Cristina Gutiérrez entered the final day of the Dakar Rally needing to make up 25 minutes on Mitch Guthrie. She did just that to become the second female Dakar overall winner.
Toyota Auto Body claimed their 11th straight Stock victory at the Dakar Rally, but perhaps the bigger story of the race was that every entrant in the category managed to reach the finish.
Monster Energy Honda won seven of twelve stages at the 2024 Dakar Rally. Although Ricky Brabec only had a single contribution to that, he also had the biggest with his second Dakar overall victory.
Carlos Sainz did not win any stages at the 2024 Dakar Rally, but there was no need to as he cruised to his fourth victory.
After getting disqualified from the Dakar Rally for a non-compliant clutch while leading the Challenger class, Eryk Goczał remains fully adamant that it did not increase his performance.
With his 2024 Dakar Rally hopes over, Sébastien Loeb still managed to close out on a high note by winning the twelfth and final day.
Sébastien Loeb did his best to take the Dakar Rally fight to Carlos Sainz, but a broken triangle and 5 punctures on the penultimate stage will leave him emptyhanded yet again.
Mason Klein: "I may not have made it to the finish line, but I definitely had a good ride"
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Mason Klein’s début with Kove Moto at the 2024 Dakar Rally was both a adventure and misadventure, but he has high hopes for the marque and captured the hearts of many.
Before he heads back to his usual home in rally, WRC2 driver Pierre-Louis Loubet won five stages in his maiden rally raid at the Africa Eco Race and finished 11th overall.
Marco Piana has received a €500 fine for having the French flag on his truck. National flags are banned from vehicles for the 2024 Dakar Rally for what is described as safety reasons (yes, safety).
Ricky Brabec won Stage 10 of the Dakar Rally on two wheels in RallyGP. His girlfriend Sara Price did the same on four wheels in SSV as she became the third woman to win a Dakar stage.
In just his first rally raid, former motocross star Gautier Paulin won the Africa Eco Race from Europe to Dakar for Apache Automotive, while Jacopo Cerutti did the same on two wheels for Aprilia.
Honda finished 1–2–3 in Stage 9, while Carlos Sainz continues to weather Sébastien Loeb’s storm by racing with his Audi team-mates Mattias Ekström and Stéphane Peterhansel accompanying him.
Carles Falcón succumbed to his injuries he suffered in a crash in Stage 2 of the Dakar Rally. The 46th death related to the Dakar, the Malle Moto rider was 45 years old.
Stage 8 of the Dakar Rally was a masterclass for the Super Benavides Brothers as Kevin and Luciano led the bikes, separated by just 31 seconds.
Jordi Juvanteny’s KH-7 Ecovergy hydrogen truck is already leading the Dakar Rally’s Mission 1000, but they earned another five bonus points after winning the Fan Boost fan vote by a wide margin with over double the votes of second-placed Tacita’s electric bike.
Carlos Sainz’s Dakar Rally advantage over Sébastien Loeb was cut by ten minutes as the latter claimed Stage 7, while his Audi team-mate Mattias Ekström was set back by a mechanical failure.
