Fernando Alonso and his co-driver Marc Coma (Toyota Gazoo Racing) have finished in the third position of the general of the Ula Neom Rally, which has been played in Saudi Arabia, so the Spaniard signs his first podium in a 'raid' before face your first experience in the Dakar Rally.
The Spanish couple, who came fourth to the fourth and last stage, have traced on board their Toyota Hilux more than six minutes apart with the Emirati Khalid Al Qassimi (Peugeot), who came third on the last day and suffered a breakdown mechanic that forced him to leave, to get on the third drawer of the podium.
In this way, the Spaniard is compensated for the experiences in the Lichtenburg 400 and the Rally of Morocco, where he did not reach the expected results and encountered more problems than expected. "The last stage and the Rally ends. First podium rally! Thanks to these guys!" Alonso said in his social networks with a photo with his team.
The runners faced a final stage of 175 timed kilometers on Saturday with a final in Neom, which finally crowned the Saudi Yazeed Al-Rajhi (Toyota) - which the Spaniard helped Saturday out of a dune - as the winner of the rally, ahead from fellow countryman Yasir Bin Seaidan (MINI), who finished at 2:09.
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