Mathieu Baumel (born 17 January 1976) is a French

rally raid Rally raid is a type of off-road motorsport event competed with different types of vehicles. Along with shorter Baja (cross-country rally), baja rallies, rally raid constitutes cross-country rallying. Both the Fédération Internationale de l'Aut ...

co-driver competing in the

World Rally-Raid Championship The World Rally-Raid Championship (officially abbreviated as W2RC) is a rally raid series co-sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA and Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM and promoted by the Amaury Sport ...

. Alongside

Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah ( : nāṣir ṣāliḥ nāṣir ʿabd allāh al-ʿaṭiyyah; born 21 December 1970 in Doha) is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He was the 2006 Production World Rally Champion, 2014 and 2015 WR ...

, he won the

Dakar Rally The Dakar Rally () or simply "The Dakar" (), formerly known as the Paris–Dakar Rally (), is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO). It is an off-road endurance event traversing terrain much tougher than convent ...

five times, the

FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies The FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies was a rally raid series organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA, culminating with a champion driver, co-driver, and team; with additional trophies awarded to T2 and T3 drivers & ...

four times, and the

twice. Baumel parted ways with Al-Attiyah after the

2024 Dakar Rally 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 1 ...

. He reunited with

Guerlain Chicherit Guerlain Chicherit (born 20 May 1978 in Paris) is a French Rallying, rally and rallycross driver, and a professional Skiing, skier who was four times world champion in Freeriding (winter sport), freeriding (1999, 2002, 2006 and 2007). Biography H ...

, with whom he ran the

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and 2006 Dakar Rallies, for the

BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal is an international rally-raid competition held in Portugal. It is organized by Automóvel Club de Portugal (ACP) and the race is the third leg of the FIA FIM World Rally-Raid Championship 2024 (W2RC) and is a points ...

later that year, before joining

Guillaume De Mévius Guillaume de Mévius (born 4 August 1994) is a Belgian rally driver. He is currently part of Red Bull's rallying team for rally raid events and was part of the inaugural World Rally-Raid Championship. He has previously driven in the World Rally C ...

at the X-raid Mini JCW Team. On 29 January 2025, Baumel was hit by a car whilst stopped to help the passengers of a broken down vehicle, later being placed into an

induced coma An induced comaalso known as a medically induced coma (MIC), barbiturate-induced coma, or drug-induced comais a temporary coma (a deep state of unconsciousness) brought on by a controlled dose of an anesthetic drug, often a barbiturate such as pe ...

. Baumel also suffered severe leg injuries, resulting in the amputation of his right leg.

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