Seth Quintero in Stage 2 of the South African Safari Rally
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Missed the South African Safari Rally? 131 Off-Road's got you covered with this archive of our, well, coverage.
131offroad.com/2025/05/29/2...
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After winning the Dakar Rally only to crash out of Abu Dhabi, Edgar Canet returned with a vengeance to win Rally2 in South Africa.
131offroad.com/2025/05/29/2...
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Fouché Blignaut finished 15th in Ultimate and ahead of six other hopefuls to punch his ticket to a future Dakar Rally.
131offroad.com/2025/05/28/2...
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David Zille traded Challenger stage wins with Nicolás Cavigliasso in South Africa, and ultimately came out on top.
131offroad.com/2025/05/28/2...
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While SSV points leader Alexandre Pinto won the most stages, Mário Franco was consistent as he led a Maverick R 1–2 finish en route to his first W2RC win.
131offroad.com/2025/05/28/2...
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After losing to his teammate Antanas Kanopkinas in Abu Dhabi, Gaëtan Martinez returned the favor in South Africa for his first Quad victory. Both are tied in points with 1 race to go.
131offroad.com/2025/05/28/2...
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After Dakar and Abu Dhabi, Daniel Sanders is the inaugural South African Safari Rally bike winner to continue his perfect 2025 World Rally-Raid Championship campaign.
131offroad.com/2025/05/27/2...
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In just his first race as a member of the main Toyota Gazoo Racing, Henk Lategan held off Sébastien Loeb to win the inaugural South African Safari Rally.
131offroad.com/2025/05/27/2...
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While he couldn't catch Edgar Canet for the overall, Tobias Ebster capped off a strong debut as a Hero factory rider by scoring their first ever stage win in Rally2.
131offroad.com/2025/05/24/2...
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Général
Moto:
1-🟠4-Daniel Sander-Red Bull KTM Factory
2-🟠77-Luciano Benavides-Red Bull KTM Factory
3-🔴9-Ricky Brabec-Monster Energy Honda HRC
Auto:
1-🔴205-Henk Lategan-Toyota Gazoo Racing
2-⚫219-Sébastien Loeb-The Dacia Sandriders
3-🔴203-Lucas Moraes-The Dacia Sandriders
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ES5
Moto:
1-🔴9-Ricky Brabec-Monster Energy Honda HRC
2-🟠4-Daniel Sander-Red Bull KTM Factory
3-⚫1-Ross Branch-Hero MotoSports
Auto:
1-⚫200-Nasser Al-Attiyah-The Dacia Sandriders
2-🔴203-Lucas Moraes-The Dacia Sandriders
3-🔴205-Henk Lategan-Toyota Gazoo Racing
Saood Variawa scored his second W2RC stage win on Friday, while Henk Lategan is now atop the overall rankings with one day to go.
131offroad.com/2025/05/23/2...
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ES4
Moto:
1-🟠4-Daniel Sander-Red Bull KTM Factory
2-🔴42-Adrien Van Beveren-Monster Energy Honda HRC
3-🔴10-Skyler Howes-Monster Energy Honda HRC
Auto:
1-🔴212-Saood Variawa-Toyota Gazoo Racing
2-⚫222-Guillaume De Mévius-X-Raid Mini JCW
3-🔴211-Guy Botterill-Toyota Gazoo Racing
Sébastien Loeb moved from 7th to 1st overall after Thursday's stage, but he has no room to relax: the top four are separated by just 56 seconds.
131offroad.com/2025/05/22/2...
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ES3
Moto:
1-🟠4-Daniel Sander-Red Bull KTM Factory
2-🟠77-Luciano Benavides-Red Bull KTM Factory
3-⚫1-Ross Branch-Hero MotoSports
Auto:
1-⚫200-Nasser Al-Attiyah-The Dacia Sandriders
2-🔵225-Carlos Sainz-Ford M-Sport
3-⚪209-Mathieu Serradori-Team SRT
Toyota Gazoo Racing's South African arm led the way in the first Marathon Stage on Wednesday with Guy Botterill and Saood Variawa. TGR's flagship driver Seth Quintero is now the overall leader.
131offroad.com/2025/05/21/2...
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ES2
Moto:
1-🟠4-Daniel Sander-Red Bull KTM Factory
2-🟠77-Luciano Benavides-Red Bull KTM Factory
3-🔴9-Ricky Brabec-Monster Energy Honda HRC
Auto:
1-🔴211-Guy Botterill-Toyota Gazoo Racing
2-🔴212-Saood Variawa-Toyota Gazoo Racing
3-⚫222-Guillaume De Mévius-X-Raid Mini JCW
Stage 1 in South Africa was a laundry list of mistakes from speeding to missing waypoints. None were more obvious than in bikes as both the RallyGP and Rally2 winners got penalized.
131offroad.com/2025/05/20/2...
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ES1
Moto:
1-⚫1-Ross Branch-Hero MotoSports
2-🔴42-Adrien Van Beveren-Monster Energy Honda HRC
3-🔴9-Ricky Brabec-Monster Energy Honda HRC
Auto:
1-🔴205-Henk Lategan-Toyota Gazoo Racing
2-🔵225-Carlos Sainz-Ford M-Sport
3-⚫219-Sébastien Loeb-The Dacia Sandriders
The new NWM Evo Plus is off to a flying start as Gareth Woolridge won in its maiden rally stage at the South African Safari Rally (sort of: original winner Saood Variawa was penalized).
131offroad.com/2025/05/19/2...
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Prologue
Moto:
1-🟠4-Daniel Sander-Red Bull KTM Factory
2-🔴68-Tosha Schareina-Monster Energy Honda HRC
3-🟠22-Michael Docherty-BAS World KTM
Auto:
1-🔵277-Gareth Woolridge-Neil Woolridge Motorsport
2-🔴211-Guy Botterill-Toyota Gazoo Racing
3-🔴205-Henk Lategan-Toyota Gazoo Racing
Konrad Dąbrowski switched from DUUST to BAS World for the South African Safari Rally since his team can't afford the high transport costs. Still, BAS made sure his KTM is as close to his DUUST one as possible.
131offroad.com/2025/05/17/h...
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Libor Pletka's rally raid debut will have to wait a little longer after a crash in South African Safari Rally shakedown threw him over the handlebars and broke his collarbone.
131offroad.com/2025/05/17/l...
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Ahead of the inaugural W2RC race on their home soil, Guy Botterill and Saood Variawa's Toyota Hiluxes will have new looks, trading black for beige.
131offroad.com/2025/05/15/t...
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Marcos Baumgart and Gareth Woolridge will enter the South African Safari Rally with the new NWM Evo Plus from Neil Woolridge Motorsport.
131offroad.com/2025/05/12/n...
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54 FIA (36 Ultimate, 7 Challenger, 11 SSV) and 42 FIM (9 RallyGP, 29 Rally2, 4 Quad) make up the lineup for the inaugural South African Safari Rally.
131offroad.com/2025/05/09/2...
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With the South African Safari Rally set to be one of the country's largest FIA-sanctioned races, SARRC boss Archie Rutherford believes it will encourage more world championships to come over.
131offroad.com/2025/05/08/a...
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Motocross rider Libor Pletka will race the South African Safari Rally later this month as he pursues the 2026 Dakar Rally.
131offroad.com/2025/05/08/l...
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The 2025 South African Safari Rally will now be 2,645 kilometers long with 1,218 in timed specials (originally 2,759 km with 1,403 in SS) and no Power Stage.
131offroad.com/2025/05/03/2...
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