2024 Dakar Rally
| 2024 Dakar Rally | |||
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Part of the Dakar Rally
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| Host country | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Dates run | 6–19 January 2024 | ||
| Start | Al-'Ula | ||
| Finish | Yanbu | ||
| Stages | 12 | ||
| Stage surface | Sand, rocks, gravel, tarmac | ||
| Results | |||
| Cars winner | Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz Team Audi Sport | ||
| Bikes winner | Ricky Brabec Monster Energy Honda Team | ||
| Quads winner | Manuel Andújar 7240 Team | ||
| Challengers winner | Cristina Gutiérrez Pablo Moreno Huete Red Bull Off-Road JR Team USA By BFG | ||
| SSVs winner | Xavier de Soultrait Martin Bonnet Sébastien Loeb Racing - Bardahl Team | ||
| Trucks winner | Martin Macík František Tomášek David Švanda MM Technology | ||
| Classics winner | Carlos Santaolalla Jan Rosa i Viñas Factorytub | ||
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.
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 started at Al-'Ula, then across the Empty Quarter, and finished in Yanbu. The race format consisted of a prologue and 12 stages, including a 48-hour marathon stage - dubbed as a '48h chrono stage', which covered over 600km with a midnight halt. The new format marathon stage included time limit for stopping at 4pm, and setting off the next day at 7am. The route featured 60% new tracks compared to the previous edition, comprising 5,000 kilometres of special stages.