The 2025 Dakar Rally brought not only victory for Toyota, but also a second place overall for Toyota Gazoo Racing.
Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings clinched second place overall - giving Toyota a coveted 1-2 finish at the world’s toughest rally-raid event.The 2025 Dakar Rally not only brought victory for Toyota , but also a stunning second place overall for Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings .
Lategan and Cummings made no secret of their title aspirations when they won the Prologue for the Dakar Rally back in Bisha, before taking the overall lead of the event on stage two. They held onto the lead for eight straight stages, before briefly relinquishing it to Al Rajhi for one stage. The South African duo regained the lead on the next stage, but this put them at a disadvantage in terms of road position for the penultimate and deciding stage.
Californian Seth Quintero and his German co-driver Dennis Zenz were the next-fastest TGR crew on the final stage. The pair drove a steady race and overcame various challenges to bring their GR Hilux EVO home in 9th place, just 2h 20min 4sec behind the winners. Were it not for a tyre disaster in stage four, the young American may well have finished much higher up the order. Still, he leaves the Dakar Rally with a top 10 finish, two stage wins, and 28 points towards the W2RC.
The final finishers for TGR were young South African Saood Variawa and his French co-driver, Francois Cazalet. Variawa became the youngest stage winner in the Ultimate Class when he won stage three of the event - but a collision in stage two, as well as a technical issue later in the event, cost him dearly. He was classified in 29th place – 9h 29 min 56 sec behind the leaders.
Overall, Toyota won all but four stages of the 12-stage event, as well as the Prologue in Bisha. Toyota also occupied four spots in the overall top 10 at the finish, including first and second place. This was a power performance by the brand - underscoring the quality, durability and reliability for which the Toyota Hilux is famous.
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