- 2nd on Stage 11 for Al-Attiyah/Baumel
- 4th on Stage 11 for Ten Brinke/Colsoul
- 6th on Stage 11 for De Villiers/Haro
- Alonso/Coma fight back after roll
It was a scintillating performance over extremely tricky terrain, including an 80km-long dune field that the teams had to cross shortly after the start. The Qatari driver and his French partner never set a foot wrong, and now have one more roll of the dice in their quest for a second successive Dakar win.
“Their chances were dealt a severe blow this afternoon, however,” said TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Team Principal, Glyn Hall, after all four Toyota Hilux race cars made it safely back to Haradh. “The organisers were forced to shorten tomorrow’s stage to just 167km, due to a problem in one of the areas that the route crosses. So, I have to admit that we’ve sadly probably run out of kilometres.”
Should this be the case, Al-Attiyah and Baumel will rue the time lost on Stage 10, which saw them drop 18 minutes in the overall standings due to a navigational error. They also suffered multiple punctures in the opening stages of Dakar 2020, and incurred a 3min penalty early on.
Stage 11 was a good one for Dutch driver Bernhard ten Brinke and his Belgian co-driver, Tom Colsoul. The pair went 4th-fastest on the day, and moved up into 7th place overall.
Giniel de Villiers and Alex Haro placed 6th on the stage, 12min 14sec behind the stage winners. They moved into 5th place overall, but are unlikely to catch the Toyota Hilux crew of Yazeed Al-Rajhi in 4th place.
Despite rolling their car in the opening kilometre of Stage 10, Fernando Alonso and Marc Coma fought back bravely, to record the 8th-best time on Stage 11. The Spanish super duo are in 13th place after 11 stages, and have only one more stage to conquer before completing their first Dakar Rally together.
The final stage will see the crews race from the bivouac at Haradh to the Saudi capital of Riyadh, where the rally will draw to a close at the entertainment city of Qiddiyah – a purpose-built facility, where the final podium will also take place.
2020 Dakar Rally Sneltrajek 11 Results:
| 2nd | No. 300 | Nasser Al-Attiyah/Mathieu Baumel, | +10sec |
| 4th | No. 307 | Bernhard ten Brinke/Tom Colsoul, | +10min 14sec |
| 6th | No. 304 | Giniel de Villiers/Alex Haro, | +12min 14sec |
| 8th | No. 310 | Fernando Alonso/Marc Coma, | +16min 25sec |
2020 Dakar Rally Overall Results After Sneltrajek 11:
| 2nd | No. 300 | Nasser Al-Attiyah/Mathieu Baumel, | +10min 17sec |
| 5th | No. 304 | Giniel de Villiers/Alex Haro, | +1hr 6min 34sec |
| 7th | No. 307 | Bernhard ten Brinke/Tom Colsoul, | +1hr 17min 50sec |
| 13th | No. 310 | Fernando Alonso/Marc Coma, | +4hr 43min 18sec |
