The 45th Dakar Rally starts in Saudi Arabia on New Years Eve, and will cover the country from coast-to-coast for the first time over 8500 kilometres. Former rally world champions Carlos Sainz and Sebastien Loeb are both chasing outright victory, in an electrified Audi RS Q e-tron E2 and Bahrain Raid Xtreme Hunter T1+ respectively, but Toyota Gazoo Racing will throw everything at the event to repeat its victory at the previous Dakar in 2022 in the GR DKR Hilux T1+.
Australians in the hunt on two wheels include two-time winner and factory KTM rider Toby Price and GasGas rider Daniel Sanders, while on four wheels Molly Taylor and co-driver Dale Moscatt return with Can-Am South Racing for their second running of the legendary event.
Nasser Al-Attiyah & Mathieu Baumel testing in Merzougha for Rally Dakar 2023 , Morocco on October 28, 2022 // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202211250169 // Usage for editorial use only //
Audi RS Q-etron E2
Audi RS Q e-tron #204 (Team Audi Sport), Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger
Audi RS Q e-tron #204 (Team Audi Sport), Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger
Audi RS Q e-tron #207 (Team Audi Sport), Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz
Toby Price at the stage 1b of Rallye du Maroc in Agadir, Morocco on 2nd October, 2022 // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202210020689 // Usage for editorial use only //
Toby Price at the 2nd stage of Rallye du Maroc in Al-Ujun, Morocco on 3rd October , 2022 // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202210030543 // Usage for editorial use only //
Nasser Al-Attiyah & Mathieu Baumel testing in Merzougha for Rally Dakar 2023 , Morocco on October 28, 2022 // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202211250218 // Usage for editorial use only //
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Toby Price, Kevin Benavides and Matthias Walkner from Red Bull KTM Factory Racing testing in Merzougha for Rally Dakar 2023 , Morocco on October 23, 2022 // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202211250802 // Usage for editorial use only //
Toby Price, Kevin Benavides and Matthias Walkner from Red Bull KTM Factory Racing testing in Merzougha for Rally Dakar 2023 , Morocco on October 23, 2022 // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202211250815 // Usage for editorial use only //
Toby Price from Red Bull KTM Factory Racing testing in Merzougha for Rally Dakar 2023
Toby Price from Red Bull KTM Factory Racing testing in Merzougha for Rally Dakar 2023 , Morocco on October 23, 2022 // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202211250841 // Usage for editorial use only //