Carlos Sainz clinched his third overall victory in the Dakar Rally on Friday after retaining h🎃is lead through the final stage in Sau💯di Arabia, as Fernando Alonso ended his debut event in 13th place.

Sainz Sr.🌸 had led the majority of the two-week stint in Saudi Arabia, and held a 10-minute advantage over Nasser Al-Attiyah heading into the final stage from Haradh to Qiddiya.

Al-Attiyah was able to win the stage for Toyota Ga♏zoo Racing, but Sainz ma♋naged to lose just three minutes to wrap up his third Dakar win by 6m21s.

It marks the first win for the X♊-Raid Mini car sinc൩e 2015, and is the second win in three years for Sainz and co-driver Lucas Cruz.

Dakar veteran Stephane Peterhansel was able to round out the ꦺpodium positions in third, 9m58s behiꦺnd Sainz.

Two-time Formula 1 world champion Alonso ended his Dakar debut 13th overall, capped off with a run to fourth place on the final stage, 3𝐆m25s off Toyota teammate Al-Attiyah.

Alonso finished🅷 the rally as the le🍃ading rookie in 13th place alongside co-driver Marc Coma, 4h42m off Sainz’s time.

The Spaniard is now without any confirmed racing plans for the year ahead, but is widely expected👍 to return to the Indianapolis 500 for a third shot at winning the race.

In the motorcycle category, Honda ended KTM’s recent domination of the event as Ricky Brabec scored victory for the Monster Energy 🎶team, beating Pablo Quintanilla by 16 minutes. It marked the first time since 2000 a KTM bike had not won the motorcycle category at the Dakar.