2024_Dakar_Rally

2024 Dakar Rally

2024 Dakar Rally

Rally event


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.

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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]

Timeline

  • 3 June – 20 October 2023: Registrations[2]
  • End of November 2023: Press conference
  • 1 December 2023: Scrutineering and vehicle loading in Barcelona
  • 1 January 2024: Offloading vehicles in Yanbu
  • 5 January 2024: Starting podium and the Prologue Stage
  • 6 January 2024: Race start
  • 19 January 2024: Race finish and finish podium

Entry list

On 13 December 2023 ASO announced the list of competitors.[3][4]

Number of entries

[5][6][7]

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  1. As of 23 December, before scrutineering
  2. At start line after the rest day
  3. To rank in the final standings, the vehicle had to pass through the finishing podium.
  4. There was no Dakar Experience category this year. As the Dakar Rally became a FIA event, the vehicles that failed to finish a stage could still continue at the next, having taken a time penalty.

Vehicles and Categories

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Competitor list

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Stages

The 2024 Dakar route was revealed on 20 November 2023, totaling 7,891 km (4,903 mi), and consisting of 4,727 km (2,937 mi) special stages. The race features a new two-day marathon stage, where all participants will need to stop at the nearest bivouac after 4pm. There will be 8 bivouacs setup, with drivers having no contact with their teams, but allowed to work on other vehicles.[8]

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Stage winners

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Stage results

Bikes

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Quads

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Cars

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Challenger (T3)

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Notes:

  • Eryk Goczał and Michał Goczał were disqualified on the rest day following Stage 6 for using an unauthorised carbon clutch. Eryk led the general classification by over an hour at the time, having won the prologue and four of the stages.[10]

SSV (T4)

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Trucks

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Classics

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Mission 1000

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Final standings

Bikes

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Quads

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Cars

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Challenger (T3)

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SSV (T4)

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Trucks

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Classics

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Incidents

Stage 1

  • Near the start of stage 1, French driver Lionel Baud collided with a Russian spectator in a segment far from the race organizers' designated spectator area. The stage was briefly halted for the cars category while the spectator was evacuated to hospital, where he was diagnosed with a broken tibia and fibula from the impact.[12]

Stage 2

  • Near the end of stage 2, Spanish motorcyclist Carles Falcón suffered a major accident. Race director David Castera indicated that Falcón was initially found by medics with no pulse before being resuscitated and airlifted to hospital in Al-Dawadmi in serious condition. After arriving at hospital, Falcón was found to have a fractured C2 vertebra and to be suffering cerebral edema. Falcón was placed in an induced coma due to the injuries. Isaac Feliu, Falcón's teammate, withdrew from the rally following the accident.[13] Falcón died from his injuries on 15 January. He was 45 years old.[14]

Notes

  1. Eryk Goczał originally won the stage, but was disqualified on the rest day following Stage 6 for using an unauthorised carbon clutch.[9]

    References

    1. "2024 Route: A new step towards the future". Dakar.com. 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
    2. Nguyen, Justin (2023-12-13). "2024 Dakar Rally: 199 on FIA entry list". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
    3. Nguyen, Justin (2023-12-20). "2024 Dakar Rally: 146 on FIM entry list". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
    4. "DK24FIM". Sportity. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
    5. "DK24FIA". Sportity. Archived from the original on 5 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
    6. "DK24CLASSIC". Sportity. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
    7. "Home EN". 8 December 2023.
    8. Galan, Mario (14 January 2024). "Dakar disqualifies T3 leader for technical infringement". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
    9. Galan, Mario (14 January 2024). "Dakar disqualifies T3 leader for technical infringement". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
    10. "2024 Rankings after stage 12". Dakar.com. ASO. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
    11. Galan, Mario (6 January 2024). "Car accident with spectator delays Dakar Stage 1 start". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
    12. Galan, Mario (7 January 2024). "Dakar rider in serious but stable condition after major crash on Stage 2". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
    13. Ruiz, Carmen (15 January 2024). "Muere Carles Falcón tras su grave accidente en el Dakar". As (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2024.

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