Pre-race stories

• December 23, 2024: Road to Dakar returns for 2025
• January 10: 2025 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge route (updated February 11)
• January 13: EnergyLandia Rally Team to race Toyota Hiluxes, a “Taurus on steroids”
• January 24: 2025 Dakar Rally newsroom
• January 31: Mathieu Baumel hospitalized after being hit by car
• February 7: Hedda Hosås making W2RC debut in Abu Dhabi
• February 14: 2025 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge entry list (updated February 20)
• February 14: Aliyyah Koloc to make Taklimakan Rally debut alongside part-time W2RC and Middle East Bajas
• February 15: Former Alpine Hunter Ludwig Messager pursuing 2026 Dakar Rally, racing solo “like the good old rustic Alpine hunter”
• February 15: Sergei Kariakin “not allowed to compete” but to lead “secret tour” of Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge
• February 15: Alex Winocq filling in for injured Baumel at Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge (updated February 18)
• February 16: Mathieu Baumel to get right leg replaced following accident
• February 18: Xavier Panseri reunites with Guillaume de Mévius for Abu Dhabi
• February 19: Cristina Gutiérrez skipping Abu Dhabi, to rejoin Dacia “later in the season”
• February 19: CFMOTO Thunder Racing Team to run rest of W2RC with “new and yet untested” CFORCE G3
• February 19: Offroadsport signs up for funding from Czech government, EU for chassis development report
• February 20: Alex McInnes makes last-minute switch to Malle Moto for Abu Dhabi
• February 20: Sergei Kariakin planning W2RC entry after fruitful meeting between FIA, Sverdlovsk leaders
• February 21: Ross Branch “going to give Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge a go”

Stage	Date	FIA Winner	FIM Winner
Prologue	February 22	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Tosha Schareina
Stage #1	February 23	Lucas Moraes	Tosha Schareina
Stage #2	February 24	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Sanders
Stage #3	February 25	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Tosha Schareina
Stage #4	February 26	Eryk Goczał	Daniel Sanders
Stage #5	February 27	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Tosha Schareina

Overall winners

FIA

Class	Overall	Number	Driver	Team	Time
Ultimate	1	200	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Dacia Sandriders	14:26:55
Challenger	8	310	Dania Akeel	BBR Motorsport	15:44:25
SSV	11	415	Jeremías González Ferioli*	Can-Am Factory Team	15:58:21

FIM

Class	Overall	Number	Rider	Team	Time
RallyGP	1	4	Daniel Sanders	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	14:20:56
Rally2	8	22	Michael Docherty	SRG Motorsports	14:46:04
Quad	22	103	Antanas Kanopkinas	CFMOTO Thunder Racing Team	20:23:02

Featured image credit: Edoardo Bauer / Edophoto