Dakar Rally 2023

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Bikes

USA Ricky Brabec (Honda), 51:30'08
BWA Ross Branch (Hero), + 10'
FRA Adrien van Beveren (Honda), + 12'
ARG Kevin Benavides (KTM), + 38'
AUS Toby Price (KTM), + 45'
CHI José Ignacio Cornejo (Honda) + 46'
ARG Luciano Benavides (Husqvarna), + 53'
AUS Daniel Sanders (Gas Gas), + 1:14'
SVK Stefan Svitko (KTM), + 1:56'
CZE Martin Michek (KTM), + 2:48'
IND Harith Hoah (Sherco), + 2:54'
FRA Romain Dumontier (Husqvarna), + 2:59'

T3 Challengers

ESP Cristina Gutiérrez (Taurus), 53:59'47
USA Mitchell Guthrie (Taurus), + 36'
LTU Rokas Baciuska (Can-Am), + 58'
CHI Francisco López (Can-Am), + 1:11'
USA Austin Jones (Can-Am), + 1:44'
SAU Saleh Alsaif (GRally), 3:11'

T4 SSV

FRA Xavier de Soultrait (Polaris), 56:37'43
SUI Jerome de Sadeleer (Polaris), + 2'25
SAU Yasir Seaidan (Can-Am), 1:04'
USA Sara Price (Can-Am), + 1:11'
POR Joao Ferreira (Can-Am), + 1:18'
ECU Sebastián Guayasamin (Can-Am), + 3:43'

T5 Trucks

CZE Martin Macik (Iveco), 54:34'48
CZE Ales Loprais (Praga), + 1:54'
NED Mitchel van der Brink (Iveco), + 4:26'
NED Janus van Kasteren (Iveco), + 5:22'
NED Michiel Becx (Iveco), + 11 h
JPN Teruhito Sugawara (Hino), + 17h

Quads:

ARG Manuel Andújar (Yamaha), 64:16'53
FRA Alexandre Giroud (Yamaha), + 8'
SVK Juraj Varga (Yamaha), + 4:03'
LTU Laisvydas Kancius (Yamaha), + 7:13'
LTU Anastas Kanopkinas (CFMoto), + 49 h

[Mirek]

First victory for our country after 23 years, first double after 36 years and a first stage tripple since probably forever. Yeah!

Also great performance by Prokop and his team!

[focus206]

First victory for our country after 23 years, first double after 36 years and a first stage tripple since probably forever. Yeah!

Also great performance by Prokop and his team!

Mirek, do you think Macik can be considered a privateer? I know the line is blurred, but after years of works or semi-works Kamaz, MAN, Iveco, Tatra, Hino etc. it would be the first time since 1986 that a privateer truck won. I imagine MM Technology belongs to Macik and I don't see any Iveco branding on his truck, then again his Italian teammates of MM Technology Bellina and Pellegrinelli have big Iveco logos on their trucks. Just for my own curiosity.

[Mirek]

Mirek, do you think Macik can be considered a privateer? I know the line is blurred, but after years of works or semi-works Kamaz, MAN, Iveco, Tatra, Hino etc. it would be the first time since 1986 that a privateer truck won. I imagine MM Technology belongs to Macik and I don't see any Iveco branding on his truck, then again his Italian teammates of MM Technology Bellina and Pellegrinelli have big Iveco logos on their trucks. Just for my own curiosity.

For me he is a privateer. They develop and build the cars fully in house (yes, the MM Technology literally means "Martin Macík", it's their family company). They may get some engineering support from Iveco but I don't know about that. Sure now they are quite a big team because they are building trucks also for others but they are not an Iveco works team. By the way they are building an electric truck too (for certain investor).

[dimviii]

Sébastien Loeb
@SebastienLoeb
·
23h
�� The end of one chapter today and the start of a new one in a few days ��

We would have liked to end the
@BRaidXtreme
adventure with victory but it's with a new podium ��

Thanks to the whole team, to Fabian who was perfect, to
@BFGoodrichTires
and to all our partners ����

[focus206]

Sébastien Loeb
@SebastienLoeb
·
23h
�� The end of one chapter today and the start of a new one in a few days ��

We would have liked to end the
@BRaidXtreme
adventure with victory but it's with a new podium ��

Thanks to the whole team, to Fabian who was perfect, to
@BFGoodrichTires
and to all our partners ����

Second time I hear that Fabian was perfect. To me, Prodrive faced the biggest amount of criticism you can face in this Dakar, with Nasser leaving after his harsh words, Fabian being very angry at another puncture "it's not possible", Seb visibly disappointed and frustrated.
One can only hope they'll design the Dacia better after they gained some experience with the Hunter.