Toby Price has been at the Dakar Rally for over a decade. Unfortunately, after 12 consecutive starts, 2027 is shaping up to be the first without him since 2014.

While at the Rallye du Maroc earlier this fall, Price told Cross-Country Rally News that he’ll likely not be able to race in 2027 due to funding issues. The RdM was his “return” to rally raids for the first time since January’s Dakar, albeit in a media capacity to introduce the sport to influencers on Red Bull’s behalf.

“I’m trying to work something out possibly for Dakar next year,” Price said. “We’ll probably miss this one. We just need to build the bank balance back up a little bit, and then we’ll see if we can try and get something organized for 2028.

“It’s a little bit of a tough one, but it’s just good to be back here in the bivouac and see everybody catch up and see some familiar faces.”

After being one of Dakar’s top bike riders as a two-time winner, Price made the switch to driving in 2025. However, unlike his bike days with KTM, he doesn’t have any factory funding as a driver. Price unsuccessfully tried to coax his longtime Finke Desert Race partner Mitsubishi into reviving its Dakar program, so he shifted his focus to SCORE in the meantime. Although Mitsubishi has a rally raid arm again, it is solely focused on rallies close to home like the Asia Cross Country Rally.

He did the 2025 Dakar as a privateer for Overdrive Racing before Toyota Gazoo Racing signed him up for 2026, but he wasn’t part of TGR’s full-time W2RC division. Price finished eighth overall in the latter.

His driving career briefly came to a halt following his disqualification from the San Felipe 250, before coming back to Finke and doing various rallies around Australia.

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