Yazeed Al-Rajhi

Yazeed Al-Rajhi

Nation:	Saudi Arabia
World Rally Championship (WRC)
First rally:	Rally Argentina 2008
Last rally:	Rally Sweden 2016
Co-driver:	Michael Orr
Team:	Yazeed Racing
Vehicle:	Ford Fiesta RS WRC
Rallies Victories Podiums WP 35 - - -
Points:	5
Status: After Rally 3 of 14, 2016 season

Yazeed Bin Mohammad Al-Rajhi ( Arabic يزيد الراجحي, DMG Yazīd ar-Rāǧiḥī ; * May 5, 1981 in Riyadh ) is a rally driver from Saudi Arabia .

Career

Al-Rajhi started his rally career in 2007. He competed in several marathon rallies in the Middle East for two years. He then won two rallies in the Middle East Rally Championship with a Peugeot 207 S2000 . In 2009 and 2010 the Frenchman Matthieu Baumel accompanied Al-Rajhi in the passenger seat.

In the 2011 season he focused on the lower classes of the WRC . He was able to finish a rally of the seven he started in.

In 2012 Al-Rajhi started with a Ford Fiesta RRC and now with co-driver Michael Orr in the SWRC . With 88 points, the duo took third place in the overall ranking.

The 2013 season started well with a victory at Rally Sweden in WRC2 . Al-Rajhi broke two vertebrae after a serious accident at a marathon rally in Saudi Arabia. After a three-month break, he drove the Finland Rally and finished it in fourth place. After two podiums in Australia and Spain , as well as eighth place in Great Britain , he finished fifth in the overall ranking. The next two years did not go as well. In 2014 he finished 11th and in 2015 Al-Rajhi finished 28th overall in the WRC2.

For 2016 , Yazeed Al-Rajhi has entered the top class of the World Rally Championship with co-driver Michael Orr and a Ford Fiesta RS WRC .

Individual results WRC

year	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2008	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Subaru Impreza STi	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	JOR	ITA	GRE	DOOR	FIN	DEU	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	GBR		0	-
						DNF	DNF
2010	Al-Rajhi Racing Team	Peugeot 207 S2000	SWE	MEX	JOR	DOOR	NZL	POR	BUL	FIN	DEU	JPN	FRA	ESP	GBR				0	-
					DNF
2011	Al-Rajhi Racing Team	Peugeot 207 S2000	SWE	MEX	POR	JOR	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR				0	-
					DNF		DNF		DNF		DNF		34	DNF
		Ford Fiesta S2000
															DNF
2012	Yazeed Racing	Ford Fiesta RRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	DEU	GBR	FRA	ITA	ESP				4th	24
				24		DNF		8th	28	17th	DNF	16	18th		15th
2013	Yazeed Racing	Ford Fiesta RRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR				1	29
				10						12		12		12	18th
2014	Yazeed Racing	Ford Fiesta RRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	POLE	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR				0	-
				14th				DNF	13	13		DNF
2015	Yazeed Racing	Ford Fiesta RRC	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POLE	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR				0	-
				16			DNF	DNF				DNF		DNF
2016	Yazeed Racing	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POLE	FIN	DEU	CHN	FRA	ESP	GBR	OUT			0	-
				DNF

Source:

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Yazeed Al-Rajhi  - Collection of Images

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Yazeed Al-Rajhi , January 19, 2016
2. ↑ wrc.com: Driver Profile , January 19, 2016
3. ↑ ewrc-results.com Stats - WRC , accessed on January 21, 2016.