Saood Variawa

Dakar Rally

Variawa trumps Lategan in final 35 kilometres and wins by three seconds

12/01/2026

Saood Variawa has won the eighth stage of Dakar Rally 2026 in a spectacular surprise. It is his second Dakar victory after stage 3 in 2025. The South African started 53 minutes after opener Mattias Ekström and won by just...

Dakar Rally

Variawa youngest stage winner in the cars, Loeb rolls into trouble

07/01/2025

With his stage win in the first stage, Seth Quintero entered the record books as the youngest stage winner ever. Two days later, he lost that record to Saood Variawa. The 19-year-old South African won the third stage of the...

Dakar Rally

Quintero wins first stage of Dakar 2025

04/01/2025

That opening a stage takes time is widely known. But the fact that today’s entire top five did not include a driver who started as one of the first 15 drivers is pretty special. Seth Quintero (started 26th) won the...