Dakar Rally 2020

The 2020 Dakar Rally is the 42nd edition of the Dakar Rally and the 41st that will actually be held. It will take place for the first time in Saudi Arabia .

route

The rally started in Jeddah on January 5, 2020 and is expected to lead over 12 stages to Riyadh . The length of the rated route is approx. 5000 km. Although this time the route only leads through one country - Saudi Arabia - the route is very diverse. While the first stages take place in a rather mountainous terrain, the second part of the rally runs through the Rub al-Khali desert .

Stages

stage	date	begin	target	Stage length		winner
				All in all	Rated	motorcycle	Quad	automobile	buggy	truck
1.	January 5th	Jeddah	Al-Wajh	752	319	Toby Price	Ignacio Casale	Vaidotas Žala	Aron Domžala	Anton Shibalov
2.	6th January	Al-Wajh	Neom	393	367	Ross Branch	Ignacio Casale	Giniel de Villiers	Francisco López Contardo	Siarhei Viazovich
3.	January 7th	Neom	Neom	504	427	Ricky Brabec	Giovanni Enrico	Carlos Sainz	Gerard Farres Guell	Andrei Karginov
4th	January 8th	Neom	Al-Ula	672	453	José Ignacio Cornejo Florimo	Ignacio Casale	Stéphane Peterhansel	Mitchell Guthrie	Anton Shibalov
5.	January 9th	Al-Ula	Ha'il	564	353	Toby Price	Romain Dutu	Carlos Sainz	Cyril Despres	Dmitri Sotnikov
6th	10. January	Ha'il	Riad	830	478	Ricky Brabec	Simon Vitse	Stéphane Peterhansel	Gerard Farres Guell	Andrei Karginov
Intermediate result		Day off January 11th Riad		3 715	2,397	Ricky Brabec	Ignacio Casale	Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz	Francisco López Contardo Juan Pablo Latrach Vinagre	Andrei Karginow Andrei Mokeiev Igor Leonow
7th	January 12th	Riad	Wadi Al Dawasir	741	546	Kevin Benavides	Simon Vitse	Carlos Sainz	Blade Hildebrand	Andrei Karginov
8th.	13th January	Wadi Al Dawasir	Wadi Al Dawasir	713	474	called off		Mathieu Serradori	Reinaldo Varela	Andrei Karginov
9.	January 14th	Wadi Al Dawasir	Haradh	891	415	Pablo Quintanilla	Ignacio Casale	Stéphane Peterhansel	Blade Hildebrand	Andrei Karginov
10.	15. January	Haradh	Shubaytah	608	534	Joan Barreda Bort	Kamil Wisniewski	Carlos Sainz	Mitchell Guthrie	Anton Shibalov
11.	January 16	Shubaytah	Haradh	744	379	Pablo Quintanilla	Rafal Sonic	Stéphane Peterhansel	Francisco López Contardo	Andrei Karginov
12.	January 17th	Haradh	Al-Kiddiya	447	374	José Ignacio Cornejo Florimo	Arkadiusz Lindner	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Reinaldo Varela	Andrei Karginov
TARGET	January 17th	Overall result				Ricky Brabec	Ignacio Casale	Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz	Casey Currie Sean Berriman	Andrei Karginow Andrei Mokeiev Igor Leonow

Attendees

On January 5, 2020, 342 vehicles in all classes started. For the first time, the two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso took part in the event.

On January 12, 2020, Portuguese motorcyclist Paulo Gonçalves died after a fall. On January 17, 2020, the Dutch motorcyclist Edwin Straver died as a result of a fall during the eleventh stage.

Final results

motorcycles

Item	No.	driver	brand	time
1	9	Ricky Brabec	Honda	40:02:36 h
2	5	Pablo Quintanilla	Husqvarna	+ 0:16:26
3	1	Toby Price	KTM	+ 0:24:06
4th	17th	José Ignacio Cornejo Florimo	Honda	+ 0:31:43
5	2	Matthias Walkner	KTM	+ 0:35:00
6th	16	Luciano Benavides	KTM	+ 0:37:34
7th	12	Joan Barreda Bort	Honda	+ 0:50:57
8th	22nd	Franco Caimi	Yamaha	+ 1:42:35
9	59	Skyler Howes	Husqvarna	+ 2:04:01
10	6th	Andrew Short	Husqvarna	+ 2:10:40

