The 2025 Dakar Rally is a

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event that took place in

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. It is the 47th edition of the

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, organized by

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(ASO), and the 6th time Saudi Arabia has hosted the event. The event took place from 3 to 17 January 2025. For the fourth year running, the event will also be the first round of the 2025 World Rally-Raid Championship.

Background

The grand presentation and the outline of the race route took place on 18 May 2024 in Les Comes, targeting French and Spanish audience. The promo tour continued to South Africa, Italy, Mexico / USA, Argentina, Czech Republic, and the Netherlands. This year the route started at

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, it crosses the Empty Quarter and will finish in Shubaytah. Race format consists of 14 days of racing, divided into 12 stages. There will be a 48-hour "chrono" marathon stage, covering 950km. Five stages will feature separate routes for cars and bikes. There will be one mass start stage. The organizers promised more navigation. New is a ''Mission 1000'' category for vehicles with alternative zero-emission or hybrid drives. This year, the Quad category was removed due to declining participation. Quads had been a part of the Dakar Rally since 2009.

Timeline

* 18 May 2024: Route unveiled * 18 May – 20 October 2024: Registrations * 28–30 November 2024: Scrutineering and vehicle loading in

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* 30 December 2024: Vehicle offloading in

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* 1–2 January 2025: Final scrutineering in

* 3 January 2025: Starting podium and the Prologue Stage * 17 January 2025: Race finish and finish podium

Entry list

In November 2024 ASO announced the list of competitors. Quads were dropped from this years edition due to declining manufacturer support.

Number of entries

Vehicles and Categories

Sources: The 2025 event had changes to for the Classic vehicles. The averages changed from 15% and 30% to 5% and 10%, and the periods saw Period B changing from 1986–1996 to 1986–1998 and Period C from 1996 onwards to 1999–2005. Group H2.C also allowed all qualifying vehicles instead of restricting vehicles with leaf springs.

Competitor list

Note
– "Dakar Legends": competitors that participated in 10 or more Dakar events.
– "Rookies": competitors who will participate for the first time.
– Competitors that were not able to start the race.
– "Original by Motul" — Competitors participating in the "Original by Motul", previously known as "Malle Moto", a marathon class with limited assistance.
^VJW – Subclasses for Veteran, Junior, Women. Note
– The "Dakar Legends" – competitors that participated in 10 or more Dakar events.
– The first time starters – "rookies".
– Competitors that were not able to start the race. Note
– The "Dakar Legends" – competitors that participated in 10 or more Dakar events.
– The first time starters – "rookies".
– Competitors that were not able to start the race. Note
– The "Dakar Legends" – competitors that participated in 10 or more Dakar events.
– The first time starters – "rookies".
– Competitors that were not able to start the race. Note
– The "Dakar Legends" – competitors that participated in 10 or more Dakar events.
– The first time starters – "rookies".
– Competitors that were not able to start the race. Note
– The "Dakar Legends" – competitors that participated in 10 or more Dakar events.
– The first time starters – "rookies".
– Competitors that were not able to start the race.

Stages

Stage winners

Stage results

Bikes

Cars

Challenger (T3)

SSV (T4)

Trucks

Classics

Mission 1000

Final standings

Bikes

Cars

Challenger (T3)

SSV (T4)

Trucks

Classics

References

External links

* {{Dakar Rally Dakar Rally by year Saudi Arabia sport-related lists

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