Pre-race stories

• December 23, 2024: Road to Dakar returns for 2025
• January 24: 2025 Dakar Rally newsroom
• February 4: 2025 South African Safari Rally route
• February 28: 2025 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge newsroom
• April 24: Filip Grot returns to BAS World for South African Safari Rally
• April 24: Konrad Dąbrowski: “Fingers crossed” on racing South African Safari Rally
• April 24: Mathieu Serradori “proud to fly the Century colors high” at South African Safari Rally
• May 3: 2025 South African Safari Rally route revised
• May 8: Libor Pletka making rally raid debut in South Africa
• May 8: Archie Rutherford on W2RC in South Africa: “This is the biggest FIA-sanctioned motorsport event since the last F1 at Kyalami in 1993”
• May 9: 2025 South African Safari Rally entry list
• May 12: NWM Evo Plus to debut at South African Safari Rally
• May 15: TGRSA to sport new livery at South African Safari Rally
• May 17: Libor Pletka withdraws from SA Safari Rally after testing crash
• May 17: High logistical costs prompt Konrad Dąbrowski switch to BAS World for South Africa

Stage winners

Stage	FIA	Time	FIM	Time
Prologue	Gareth Woolridge*	6:48.1	Daniel Sanders	7:08.1
Stage 1	Henk Lategan	2:26:08	Ross Branch	2:44:04
Stage 2	Guy Botterill	3:12:36	Daniel Sanders	3:40:30
Stage 3	Nasser Al-Attiyah	2:51:29	Daniel Sanders	3:06:46
Stage 4	Saood Variawa	2:09:05	Daniel Sanders	2:22:13
Stage 5	Nasser Al-Attiyah	1:08:49	Ricky Brabeb	1:23:17

Overall winners

FIA

Class	Overall	Number	Driver	Team	Total Time
Ultimate	1	205	Henk Lategan	Toyota Gazoo Racing	12:10:42
Challenger	15	308	David Zille	BBR Motorsport	12:54:39
SSV	29	407	Mário Franco	Franco Sport	14:13:56
Road to Dakar	17	239	Fouché Blignaut*	#TeamHilux Rally-Raid	12:59:19

FIM

Class	Overall	Number	Rider	Team	Total Time
RallyGP	1	4	Daniel Sanders	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	13:27:44
Rally2	7	73	Edgar Canet	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	14:17:00
Quad	18	174	Gaëtan Martinez	CFMOTO Thunder Racing Team	17:03:54

Featured image credit: Matteo Gebbia / Edophoto / DPPI / ASO