2024 Dakar Rally

2024 Dakar Rally
Part of the Dakar Rally
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Host countrySaudi Arabia
Dates run6–19 January 2024
StartAl-'Ula
FinishYanbu
Stages12
Stage surfaceSand, rocks, gravel, tarmac
Results
Cars winnerSpain Carlos Sainz
Spain Lucas Cruz
Team Audi Sport
Bikes winnerUnited States Ricky Brabec
Monster Energy Honda Team
Quads winnerArgentina Manuel Andújar
7240 Team
Challengers winnerSpain Cristina Gutiérrez
Spain Pablo Moreno Huete
Red Bull Off-Road JR Team USA By BFG
SSVs winnerFrance Xavier de Soultrait
France Martin Bonnet
Sébastien Loeb Racing - Bardahl Team
Trucks winnerCzech Republic Martin Macík
Czech Republic František Tomášek
Czech Republic David Švanda
MM Technology
Classics winnerSpain Carlos Santaolalla
Spain Jan Rosa i Viñas
Factorytub

The 2024 Dakar Rally was a rally raid event held in Saudi Arabia. It was the 46th edition of the Dakar Rally, organized by Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), and the 5th time Saudi Arabia has hosted the event.

The event took place between 5 and 19 January 2024. For the third year running, the event was also the first round of the 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship.

The outline of the race route was presented on 3 June 2023. This year the route will start at Al-'Ula, cross the Empty Quarter, and will finish in Yanbu. Race format consists of a prologue and 12 stages, including a 48-hour marathon stage - dubbed as a '48h chrono stage', which would cover over 600km with a midnight halt. The new format marathon stage will include time limit for stopping at 4pm, and setting off the next day at 7am. The route will feature 60% new tracks compared to the previous edition, comprising 5,000 kilometres of special stages.[1]

  1. ^ "2024 Route: A new step towards the future". Dakar.com. 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2023-07-27.