Dakar 2023 results

The final and 14th stage of Dakar 2023 saw Guerlain Chicherit win the stage as Nasser Al-Attiyah claimed his 5th Dakar overall win in the cars category.

Dakar 2023 saw the world's toughest rally give up some crazy highs and lows for competitors and fans alike. Argentina's Franco Caimi took 10th overall at Dakar 2023 finishing the rally 1 hour, 38 minutes and 4 seconds behind Benavides. The Qatari driver ended the rally, 1 hour, 20 minutes and 49 seconds ahead of his closest rival Sebastian Loeb. However, mechanical issues in the first half of Dakar saw him fall short of his target once again. From then on, Benavides powered forward as he went on to claim both the stage win and the Dakar crown for a second time with a time of 1 hour, 15 minutes and 17 seconds. Speaking about the 9-time WRC champion, Loeb broke quite a few records on his way to his fourth podium finish in 7 years at the Dakar. Benavides beat two-time Dakar winner and KTM teammate, Toby Price to the overall victory by just 43 seconds. Benavides finishes Dakar 2023 with a time of 44 hours 27 minutes and 20 seconds. Hero's Sebastian Buhler finished today's stage in 6th place, 4 minutes and 14 seconds behind Benavides. While Branch won two stages, mechanical issues on multiple stages ensured that he wasn't in the running for the overall victory. The bikes category exited Al-Hofuf in the reverse order of the General rankings as per Dakar's rules. Hero's Franco Caimi was two places behind Santolino in 14th, 8 minutes and 4 seconds behind Benavides while two-time stage winner Ross Branch ended the final day of Dakar in 17th, 8 minutes and 19 seconds behind the stage winner.

After over 44 hours of timed racing, it was an incredibly close finish in the 2023 Dakar Rally held in Saudi Arabia. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Kevin ...

The win is Benavides’ second Dakar Rally victory; he also won in 2021. Actually, it looks really good with the gold accents on the gas tank and the matching gold wheels. It was the first time a rider lost the lead in the final stage. He also competed with real credibility in a couple of MotoGP races for Richard Stanboli of Attack Performance. This legendary Sportbike is the quickest, most technologically advanced, and the most aerodynamic Hayabusa ever. After over 44 hours of timed racing, it was an incredibly close finish in the 2023 Dakar Rally held in Saudi Arabia.

1st overall for Nasser Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel - 4th overall for Giniel de Villiers and Dennis Murphy - 5th overall for Henk Lategan and Brett ...

Red Bull has established itself as the premiere supporter of extreme sports and athletes, and as such fits perfectly with TOYOTA GAZOO Racing's Dakar and W2RC efforts. With that in mind, it feels fantastic to be at the end of the race, and while we’ll always wonder what might have been, we are very happy to bring the car home in a good position.” In terms of the 2023 World Rally-Raid Championship, of which the Dakar Rally was the opening round, Nasser and Mathieu amassed a total of 85 points. I’m really proud of our GR DKR Hilux T1+, and to win the race three times with TOYOTA GAZOO Racing is truly something special.” Giniel de Villiers: “The Dakar is always full of challenges, and we certainly had our share of challenges this year. To Nasser and Mathieu; Giniel and Dennis; and Henk and Brett, my sincere thanks for your relentless efforts from the opening stage. Winning Dakar is something memorable, but winning the world’s toughest race twice in a row is simply extraordinary. I’m really proud of our GR DKR Hilux T1+, which has proven yet again that it is reliable and durable enough to not only complete the world’s roughest automotive race, but to do so two years in a row.” Toyota dominated the Dakar 2023 results, with the works TGR crews finishing 1st, 4th and 5th. The final stage of Dakar 2023 was a 136km-long test that started from the bivouac at Al-Hofuf. The pair took over the lead of the event on Stage 2, and never relinquished that position. The pair lost 5min 41sec to the stage winners, but that hardly mattered, as they sealed the overall victory with a winning margin of 1hr 20min 49sec.

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Nasser Al-Attiyah captured his second straight Dakar Rally on Sunday in dominant fashion, moving into second place in the event's all-time list in the ...

Knowing he was well ahead of the field, Al-Attiyah settled himself in for a quiet race and finished the final stage in eighth place. "We managed to get through the second week and win, that's what really matters." Al-Attiyah now has five wins in what's been considered arguably rally racing's top event.