Never headed during the event, JLR has scored its first victory in the Dakar Rallys newly created Stock class with a 1-2 finish for the works supported Defender D7X-R.
1-2-4Having led from start to finish, the Lithuanian-Spanish pairing of Rokas Baciuka and Oriol Vidal crossed the line in 51 st place overall, nine hours 12 minutes between event winners Nasser Al-Attiyah and Fabian Larquin.
Finishing 65 th but second in class, were the American pairing of Sara Price and South African-born co-driver Sean Berriman, 23 places ahead of the third placed Toyota Land Cruiser of Frances Ronald Basso and Julien Menard.
