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Carlos Sainz in despair after a crash. AFP

FN Speed Team's Joan Font and co-driver Themis Lopez get bogged down during stage nine of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, which has been hit by flooding. Reuters

Font and Lopez attempt to tow their vehicle after it became stuck. Reuters

Boggy conditions at the Dakar Rally. Reuters

Competitors carry tow rope to free stuck vehicles. Reuters

MM Technology's mechanic David Svanda tries to free a stuck vehicle. Reuters

Visit Sant Antoni - Ibiza's Toni Vingut in action. Reuters

Czech driver Martin Macik and other racers try to get their vehicles out of the mud. AFP

Team Audi Sport's Carlos Sainz and co-driver Lucas Cruz attend to their car after crashing during stage 9. Reuters

Solarys Racing's Iader Giraldi in action. Reuters

Taguatur Racing Team's Marcelo Medeiros in action during stage 9. Reuters

Black Horse Team's Saleh al-Saif and co-Driver Joao Pedro Vitoria compete during Stage 9 of the Dakar 2023 rally between Riyadh and Haradh in Saudi Arabia on January 10, 2023. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

Audi's hybrid co-driver Lucas Cruz of Spain checks his phone after a crash. AFP

Spanish biker Joan Barreda Bort is treated by medics after he fell off his motorcycle. AFP

Toyota Gazoo Racing's Henk Lategan and co-driver Brett Cummings in action. Reuters

French biker Kevin Durand is helped by Dakar Rally director David Castera. AFP

Overdrive Toyota's Juan Cruz Yacopini and co-driver Daniel Oliveras make a splash. Reuters

Audi's hybrid driver Carlos Sainz is helped by a medic after a crash. AFP

Czech truck co-driver Frantisek Tomasek falls in the mud while trying to get his vehicle out. AFP

Spanish co-driver Lopez Themis tries to get his car out of the mud. AFP

French biker Romain Dumontier checks on Spanish rival Joan Barreda Bort after the latter fell off his motorcycle. AFP

Carlos Sainz in despair after a crash. AFP

FN Speed Team's Joan Font and co-driver Themis Lopez get bogged down during stage nine of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, which has been hit by flooding. Reuters

Font and Lopez attempt to tow their vehicle after it became stuck. Reuters

Boggy conditions at the Dakar Rally. Reuters

Competitors carry tow rope to free stuck vehicles. Reuters

MM Technology's mechanic David Svanda tries to free a stuck vehicle. Reuters

Visit Sant Antoni - Ibiza's Toni Vingut in action. Reuters

Czech driver Martin Macik and other racers try to get their vehicles out of the mud. AFP

Team Audi Sport's Carlos Sainz and co-driver Lucas Cruz attend to their car after crashing during stage 9. Reuters

Solarys Racing's Iader Giraldi in action. Reuters

Taguatur Racing Team's Marcelo Medeiros in action during stage 9. Reuters

Black Horse Team's Saleh al-Saif and co-Driver Joao Pedro Vitoria compete during Stage 9 of the Dakar 2023 rally between Riyadh and Haradh in Saudi Arabia on January 10, 2023. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

Audi's hybrid co-driver Lucas Cruz of Spain checks his phone after a crash. AFP

Spanish biker Joan Barreda Bort is treated by medics after he fell off his motorcycle. AFP

Toyota Gazoo Racing's Henk Lategan and co-driver Brett Cummings in action. Reuters

French biker Kevin Durand is helped by Dakar Rally director David Castera. AFP

Overdrive Toyota's Juan Cruz Yacopini and co-driver Daniel Oliveras make a splash. Reuters

Audi's hybrid driver Carlos Sainz is helped by a medic after a crash. AFP

Czech truck co-driver Frantisek Tomasek falls in the mud while trying to get his vehicle out. AFP

Spanish co-driver Lopez Themis tries to get his car out of the mud. AFP

French biker Romain Dumontier checks on Spanish rival Joan Barreda Bort after the latter fell off his motorcycle. AFP

Carlos Sainz in despair after a crash. AFP

Flooding disrupts Dakar Rally 2023 — in pictures

Heavy rains bring chaos as cars crash and drivers are stuck

The National

January 11, 2023

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Updated: January 11, 2023, 10:31 AM

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