2025 Dakar Rally: Stage 1 Photo Gallery

Jarrodon January 5, 2025
Luciano Benavides (ARG) for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing is seen at the stage 1 of Rally Dakar 2025 in Bisha, Saudi Arabia on January 04, 2025. // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202501040255 // Usage for editorial use only //
Luciano Benavides (ARG) for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing is seen at the stage 1 of Rally Dakar 2025 in Bisha, Saudi Arabia on January 04, 2025. // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202501040255 // Usage for editorial use only //
Luciano Benavides (ARG) for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing is seen at the stage 1 of Rally Dakar 2025 in Bisha, Saudi Arabia on January 04, 2025. // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202501040255 // Usage for editorial use only //
Luciano Benavides (ARG) for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing is seen at the stage 1 of Rally Dakar 2025 in Bisha, Saudi Arabia on January 04, 2025. // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202501040255 // Usage for editorial use only //

Travelling south from Bisha, the air gets thinner and thinner as the road approaches 1,300 metres. The drop in oxygen levels is barely noticeable, but the landscape is no longer the same. Near the middle of the special, the entrants had their work cut out for them exploring the canyons and powering their way up rock-strewn sandy plateaus! The 412 km stage was a test of concentration and sand-surfing skills and, once again, no one was able to match the rock-solid Australian Daniel Sanders. The bushes on the course left a lot of frayed nerves, but Seth Quintero stayed as cool as a cucumber to bag the car special at age 22 and add another golden page to the annals of the rally. Meanwhile, the rest of the favourites bode their time ahead of the 48 h chrono stage.

Images copyright ASO, Red Bull, and KTM.

Mitchell Guthrie (USA) and Kellon Walch (USA) for Ford M-Sport are seen at the stage 1 of Rally Dakar 2025 in Bisha, Saudi Arabia on January 04, 2025. // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202501040303 // Usage for editorial use only //
SANZ Laia (spa), Century, Century Racin Factory Team, FIA W2RC, Ultimate, portrait during the Stage 1 of the Dakar 2025 on January 4, 2025 around Bisha, Saudi Arabia – Photo Florent Gooden / DPPI
CHICHERIT Guerlain (fra), Mini, X-Raid Mini JCW Team, Ultimate, with his damaged car at the end of the Stage 1 of the Dakar 2025 on January 4, 2025 around Bisha, Saudi Arabia – Photo Florent Gooden / DPPI
231 PRICE Toby (aus), SUNDERLAND Sam (gar), Toyota, Overdrive Racing, Motul, Ultimate, 201 AL RAJHI Yazeed (sau), GOTTSCHALK Timo (ger), Toyota, Yazeed Racing, Overdrive Racing, FIA W2RC, Ultimate, action during the Stage 1 of the Dakar 2025 on January 4, 2025 around Bisha, Saudi Arabia – Photo Eric Vargiolu / DPPI
217 KROTOV Denis (kgz), ZHILTSOV Konstantin, Mini, X-Raid Mini JCQ Team, FIA W2RC, Ultimate, action during the Stage 1 of the Dakar 2025 on January 4, 2025 around Bisha, Saudi Arabia – Photo Eric Vargiolu / DPPI
201 AL RAJHI Yazeed (sau), GOTTSCHALK Timo (ger), Toyota, Yazeed Racing, Overdrive Racing, FIA W2RC, Ultimate, action during the Stage 1 of the Dakar 2025 on January 4, 2025 around Bisha, Saudi Arabia – Photo Eric Vargiolu / DPPI
104 MARCIC Simon (svn), Husqvarna, Team Marcic, FIM W2RC, Rally2, Original by Motul, action during the Stage 1 of the Dakar 2025 on January 4, 2025 around Bisha, Saudi Arabia – Photo Eric Vargiolu / DPPI
#606 VAN DEN BRINK Martin (nld), MOUW Rijk (nld), VAN HEUN Willem Mattheus Albertus (nld), Iveco, Europ Rallysport, Trucks, action during the Stage 1 of the Dakar 2025 on January 4, 2025 around Bisha, Saudi Arabia
#35 SANTOS Bruno (prt), Husqvarna, BS – Frutas Patricia Pilard, FIM W2RC, Rally2, action during the Stage 1 of the Dakar 2025 on January 4, 2025 around Bisha, Saudi Arabia
#94 DRDAJ Dusan (cze), KTM, Cajdasrot, FIM W2RC, Rally2, action during the Stage 1 of the Dakar 2025 on January 4, 2025 around Bisha, Saudi Arabia
#201 AL RAJHI Yazeed (sau), GOTTSCHALK Timo (ger), Toyota, Overdrive Racing, FIA W2RC, Ultimate, action during the Stage 1 of the Dakar 2025 on January 4, 2025 around Bisha, Saudi Arabia
Luciano Benavides (ARG) for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing is seen at the stage 1 of Rally Dakar 2025 in Bisha, Saudi Arabia on January 04, 2025. // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202501040246 // Usage for editorial use only //
Luciano Benavides (ARG) for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing is seen at the stage 1 of Rally Dakar 2025 in Bisha, Saudi Arabia on January 04, 2025. // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202501040247 // Usage for editorial use only //
Sebastien Loeb (FRA) and Fabian Lurquin (BEL) for The Dacia SANDRIDERS are seen at the stage 1 of Rally Dakar 2025 in Bisha, Saudi Arabia on January 04, 2025. // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202501040273 // Usage for editorial use only //
Goncalo Guerreiro (PRT) for Red Bull Off-Road Junior Team is seen at the stage 1 of Rally Dakar 2025 in Bisha, Saudi Arabia on January 04, 2025. // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202501040285 // Usage for editorial use only //
Giniel de Villiers (ZAF) and Dirk von Zitzewitz (DEU) for Toyota Gazoo Racing are seen at the stage 1 of Rally Dakar 2025 in Bisha, Saudi Arabia on January 04, 2025. // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202501040281 // Usage for editorial use only //
Dania Akeel (SAU) Stephane Duple (FRA) for Team BBR are seen at the stage 1 of Rally Dakar 2025 in Bisha, Saudi Arabia on January 04, 2025. // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202501040290 // Usage for editorial use only //
Cristina Gutierrez (ESP) and Pablo Moreno (ESP) for The Dacia SANDRIDERS are seen at the stage 1 of Rally Dakar 2025 in Bisha, Saudi Arabia on January 04, 2025. // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202501040294 // Usage for editorial use only //
Corbin Leaverton (USA) and Taye Perry (DEU) for Red Bull Off-Road Junior Team are seen at the stage 1 of Rally Dakar 2025 in Bisha, Saudi Arabia on January 04, 2025. // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202501040287 // Usage for editorial use only //
Toby Price (AUS) and Sam Sunderland (UK) for Overdrive Racing are seen at the stage 1 of Rally Dakar 2025 in Bisha, Saudi Arabia on January 04, 2025. // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202501040295 // Usage for editorial use only //
Carlos Sainz (ESP) and Lucas Cruz (ESP) for Ford M-Spor are seen at the stage 1 of Rally Dakar 2025 in Bisha, Saudi Arabia on January 04, 2025. // Kin Marcin / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202501040305 // Usage for editorial use only //

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