The Dakar Rally's 2020 Saudi Arabia Race Live From Jan 5 to 17, Hino Motors, Ltd. (Hereafter "Hino." HQ: Hino, Tokyo. President & CEO: Yoshio Shimo) will be racing as HINO TEAM SUGAWARA (director: Teruhito Sugawara) in Dakar Rally 2020, the first event since its relocation to Saudi Arabia. Mini driver Vaidotas Zala claimed a shock maiden stage win on the first test of the 2020 Dakar Rally, as two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso placed 11th. Toyota's defending champion Nasser Al-Attiyah led the way for most of the near-200-mile timed special on the coastal stage from Jeddah to Al Wajh that kicked off the first ever Saudi Arabia-based Dakar. But the Qatari suffered three punctures late on, paving the way for an upset. As the X-raid Mini buggies of multiple Dakar rally winners Stephane Peterhansel and Carlos Sainz Sr both lost several minutes early on, the privateer Peugeot of Khalid Al Qassimi and Zala's Mini ass...