2023 Dakar Rally Final Results: Nasser Al-Attiyah Nets His Fifth Championship Win

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Nathan Adlen
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Image: Dakar.com

For the second time, in as many years, Nasser Al-Attiyah wins the 2023 Dakar Rally with Sébastien Loeb finishing second — a full 80-minutes back.

Nasser Al-Attiyah and co-driver Mathieu Baumel grabbed the third win for Toyota in their Toyota Hilux Dakar. This is the fifth win for Al-Attiyah. His record is second to Stephane Peterhansel, who holds the all-time record with 14 Dakar Rally wins. Not only did Toyota score big with Al-Attiyah, they won the Dakar Classic Rally as well.

Kamaz was an odd affair as their powerful team pulled out for obvious political reasons, leaving privateers with Kamaz trucks at a disadvantage. Iveco pulled out a convincing win with Martin van den Brink third, and Mitchel van den Brink fourth.

#778 MORERA Juan (spa), RUBA Lidia (spa), Toyota Classic, Toyota, Dakar Classic, action during the Stage 6 of the Dakar Classic 2023 between Hail and Al Duwadimi, on January 6th, 2023 in Hail, Saudi Arabia

Here are the other winners of the 2023 Dakar Rally

  • Bike: Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Kevin Benavides beat teammate Toby Price by just 43 seconds.
  • Quads: Alexandre Giroud 
  • SSV: Eryk Goczał is the winner of the Dakar SSV race on his first Dakar!
  • LW Prototypes: Last year’s T4 champion, Austin Jones (USA) wins!
  • Trucks: Iveco’s Janus van Kasteren Jr. beats the (normally dominate) Kamaz team.
  • Classic (cars): Juan Morera wins in a Toyota Land Cruiser
Mitchel van den Brink drove an impressive race, collecting several second places and becoming the youngest special winner with his first place in stage 6 (Image: truckpages)

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