Pre-race stories

• December 12, 2024: Stéphane Peterhansel headlines 2025 Dakar Rally absences
• December 14, 2024: 2025 Dakar Rally entry list
• December 14, 2024: 2025 Dakar Classic entry list
• December 15, 2024: Rolando Martínez suffers traumatic brain injury during Dakar training
• December 16, 2024: How to follow the 2025 Dakar Rally with Willem Avenant
• December 16, 2024: Giniel de Villiers set for final Dakar with Toyota
• December 18, 2024: Anja Van Loon, van de Laars aim for top 10 at Dakar
• December 18, 2024: Hoto, “just 6 months old”, set for Dakar Rally debut
• December 19, 2024: Rebecca Busi unable to race 2025 Dakar Rally after sponsor backs out
• December 19, 2024: Japanese auto giants team up again for HySE-X2
• December 20, 2024: Pau Navarro racing a Taurus T3 after “Ford deal fell apart in the end”
• December 20, 2024: Danilo Petrucci returns to Dakar Rally in truck
• December 20, 2024: Kove Italia Lucky Explorer set for double duty in Dakar, Africa Eco Race
• December 20, 2024: Polaris launches “Tough Doesn’t Quit: Defending Dakar”
• December 21, 2024: Coronels upgrade to Century CR7 for 2025 Dakar
• December 21, 2024: Duckar upgrades to Citroën 2CV Sahara for 2025 Dakar Classic
• December 21, 2024: GeaLife Motorsport to field biodiesel-powered Magirus in Dakar Classic
• December 23, 2024: Edgar Canet joins Red Bull KTM Factory Racing for 2025 Dakar Rally
• December 23, 2024: Road to Dakar returns for 2025
• December 26, 2024: Segway set for 2025 Dakar Rally in Mission 1000
• December 27, 2024: “Tough Doesn’t Quit: Defending Dakar” Episode 2 focuses on RZR Pro R Factory
• December 29, 2024: 75-year-old Jean-Luc Martineau heading to Dakar Classic “for fun”
• December 30, 2024: Corbin Leaverton, Gonçalo Guerreiro set to represent Red Bull Off-Road Junior Team at Dakar
• December 31, 2024: Rebecca Busi: “The sponsorship with OnlyFans arrived to an end”
• December 31, 2024: National flag ban remains for 2025 Dakar Rally
• December 31, 2024: Honda CRF450RX Rally to make debut at Dakar
• December 31, 2024: World War II buff Jan Brabec set for final sortie at 2025 Dakar Rally
• January 2, 2025: Czech President Petr Pavel attending 2025 Dakar Rally
• January 2: Terence Marsh feels 2025 Dakar “as wide open as it’s ever been”

Mid-race stories

• January 3: Jean-Pierre Strugo sitting out Dakar for first time since 1984 to be with family, Pierre Lachaume filling in
• January 3: “Tough Doesn’t Quit: Defending Dakar” Episode 3 follows drivers
• January 3: Mattias Ekström on Ford Raptor motor: “I grew up with V8s in the DTM so I have a lot of experience with these engines”
• January 5: Markus Walcher forced to retire from Dakar after Stephan Preuss’ concussion
• January 5: Al-Rajhi rolls, Sainz rolls over in first day of Chrono Stage
• January 6: Saudi Next Gen graduates to debut at 2026 Dakar Rally
• January 8: Cornejo on Dakar’s navigation issues: “We need to come from a first world country to be heard?”
• January 8: Ales Loprais defends himself from Prokop’s accusations after Stage 3
• January 8: André Lotterer on the Dakar Rally: “Little dream of mine to see it and race it one day”
• January 8: Ross Branch on rally raid: “The downfall of the sport is that it is very expensive”
• January 10: Kevin Benavides withdraws from Dakar Rally
• January 10: Penalties from FIA stewards rack up during rest day
• January 10: HySE smashes Mission 1000 fan vote, earns 10 bonus points
• January 10: “Tough Doesn’t Quit: Defending Dakar” Episode 4 highlights ‘trust’ between drivers, navigators
• January 12: Italtrans drops out of Dakar after medical scare
• January 15: Xavier de Soultrait receives 1-hour penalty, suspended disqualification for camera cover-up
• January 16: Petter Solberg: “We’ll see” on future Dakar Rally effort
• January 17: “Tough Doesn’t Quit: Defending Dakar” Episode 5 heads ‘Into the Storm’

Stage winners

Stage	Date	FIA Winner	FIM Winner
Prologue	January 3	Henk Lategan	Daniel Sanders
Stage #1	January 4	Seth Quintero	Daniel Sanders
Stage #2	January 5–6	Rokas Baciuška	Daniel Sanders
Stage #3	January 7	Saood Variawa	Lorenzo Santolino*
Stage #4	January 8	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Daniel Sanders
Stage #5	January 9	Seth Quintero	Adrien Van Beveren
Stage #6	January 11	Guillaume de Mévius	Ricky Brabec
Stage #7	January 12	Lucas Moraes	Daniel Sanders
Stage #8	January 13	Henk Lategan	Luciano Benavides
Stage #9	January 14	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Luciano Benavides
Stage #10	January 15	Nani Roma	Michael Docherty
Stage #11	January 16	Mattias Ekström	Tosha Schareina
Stage #12	January 17	Lucas Moraes	Michael Docherty

Overall winners

FIA

Class	Overall	Number	Driver	Team	Time
Ultimate	1	201	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Overdrive Racing	52:52:15
Challenger	14	301	Nicolás Cavigliasso	BBR Motorsport	57:50:21
SSV	18	425	Brock Heger*	Sébastien Loeb Racing	59:13:11
Stock	83	500	Akira Miura*	Team Land Cruiser Toyota Auto Body	83:34:10
Truck	16	600	Martin Macík Jr.*	MM Technology	58:42:58

FIM

Class	Overall	Number	Rider	Team	Time
RallyGP	1	4	Daniel Sanders	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	53:08:52
Rally2	8	73	Edgar Canet	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	54:49:21
Original by Motul	10	34	Emanuel Gyenes	Autonet Motorcycle Team	58:25:42

Other

Class	Number	Competitor	Team	Points
Dakar Classic	700	Carlos Santaolalla	Factory Tub	586
Mission 1000	1040	Jordi Juvanteny	KH-7 Ecovergy Team	249

Featured image credit: Julien Delfosse / DPPI