Dakar Rally 2021

Hero Motosports Team Rally's Sebastian Buhler in action during stage 9 of the Dakar Rally. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Toyota Gazoo Racing's Shameer Variawa and Co-Driver Dennis Murphy in action during stage 9. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

General view during stage 9. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Kamaz - Master's Anton Shibalov and Co-Driver Dmitrii Nikitin in action during stage 9. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

A child cheers as Slovnaft Rally Team's Stefan Svitko approaches during stage 8. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Monster Energy Honda Team 2021's Kevin Benavides in action during stage 8. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

X-Raid Mini JCW Team's Carlos Sainz and Co-Driver Lucas Cruz in action during stage 8. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Abu Dhabi Racing's Cyril Despres and Co-Driver Michael Horn in action during stage 8. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

FN Speed - KTM Team's Tosha Schareina in action during stage 7. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

BAS Dakar KTM Racing Team's Skyler Howes in action during stage 6. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Orlen Benzina Team's Martin Prokop and Co-Driver Viktor Chytka in action during stage 6 as a person cheers. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Sherco Factory's Rui Goncalves in action during stage 6 as a boy cheers. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Kamaz - Master's Dmitry Sotnikov and Co-Driver Ruslan Akhmadeev in action during stage 6. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Orlen Team's Kamil Wisniewski in action during stage 6 as boys take photographs on their cell phones. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

South Racing Can-Am's Francisco Lopez Contardo and Co-Driver Juan Pablo Latrach Vinagre in action during stage 6. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Toyota Gazoo Racing's Henk Lategan and Co-Driver Brett Cummings react after crashing during stage 5 of the Dakar Rally, January 7, 2021. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Monster Energy Honda Team 2021's Jose Ignacio Cornejo Florimo in action during stage 4. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

People help BBR/Mercier's Patrick Becquart and Co-Driver Romain Becquart after their vehicle overturned during stage 5. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Master's Andrey Karginov and Co-Driver Andrey Mokeev in action during stage 5. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

General view during stage 5. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

People take photographs with their cell phones as vehicles pass during stage 5. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Team Franco Picco's Franco Picco in action during stage 3 of the Dakar Rally. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

General view during stage 3. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Enrico Racing Team's Giovanni Enrico, Team Giroud's Alexandre Giroud and MX Devesa By Berta's Pablo Copetti in action during stage 3. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

X-Raid Mini JCW Team's Carlos Sainz and Co-Driver Lucas Cruz in action during stage 3. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Kamaz - Master's Dmitry Sotnikov and Co-Driver Ruslan Akhmadeev in action during stage 3. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

SRT Racing's Mathieu Serradori and Co-Driver Fabian Lurquin during stage 3. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

General view during stage 3. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

HT Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing's Walter Roelants in action during stage 2 of the Dakar Rally. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Century Racing's Marcelo Tiglia Gastaldi and Co-Driver Lourival Roldan in action during stage 2. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Bahrain Raid Xtreme's Sebastien Loeb and Co-Driver Daniel Elena in action during stage 2. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

HT Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing's Xavier de Soultrait in action during stage 2. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Red Bull Off-Road Team USA's Cristina Gutierrez Herrero and Co-Driver Francois Cazalet in action during stage 2. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

MX Devesa By Berta's Pablo Copetti in action during stage 2. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Red Bull KTM Factory Team's Toby Price in action during stage 2. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Quzhou Motorsport City Team's Wei Han and Co-Driver Min Liao in action during stage 2. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Sherco Factory's Lorenzo Santolino in action during stage 2. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Raidlynx's Jerome Pelichet and Co-Driver Pascal Larroque in action during stage 2. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Monster Energy Honda Team 2021's Kevin Benavides in action during stage 2. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Century Racing's Brian Baragwanath and Co-Driver Taye Perry in action during stage 2. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Story Racing S.R.O.'s Laisvydas Kancius in action during stage 2. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Bahrain Raid Xtreme's Nani Roma and Co-Driver Alexandre Winocq in action during stage 2. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

HT Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing's Walter Roelants in action during stage 2. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

X-Raid Mini JCW Team's Stephane Peterhansel and Co-Driver Edouard Boulanger in action during stage 1. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Red Bull KTM Factory Team's Matthias Walkner in action during stage 1. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Mechanics work on the car of Camporese Fiori's Roberto Camporese and Co-Driver Umberto Fiori during the prologue. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

FN Speed - Rieju Team's Joan Pedrero Garcia in action during the prologue. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

General view of competitors parked during the prologue. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

General view as locals look on during the shakedown stage at the Dakar rally. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed