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The 2024 Dakar Rally was a rally raid event held in Saudi Arabia. It was the 46th edition of the Dakar Rally , organized by Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), and the 5th time Saudi Arabia has hosted the event.
In 2019, which was the first Dakar Rally to be held in just one country (Peru), Toyota won for the first time with Nasser Al-Attiyah (in his third victory with three different manufacturers). The bike category saw the KTM works team rider, Australian Toby Price, take his first Dakar victory, winning his second title in 2019.
The calendar for the 2024 season features five rally-raid events. The prestigious Dakar Rally once again hosted the opening event, with the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, Desafio Ruta 40, and Rallye du Maroc events returning to the calendar. [4] The Portugal-based BP Ultimate Rally-Raid would be added to the schedule. [5] [6]
He would be taking part in the 2024 Dakar Rally and the 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship, alongside his navigator/co-driver of multiple past campaigns, Dennis Zenz. [6] After experiencing troubles at the Dakar, the American would impress in Abu Dhabi, winning stage 3 and coming third overall, scoring his first podium in the top class.
On 30 November 2020, Audi announced their intent to compete in the Dakar Rally, [10] and during the announcement on 11 December, in which Q Motorsport became Audi's factory team. [5] Three crews of Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz , Stéphane Peterhansel and Edouard Boulanger and Mattias Ekström and Emil Bergkvist would drive the car.
Sainz entered Dakar Rally 2013 in a brand-new two-wheel-drive buggy. His teammate was former Dakar-winner Nasser Al-Attiyah and the team was supported by Qatar and Red Bull . [ 22 ] Sainz won the first stage, but faced later various problems and was finally forced to retire on the sixth stage due to an engine failure. [ 23 ]
The twin-turbo 3.0-liter flat-six engine is pulled from the 911 GTS and produces 473 horsepower, which was good enough to send the Dakar screaming to 60 mph in just 2.9 seconds during our testing.
Since 2018, he is taking part in cross-country rallies and made his debut at Dakar in 2020 and finished Dakar Rally in the 'Dakar Experience' Category. [15] In 2021, he completed the Dakar Rally, rated as the world's toughest cross-country rally, and became the first cross-country rally-raid athlete representing India to have finished in the ...