Old Friends Rally Team duo still leads the World Championship and the FIA Rookie Challenge
On the penultimate day of the Dakar 2025, Alexandre Pinto and Bernardo Oliveira managed to improve one position in the overall SSV standings and have now climbed onto the podium in this category, a very noteworthy result for a very young duo who, in their debut year, are putting in a remarkable performance, leading the standings for the World Championship and the FIA Rookie Challenge.
Entirely covered in the difficult dunes of the Empty Quarter, one of the largest deserts in the world that crosses Saudi Arabia, the 11th and penultimate stage of the 47th Dakar Rally comprised a complex 275 km timed special starting and finishing at the bivouac that is still in place in Shubaytah.
At the controls of the Can-Am registered by the Old Friends Rally Team, Alexandre Pinto and Bernardo Oliveira spent 4h53m13s to complete the 275 km timed stage in which, once again, they managed the endurance and speed binomial extremely effectively, to which was added, as has always been the case, very consistent navigation that has allowed them to finish each stage always among the front-runners.
Tomorrow sees the end of the Dakar Rally 2025 with another boucle stage, starting and finishing at the bivouac that remains in Shubaytah. The 12th and final stage begins with a 70 km link and a timed special of just 61 km, in which the drivers will once again have to face the dunes of the Empty Quarter, before enjoying a final arrival at the bivouac and the unique moment of consecration after completing this particularly difficult edition of the Dakar.
Automatic translation of the Portuguese version
Source: Old Friends Rally Team / A2 Comunicação
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