2026 Dakar Rally

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48th Dakar Rally

* January 3-17, 2026
* Prologue plus 13 full stages
* Route: Yanbu - Riyadh - Yanbu

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T1 Ultimate preliminary entries:

* Dacia: QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah, FRA Sébastien Loeb, POR Lucas Moraes, ESP Cristina Gutiérrez.
* Ford: ESP Carlos Sainz, ESP Nani Roma, SWE Mattias Ekström, USA Mitch Guthrie.
* Defender: FRA Stephane Peterhansel, LTU Rokas Baciuska, USA Sara Price.
* Toyota: RSA Henk Lategan, ESP Isidre Esteve.
* Santana: ESP Jesús Calleja.
* Ebro: ESP Laia Sanz.

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The entry list will be published on Wednesday.

[saco0o]

8x world rx champ johan kristoffersson to compete on the... the utv class. i never remember the name of those

[focus206]

Main works and semi-works Ultimate team from the entry list:

Toyota: Seth Quintero (USA), Guy Botterill (South Africa), Saood Variawa (South Africa), Henk Lategan (South Africa), Joao Ferreira (Portugal), Toby Price (Australia)

Toyota Overdrive: Yazeed Al Rajhi (Saudi Arabia), Ronan Chabot (France), Hernan Garces (Chile)

Toyota SVR: Juan Cruz Yacopini (Argentina), Marcos Moraes (Brazil), Khalid Al Qassimi (UAE), Khaled Al Feraihi (Saudi Arabia)

Dacia: Nasser Al Attiyah (Qatar), Sebastien Loeb (France), Cristina Gutierrez (Spain), Lucas Moraes (Brazil)

Ford M-Sport: Carlos Sainz (Spain), Nani Roma (Spain), Mattias Ekstrom (Sweden), Mitchell Guthrie (USA), Denis Krotov (Russia), Jourdan Serderidis (Greece)

Mini X-Raid: Guillaume De Mevius (Belgium), Lionel Baud (France), Maria Gameiro (Portugal), Rebecca Busi (Italy)

Ebro: Laia Sanz (Spain)

I'm unsure about Santana / Century Racing. Santana should run a Century-based pickup for Jesus Calleja, I don't know what regular Century CR7 drivers Mathieu Serradori and Brian Baragwanath will drive. All 3 are listed driving "Santana CR7" entered by Century Factory Team.

[Tom206wrc]

I'm curious to see the performances of Peter' in the Defender

[focus206]

I'm curious to see the performances of Peter' in the Defender

If the car is good, he's the favourite for the Stock class. But he can't challenge the Ultimate cars...

[tbazsi95]

Munster will do Dakar 2026 alongside Jourdan in the Ford Raptor
https://www.instagram.com/p/DSVELQeDA_H/

[focus206]

Reading that Juan Cruz Yacopini (world Baja cup champion) suffered a very serious accident, while he was swimming and diving with friends.

[Tom206wrc]

I've read for Yacopini too