2024 Dakar Rally
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.
| 2024 Dakar Rally | |||
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Part of the Dakar Rally
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| Host country | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Dates run | 6 January 2024–19 January 2024 | ||
| Start | Al-'Ula | ||
| Finish | Yanbu | ||
| Stages | 12 | ||
| Stage surface | Sand, rocks, gravel, tarmac | ||
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 will start at Al-'Ula, cross the Empty Quarter, and will finish in Yanbu. Race format consists of a prologue and 12 stages, including a 48-hour marathon stage - dubbed as a '48h chrono stage', which would cover over 600km with a midnight halt. The new format marathon stage will include time limit for stopping at 4pm, and setting off the next day at 7am. The route will feature 60% new tracks compared to the previous edition, comprising 5,000 kilometres of special stages.