This year's event stretches 8,549 km over 15 days of racing, including a four-day excursion into the as yet unexplored desert dunes of the vast Rub' al-Khali, or Empty Quarter.
SEA CAMP, Saudi Arabia - When it comes to endurance races in motor sport, nothing can quite compete with the annual Dakar Rally which starts its 45th edition on the shores of the Red Sea on Saturday.
Among them some well-known names, including nine-time World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb who is relishing the prospect of competing in his sixth Dakar. Notably, he will need to unseat defending champion Nasser Al-Attiyah , a quadruple winner of the event, but he will also be up against another WRC legend Carlos Sainz as well as the Dakar great Stephane Peterhansel who has won the event 14 times - eight in a car and six on a bike.
Last year, preparations were rocked by an explosion two days before the start of the race which left French driver Philippe Boutron seriously injured. That meant moving the race to South American for 11 years before switching it to Saudi Arabia in 2020.
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