Henk Lategan has been credited with the best time on the prologue and has won his first stage since the final one on the 2022 edition. The Toyota driver completed the prologue just one second ahead of Mattias Ekström. Nasser Al Attiyah completes the day’s podium, 20’’ behind the South African.
Daniel Sanders has posted the day’s best time and has won his first stage victory since stage 3 of the 2023 edition. ‘Chucky’ beat Ross Branch by 12’’ and title holder Ricky Brabec by 18’’. It should be noted that Edgar Canet, the day’s Rally 2 winner, achieved the same time as Branch and is in third in the overall rankings for the bikes.
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) is set to take on the upcoming Dakar Rally with a strong six-car team, combining the expertise and talent of both TOYOTA GAZOO Racing and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing South Africa (TGRSA).
https://toyotagazooracing.com/dakar/release/2024/1126-01/
With a formidable line-up of Kevin Benavides, Daniel Sanders, and Luciano Benavides are READY TO RACE the 2025 Dakar Rally! After a strong program of training and testing, the boys are fired up to take on the world’s toughest rally-raid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUrfuj_4WUw
Yeah, let that pig fly!!! Yeeehaaa!
Dakar Rally T1 Ford Raptor makes its global debut at Goodwood Festival of Speed.
https://t.me/parisdakarrally/70
More of the 2024 Dakar Rally Raid truck class. Those monsters are indeed amazing to watch in the desert!
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Más de la clase de camiones Dakar Rally Raid 2024. ¡Es realmente increíble observar esos monstruos en el desierto!
Spanish motorcycle rider Carles Falcon has died more than a week after crashing in the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia falling 448km into the second stage on Jan. 7 from Al Henakiyah to Al Duwadimi.
https://www.reuters.com/sports/formula1/spanish-rider-falcon-dies-after-dakar-rally-crash-2024-01-15/
Lot's of desert and an Audi RS Q e-tron #207 (Team Audi Sport), Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist
Today’s stage took in 118km of sand dunes through Saudi Arabia’s Empty Quarter as riders made their first tracks into the jaw-dropping landscapes towards Shubaytah.
Setting off early from the Al-Hofuf bivouac, riders were also faced with an arduous, energy zapping 527 km road section which would require some serious concentration during on the bike, before they were then thrown into the deep dunes on a hot day in the Eastern Province.
After the Dakar had only briefly visited the dunes over the past few days, the full dune programme was on the agenda today. The 118-kilometre stage took the crews into the “Empty Quarter”, where there is little more than sand.
But that was just a foretaste of the next two days. Thursday and Friday also have “dunes galore” on the program.
Another long, hard slog on the way to Al Hofuf, a city nestled in the heart of a sprawling, lush oasis dotted with three million date palms.
The terrain is a bit faster and easier to make up for the length of the special and the fact that it is the second half of a marathon stage.
Liaison: 332 km / 206.30 miles
Stage: 299 km / 185.79 miles
https://youtu.be/wl5yY6Q8h9I?si=ecXeTuJsIfXoKTqz
Yazeed Al Rajhi and Timo Gottschalk take overall lead of Dakar 2024 after finishing the third stage a short while ago.
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With just two hours of service after stage 3 of #Dakar 2024, the #BRX crew made the
Prodrive Hunter perfect again for
Sebastien Loeb and Fabian Lurquin
https://t.me/parisdakarrally/55
2024 #TheDakar #RallyRaid Al Henakiyah to Al Duwadimi.
Liaison: 192 km / 119.30 miles
Stage: 463 km / 287.69 miles
30some kilometers of dune surfing did suit the big "old" man of Dakar RallyRaid Racing.
14 times #Dakar winner Stephane Peterhansel took the opportunity in his Audi e-tron to secure another stage win.
Top 10 cars so far:
Stage 2 of 2024 #TheDakar #RallyRaid Al Henakiyah to Al Duwadimi.
30 km of dunes been to conquer by the field in the first part of the course.
Otherwise this brand-new special takes place on fast sections of the course.
Top 10 motos:
An incredible day of racing for the #TGR teams. Here are some highlights of Stage 1
https://youtu.be/hgR8IrMmpY4?si=zvrkOmHHZYL5_zr0
The Dakar has always pushed the boundaries of the motorcycle industry, and today I'm going to talk about why we think 2024 could be a hugely important race for the whole industry, and possibly the closest Dakar in many years..
We discuss Mason Klein and the Kove Works Team and Barreda's shock last minute move as well as looking at the bikes and favorites in the different classes.
https://youtu.be/tbTLtqJUISE?si=7iIZMYXqmddjbGWV
Prodrive looks ahead to the 2024 Dakar Rally as it embarks on the challenge of almost 8000 km with seven cars across four teams.
Featuring interviews with drivers Sébastien Loeb and Nasser Al-Attiyah, as well as Prodrive Chairman, David Richards CBE, Prodrive previews one of the greatest motorsport races in the world.
https://youtu.be/RVq3kNy7om0?si=HnTrojWeWL5YfG7Q
Looks like Ross Branch with
Hero Motosports did score another #TheDakar stage-win at Alula to Al Henakiyah leg of the #RallyRaid
https://twitter.com/DakarRallyRaid/status/1743656714392723485