Quads

Item	No.	driver	brand	time
1	250	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	52:04:39 h
2	265	Simon Vitse	Yamaha	+ 0:18:24
3	251	Rafał Sonik	Yamaha	+ 1:04:15
4th	255	Manuel Andújar	Yamaha	+ 3:30:16
5	257	Kamil Wiśniewski	Yamaha	+ 4:38:53
6th	262	Sebastien Souday	Yamaha	+ 5:45:14
7th	268	Italo Pedemonte	Yamaha	+ 6:34:28
8th	254	Nelson Sanabria Galeano	Yamaha	+ 8:56:03
9	263	Zdeněk Tůma	Yamaha	+ 15:58:30
10	261	Martin Sarquiz	Can-Am	+ 17:14:39

cars

Item	No.	driver	Co-driver	brand	team	time
1	305	Carlos Sainz	Lucas Cruz	Mini	Bahrain JCW X-Raid Team	42:59:17 h
2	300	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Matthieu Baumel	Toyota	Toyota Gazoo Racing	+ 0:06:21
3	302	Stéphane Peterhansel	Paulo Fiúza	Mini	Bahrain JCW X-Raid Team	+ 0:09:58
4th	309	Yazeed Al Rajhi	Konstantin Zhiltsov	Toyota	Overdrive Toyota	+ 0:49:10
5	304	Giniel de Villiers	Alex Haro Bravo	Toyota	Toyota Gazoo Racing	+ 1:07:09
6th	311	Orlando Terranova	Bernardo Graue	Mini	X-Raid Mini JCW Team	+ 1:12:15
7th	307	Bernhard Ten Brinke	Tom Colsoul	Toyota	Toyota Gazoo Racing	+ 1:18:34
8th	315	Mathieu Serradori	Fabian Lurquin	Century	SRT Racing	+ 1:59:21
9	324	Yasir Hamad Seaidan	Alexy Kuzmich	Mini	Race World Team	+ 3:42:17
10	322	Wei Han	Min Liao	Hanwei	Geely Auto Shell Lubricant Team	+ 3:51:07

buggy

Item	No.	driver	Co-driver	brand	team	time
1	405	Casey Currie	Sean Berriman	Can-Am	Monster Energy Can-Am	53:25:52 h
2	411	Sergei Karjakin	Anton Vlasiuk	BRP	Snag Racing Team	+ 0:39:12
3	400	Francisco López Contardo	Juan Pablo Latrach Vinagre	Can-Am	South Racing Can-Am	+ 0:52:36
4th	404	Conrad Rautenbach	Pedro Bianchi Prata	PH sports	PH sports	+ 1:12:19
5	410	José Antonio Hinojo López	Diego Ortega Gil	Can-Am	Hibor Raid	+ 1:20:38
6th	420	Jesus Puras	Xavier Blanco	Can-Am	Xraids & Buggymaster Team	+ 2:19:15
7th	417	Axel Alletru	Francois Beguin	Can-Am	# Je Peux 2020-BBR Mercier Racing	+ 2:24:23
8th	427	Austin Jones	Kellon Walch	Can-Am	South Racing Can-Am	+ 2:57:38
9	402	Reinaldo Varela	Gustavo Gugelmin	Can-Am	Monster Energy Can-Am	+ 5:44:01
10	433	Santiago Navarro	Marc Sola Terradellas	Can-Am	FN Speed ​​Team	+ 5:44:35

truck

Item	No.	driver	Co-driver	mechanic	brand	team	time
1	511	Andrei Karginov	Andrei Mokeev	Igor Leonov	KAMAZ	Kamaz Master	46:33:36 h
2	516	Anton Shibalov	Dmitrii Nikitin	Ivan Tatarinov	KAMAZ	Kamaz Master	+ 0:42:26
3	503	Siarhei Viazovich	Pavel Haranin	Anton Zaparoshchanka	MAZ	MAZ sports car	+ 2:04:42
4th	501	Dmitri Sotnikov	Ruslan Achmadejew	Ilgiz Akhmetzianov	KAMAZ	Kamaz Master	+ 2:55:28
5	504	Martin Macik	František Tomášek	David Švanda	Iveco	Big Shock Racing	+ 3:28:08
6th	505	Janus Van Kasteren	Darek Rodewald	Marcel Snijders	Iveco	Petronas Team De Rooy Iveco	+ 4:26:57
7th	502	Aleš Loprais	Petr Pokora	Khalid Alkendi	Tatra Mountains	Instaforex Loprais team	+ 5:16:57
8th	528	Aliaksei Vishneuski	Maksim Novikau	Andrei Neviarovich	MAZ	MAZ sports car	+ 5:24:30
9	521	Patrice Garrouste	Szymon Gospodarczyk	Petr Vojkovský	Tatra Mountains	Fesh Fesh / R-sixteam	+ 6:07:53
10	512	Teruhito Sugawara	Yuji Mochizuki	Hirokazu Somemiya	Hino	Hino Team Sugawara	+ 6:18:39

Web links

Commons : Dakar Rally 2020  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Dakar Rally. Amaury Sport Organization , January 5, 2020, accessed January 5, 2020 (English, official website). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.dakar.com/en/competitors
2. ↑ Fernando Alonso confirms: “Yes, I will drive Dakar 2020”. speedweek.com, October 24, 2019, accessed October 24, 2019 . 
3. ^ Portuguese rider Paulo Gonçalves passed away. In: dakar.com. Retrieved January 12, 2020 . 
4. ↑ He had no heartbeat for ten minutes. In: welt.de. Retrieved January 26, 2020 .