Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 1 - Jeddah - Al Wajh, Saudi Arabia - January 5, 2020 Team Toyota Gazoo Racing driven by Spain's Fernando Alonso and Marc Coma in action during stage one REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
(Reuters) - Double Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso made a solid Dakar Rally debut in Saudi Arabia on Sunday and was 11th after the first 752km coastal stage from the port city of Jeddah to Al Wajh.
Lithuanian Vaidotas Zala was surprise fastest in the car category, the Mini JCW Rally driver ending the day with an advantage of two minutes and 14 seconds over France's 13 times winner Stephane Peterhansel, in a Mini JCW Buggy.
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