Dakar Rally 2025
The greatest and toughest rally in the world, the Dakar’s history has been written in the heart of some of the world’s most stunning deserts and belongs to the world of the greatest sporting challenges of our time. Both a motor race and an orienteering challenge, the Dakar Rally pits some of the world’s greatest long-distance rally drivers against amateur competitors for whom the race is often the culmination of their dreams and who come to take up the challenge with their motorcycles, quad bikes, cars and trucks. Participants of fifty nationalities come together every year for this race where competition and help go hand in hand, which is watched on television in 190 countries.
Having become an international event, which gathers together men and women of more than 50 different nationalities, the Dakar draws on a thirst for interaction and the open-mindedness of its competitors, who all crave to explore the deserts of the world and to push themselves to the limit. The places on the final podium represent an exceptional challenge, sometimes that of a lifetime. Apart from the standings, all the competitors are motivated by this resolute desire, an almost crazy dream to finish the race. Whether they are motorcyclists, car drivers, truckers, or quad riders, they all share this ambition, a feeling that brings them together. The tradition of solidarity, a principle which is one of the pillars of the “Dakar Spirit”, stems from this shared passion. They all speak the same language.
The Dakar ranks as one of the greatest challenges of all extreme competitions. It is the pinnacle of the motor sports discipline and inspires adventurers as much now as it ever has. More than just a simple question of racing and speed, the Dakar requires off-piste navigational skills and consistency. In off-road races, endurance prevails and the slightest mistake costs dearly. Coping with the living conditions, managing fatigue, and weighing up the risks of the race can only be achieved by a combination of peak physical condition and impeccable technical skills. Over the past thirty-six years, this combination of physical rigour and technical performance has appealed to champions and little known competitors from a wide variety of backgrounds, all wanting to experience and make their mark on this extraordinary event.
Just as it focused attention on the deserts of Africa for some thirty years, since 2009, the Dakar has offered participants the chance to discover the wide open spaces of South America. It gives drivers from around the world the chance to plunge into the heart of nature in a majestic setting which changes on a daily basis. The richness of these deserts and the almost endless possibilities for new race routes are combined with the opportunity to discover the populations and cultures whose roots lie deep in the civilisations which preceded us. Between seven and eight hundred competitors come together every year for this race where competition and help go hand in hand, which is watched on television by a billion viewers in 190 countries.
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The second part of the two day marathon stage has tested the Monster Energy Honda HRC riders today following no team assistance at the AlUla bivouac last night when the riders were allowed just 30 minutes to work on their Honda CRF450 RALLY bikes to prepare them for today’s 428km… read more.
There was a shuffle in the overall standings of this year’s Dakar Rally as Tosha Schareina sped across the Saudi Arabian desert to take a hard earned second place on the stage while also mounting a fight back in the overall classification to also be second, just 13’26” behind the… read more.
The Monster Energy Honda HRC American duo of Ricky Brabec and Skyler Howes remained focused throughout today’s Dakar stage as they overcame the punishing rocky terrain and complex navigation on stage three to put themselves on the day’s podium as they brought the overall time deficit down to the lead… read more.
The mammoth 48 Hour Chrono stage on the 2025 Dakar Rally came to its conclusion today with a shake up in the standings for Monster Energy Honda HRC as Skyler Howes and Tosha Schareina powereded through to a fantastic second and third on the stage podium. After hauling themselves to… read more.
The colossal challenge of Dakar’s 48 Hour Chrono stage kicked off today with nearly 1000km of riding facing competitors over two days as riders sped through the stage pushing hard to cover as much of the huge distance as they could before the clock struck 5pm today. Last year’s… read more.
413 kilometres of special stage was on the menu today as the Dakar Rally got underway with its first test of the 2025 event in Saudi Arabia. It was an early start for the Monster Energy Honda HRC riders on stage one as they prepared to face a multitude of… read more.
The 47th edition of the Dakar Rally got underway with a timed 29km prologue stage near Bisha in Saudi Arbaia as the world’s best rally raid riders focused on their goal of finishing in the top ten so that they could choose their starting positions for stage one tomorrow. The… read more.
Monster Energy Honda HRC have been in Saudi Arabia since Christmas as they’ve readied themselves for the huge challenge that is the 2025 Dakar Rally. With a team roster from around the globe that includes Americans Ricky Brabec and Skyler Howes, Chilean Pablo Quintanilla and two Europeans, Tosha Schareina and… read more.
A new year heralds the start of the 2025 World Rally Raid Championship with the phenomenal Dakar Rally kicking off the arduous and tough five round season for Monster Energy Honda HRC. Back in Saudi Arabia for the sixth time, the Dakar will run from January 3rd to the 17th… read more.
