la Place Rouge » - 497,22 km | SilkWay". www.silkwayrally.com. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
^ "Saudi Arabia's Yazeed al-Rajhi takes victory in Kuwait's rallying return - automobilsport.com". www.automobilsport.com. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
^ Gayle, Everton (2018-07-27). "Yazeed Al Rahji wins the 2018 Silk Way Rally". euronews. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
^ "Yazeed Al-Rajhi leads after super special stage of Rally Qassim 2019". Arab News. 2019-10-18. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
^ "Al-Rajhi holds off Peterhansel to extend his Riyadh Rally lead". Saudigazette. 2019-11-29. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
^ "Al-Rajhi wins at Sharqiya Baja, seals Saudi Toyota Desert Series title". Arab News. 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
^ "Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Mike Orr on podium with trophy for second place in Manateq Qatar Cross Country Rally 2020". zh-cn.facebook.com (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 2020-03-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

http://yazeedracing.com/team.html

External links

Official website

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[1] ttp://yazeedracing.com/team.html

[2] solutions [www.vasereseni.cz, Project: KNOW HOW. "Yazeed AlRajhi Racing Team". yazeed.knowhowsolutions.cz. Retrieved 2020-03-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[ewrc-3] "Yazeed Al-Rajhi". eWRC-results.com. eWRC.cz. Retrieved 6 June 2012.

[4] "S.7 – LIPETSK-MOSCOU : « Apothéose sur la Place Rouge » - 497,22 km | SilkWay". www.silkwayrally.com. Retrieved 2018-11-06.

[5] "Saudi Arabia's Yazeed al-Rajhi takes victory in Kuwait's rallying return - automobilsport.com". www.automobilsport.com. Retrieved 2020-03-10.

[6] Gayle, Everton (2018-07-27). "Yazeed Al Rahji wins the 2018 Silk Way Rally". euronews. Retrieved 2020-03-10.

[7] "Yazeed Al-Rajhi leads after super special stage of Rally Qassim 2019". Arab News. 2019-10-18. Retrieved 2020-03-10.

[8] "Al-Rajhi holds off Peterhansel to extend his Riyadh Rally lead". Saudigazette. 2019-11-29. Retrieved 2020-03-10.

[9] "Al-Rajhi wins at Sharqiya Baja, seals Saudi Toyota Desert Series title". Arab News. 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2020-03-10.

[10] "Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Mike Orr on podium with trophy for second place in Manateq Qatar Cross Country Rally 2020". zh-cn.facebook.com (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 2020-03-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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