Defending champion Nani Roma has led a Mini trifecta in the Dakar Rally ninth stage as Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah increased his overall lead with four days action in South America to go.
Spain's Roma - whose hopes of a second straight overall win evaporated on the first stage because of electrical failure - completed the 538 kilometre (450km timed) drive from the Chilean Pacific coastal city of Iquique to Calama in the Andes six-and-a-half minutes clear of Al-Attiyah.
The 2011 Dakar winner's bold showing bolstered his bid for a second title by more than quarter of an hour.
He now has a near 24-minute cushion over Toyota's South African driver Giniel de Villiers, who took fourth.
In third in the drivers standings comes Saudi Arabia's Yazeed Al-Rajhi in another Toyota, 40 minutes behind Al-Attiyah.
Mini's domination of Tuesday's podium was completed by Russian Vladimir Vasilyev.
In the bikes section, Portugal's Helder Rodrigues claimed his second stage win of the race as Marc Coma had his overall lead cut by three minutes.
Rodrigues crossed the finish line in the Andes almost four minutes clear of his teammate and fellow countryman Paul Goncalves.
In third came Coma, whose advantage over Goncalves in the riders' title race is now only five-and-a half minutes.
In third in the overall standings is Chile's Pablo Quintanilla - who won Monday's marathon stage on home turf - almost half an hour adrift of the front pair.
Joan Barreda, who saw his Dakar rally dream go up in smoke with engine trouble in the eighth stage, lost a further 20 minutes overall.
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