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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Saudi Arabian |
| Born | 30 September 1981[1] Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 2008 – present |
| Co-driver |  Timo Gottschalk |
| Teams | Overdrive Racing – Toyota |
| Championships |
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| First rally | 2007 Jordan Rally |
| First win | Al Sharqiya Rally 2008 |
| Last win | ٍQassim Rally 2024 |
| Last rally | ٍQassim Rally 2024 |
Yazeed Mohamed Al-Rajhi[1] (Arabic: يزيد محمد الراجحي; born 30 September 1981[1] in Riyadh) is a Saudi businessman, entrepreneur, and business magnate.[2] One of the sons of businessman Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al-Rajhi, his origins trace back to the Al-Qassim region (Al-Bukayriyah), and his lineage traces back to the Bani Zaid tribe. He was born and raised in Riyadh. He began his working life at an early age when his father appointed him in 1998 as an observer of the Private Property Office and later became its general manager throughout the Kingdom in 2004, after which he rose to a number of high positions until he became one of the well-known businessmen.
At the same time, Yazeed is a Rally driver and a two-time FIA World Cup champion in 2021 and 2022. a two-time champion in the local championship, the Saudi Toyota Championship in 2019 and 2022.
Yazeed has been competing in the World Rally Championship and other international rally events since 2007 and stopped at the end of 2018. He later started to participate in the cross-country rallies, and his debut at the Dakar Rally was in 2015.
In 2007, Yazeed established his own racing team. It was known as Al-Rajhi Racing Team and later renamed to Yazeed Racing Team,[3] 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 the future. After that, he scored his first ever points (eighth place) in Greek 2012 Acropolis Rally in the 40th season of the World Rally Championship (WRC).
Nicknamed the Black Horse, Al Rajhi made his WRC debut at the 2008 Rally Argentina with a Subaru Impreza WRX STI oIn 2008 Jordan Rally –as his other WRC appearance of the year.[4] 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 2011 Tour de Corse, finishing 14th. The Saudi won the Silk Way Rally[5] in 2018. In 2019, Al Rajhi won the first edition of Saudi Desert Rally Championship. Yazeed occupied the top positions in Dakar 2020, with his 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 the Dakar Rally 2021 in his Toyota Hilux. He became the first Saudi and Arab to win on home soil in his class and the youngest contestant to win a stage in Dakar that year.[6]
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- ^ "Mohammed Al Rajhi & family". Forbes. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Yazeed Al-Rajhi". eWRC-results.com. eWRC.cz. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
- ^ "S.7 – LIPETSK-MOSCOU : " Apothéose sur la Place Rouge " – 497,22 km | SilkWay". silkwayrally.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia's motorsport icon Yazeed Al-Rajhi claims two home stages at Dakar Rally 2021". Ajel. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.