ROUND 1 / JANUARY 5-19, 2024
DAKAR RALLY / YANBU, SAUDI ARABIA
OFF-ROAD I FIM WORLD RALLY-RAID CHAMPIONSHIP
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teammate, Toby Price, finishing fifth.
Benavides would take three stage
wins, tying for the most victories with
Honda's Jose Ignacio "Nacho" Corne
-
jo, but navigational issues spread out
across
the rally piled up, and he could
not close down the eventual 38-min
-
ute gap to winner Brabec. It was an
2024
marked the first time since
1993 that a European manufacturer
has not stood on the Dakar podium.
That's a bitter pill to swallow for the
once invincible Red Bull KTM Factory
Racing outfit, with 2022 champion Kev
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in Benavides taking fourth and former
two-time Dakar winner and Benavides'
(Top left) Harith Noah was
exceptional on the Sherco,
winning the Rally2 category
and taking fifth on Stage
10. (Top right) Australia's
Toby Price had a subdued
Dakar by his standards, the
two-time champion failing
to take a stage win and
finishing fifth overall.
Skyler Howes' Dakar
never really got going
on the factory Honda,
his machine giving up
for good on the 48 Hour
Chrono stage.
