FILE PHOTO: Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 11 - AlUla to Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - January 14, 2021 X-Raid Mini JCW Team's Stephane Peterhansel and Co-Driver Edouard Boulanger in action during stage 11 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
(Reuters) - French veteran Stephane Peterhansel celebrated a record-extending 14th Dakar Rally victory on Friday, and his eighth in the car category, after a gruelling two weeks in the Saudi Arabian deserts.
The 55-year-old X-Raid Mini JCW driver, nicknamed "Mr Dakar" for his unprecedented success, first won the endurance event on a motorcycle in 1991 and switched to cars after five more wins on two wheels.
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