Qatari racer Nasser Al-Attiyah received many official and popular congratulations and praises, after being crowned champion of the Dakar Rally in the car category for the fourth time in his career, at the conclusion of the 12th and final stage in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, today, Friday.
The President of the Qatar Olympic Committee, Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, participated in congratulating Al-Attiyah, saying, "We congratulate our world champion Al-Attiyah, for mastering the Dakar Rally, one of the most difficult races in the world, and winning the title for the fourth time in its history despite the strong competition in the desert of sisterly Saudi Arabia." Your face, and your forerunners, O Bou Shuail.
We congratulate our world champion, Nasser Al-Attiyah, for winning the Dakar Rally, one of the most difficult races in the world, and winning the title for the fourth time in its history, despite the strong competition in the desert of the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Joaan bin Hamad (@JoaanBinHamad) January 14, 2022
The Qatar Automobile and Motorcycle Federation, through its official account on Twitter, congratulated the Toyota driver, where he posted a picture of his victory celebration and wrote, "We congratulate our world champion Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah for winning first place in the 2022 Dakar Rally in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia."
🏆 @AlAttiyahN and @matthieubaumel won #Dakar2022!
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— DAKAR RALLY (@dakar) January 14, 2022
🎙️@AlAttiyahN
Hear from Nasser Al-Attiyah, the winner of the car category at Dakar 2022, after the legend achieved his fourth victory.# Dakar 2022 pic.twitter.com/TnFLVnzUrc
— Dakar - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (@Dakar_arabic) January 14, 2022
🏆Nasser Al-Attiyah and Matthew Baumel are the winners of the Dakar 2022 in the car category 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼@AlAttiyahN @matthieubaumel# Dakar 2022 pic.twitter.com/TEPL39Dack
— Dakar - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (@Dakar_arabic) January 14, 2022
The Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation also congratulated Al-Attiyah, saying in a tweet posted on his official account on Twitter, "Congratulations to Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah for winning the Dakar Rally for the fourth time, and for our hero Yazid Al-Rajhi for taking the podium in third place."
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Congratulations to Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah for winning the Dakar Rally for the fourth time, and to our hero Yazid Al-Rajhi ascending to the podium in third place 💪🏻💪🏻@YazeedRacing@AlAttiyahN# Saudi_Motorcycle Federation #Dakar2022#Dakar2022#Dakar2022#DakarInsiAj29E29 pic.twitter.com
— Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation (@SAMF_GOV) January 14, 2022
Qatari sports federations also participated in celebrating Al-Attiyah's fourth victory in the Dakar Rally, such as the Qatar Football Association and the Qatar Swimming Association.
Nasser al-Attiyah a remporté à Djeddah son quatrième Dakar devant Sébastien Loeb.
Le Qatarien et son copilote Mathieu Baumel offrent à Toyota son deuxième succès sur l'épreuve https://t.co/nyQXunsEdj #Dakar2022 pic.twitter.com/157cCyCUdd
— L'ÉQUIPE (@lequipe) January 14, 2022
Nasser al-Attiyah vainqueur du Dakar : « Nous n'avons pas rencontré un seul problème »
Le Qatarien salue le travail de son copilote Matthieu Baumel et de toute l'équipe Toyota https://t.co/tpiKDadfR2 pic.twitter.com/i9BNU8G6Ua
— L'ÉQUIPE (@lequipe) January 14, 2022
In the same context, the French newspaper L'Équipe highlighted Al-Attiyah's victory in the Dakar Rally, and reported his progress over the French racer Sebastien Loeb, noting the Qatari champion's contribution to giving his partner Matteo Baumel his second success in this event.
Al-Attiyah had previously won the Dakar Rally in 2011, 2015 and 2019.
We congratulate our world champion Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah for winning first place in the 2022 Dakar Rally in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia🥇
Congratulations to our world champion Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah for winning First position in Dakar Rally 2022 in KSA🥇 pic.twitter.com/OMmuaCiyZe
— QMMF (@QMMF_official) January 14, 2022
Congratulations to Qatar
, our world champion Nasser Al-Attiyah, who won first place in the 2022 Dakar Rally,
putting Qatar at the forefront of the rally for the fourth time in its history.
Congratulations champ @AlAttiyahN pic.twitter.com/zWNrznMfIZ
- Qatar Swimming Federation (@Qatar_swimming) January 14, 2022
We congratulate the Qatari champion Nasser Al-Attiyah on being crowned champion of the Dakar Rally for the fourth time in his career 👏💛🖤
Congrats, hero!
@AlAttiyahN pic.twitter.com/rGspLw8EGl
— Qatar SC |
Qatar Sports Club (@QatarSportClub) January 14, 2022
Qatari rally champion Nasser Al-Attiyah crowned the champion of the #Dakar_Rally for the fourth time, at the conclusion of the last 12th stage in #Jeddah, #Saudi Arabia..#Dakar_Rally_Saudi_2022 #Dakar_Champion pic.twitter.com/MJdI8v4oYz
- Jaber Al-Harmi (@jaberalharmi) January 14, 2022
Congratulations to Nasser Al-Attiyah @AlAttiyahN for winning the Dakar Rally Championship in Saudi Arabia @Dakar_arabic for the fourth time.
You deserve and stop, O Bou Shuail.
pic.twitter.com/YY4GvKnZ0B
— Saud bin Abdulrahman (@SaoudAlthani7) January 14, 2022