Educational Video - The Dakar for Newbies -

What is the Dakar? How does it work? Who is competing? What's new on the 2022 edition? If you're wondering why this race is THAT legendary, all you need to do is watch this video
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[@Sava13Sorin]

Miss those years when mitsubishi pajero dominates the dakar competition i was a child ....😔🥺

[@covertoperatah]

You and I are about the same age

[@Sava13Sorin]

@@covertoperatah i'm 42 next week😂

[@covertoperatah]

@@Sava13Sorin I'm 42 this week!

[@Sava13Sorin]

@@covertoperatah happy birthdai😁

[@thebasitinengineer1248]

Same! Grew up watching the Mitsubishis dominate back then, it'll take quite a while to surpass Mitsubishi's record Proud to own both a KTM and a Pajero!

[@imrekalman9044]

"You finished the Dakar at 54th place, what are you so proud of?!" "That I finished the Dakar." (Unknown amateur racer, probably.)

[@restautama]

Well even though you're finishing Dakar dead last, it's still an achievement as you've basically risked your life for the most challenging 2-week race and finishing it safe and sound.

[@alinn.4341]

50th place from 300 teams is not that bad ;)

[@odkeky]

And so he should

[@samotter3931]

What a great video! Very informative! Love rallying - never watched Dakar till now. Love it

[@cumulonimbus1914]

One question as a total newb, perhaps someone can enlighten me. Having watched some of the rally, I was left wondering: Why don’t they just follow each other’s tracks? Or perhaps they do ? Or perhaps it is better to follow your map rather than trust the competitor in front knew where they were going ? How do they get around this point ?

[@arish-]

The commonly taken route can be an easy but not fastest path. It's a matter of the co-driver/navigator and driver choosing the best route for themselves. A lot of them do follow the same tracks taken by previous drivers and Sainz also stated the advantage of going last but as we saw this year itself, sometimes a rider can get lost and then an entire group of riders got lost. Hope you enjoy Dakar!

[@ingerasulffs]

The bikes go first, with last day's winner going first, position that comes with higher risk of getting lost. Cars can't always follow the bikes though. Amateur drivers/riders can't always follow the same route as professional ones and it's really easy to lose a track in the desert. So overall, there are many different routs taken, many wrong ones too.

[@a2falcone]

They do. But doing so, they can make the same mistakes as the ones who were before. This is also the reason why winning a stage involves a risk: the winner of a stage starts first in the next stage, meaning there won't be any tracks to follow. This affects bikers mostly, since they usually go first.

[@philipmarr7325]

In years past Jimmy Lewis was a top bike rider and was particularly good at navigating. When he was leading “opening the road”, he was known to lay false tracks to trick riders behind him.

[@afthefragile]

The guy who finished first needs to start first on the next stage, so then he'll have no tracks to follow. Other drivers do try to follow the leader but then they need to trust the driver in front knows what they're doing and if the driver in front gets lost, so does the driver behind. A lot of time bikers team up to try to navigate the stage together, especially when it comes to the more difficult terrain. But at the same time they are also competing against one another and have to fight to find the advantage.

[@takak2744]

初代オーガナイザーの故ティエリー･サビーヌ氏の意志は時代や開催地が変わっても受け継がれてるんだね 今回のサウジアラビアは往年のサハラ砂漠やテネレ砂漠にも通じたようなコースで見てても面白いです 海岸沿いを走れればダカールの海かと思いたかったのですが…

[@imagani1875]

DAKAR is so much more than just winning the race.

[@debroyprasenjit]

Great instructional video. Kudos team! 15 January 2022

[@arunvincent7503]

#HARITH NOAH India 🇮🇳(who is my neighbour)competed 2019-2020 🇸🇦saudi-Dakar and finshed 8th in overall (2020) Motor bike category ..He is from palakkad South India🙂

[@nilajitsinha6561]

Is he with Hero Motocorp?

[@arunvincent7503]

@@nilajitsinha6561 Harith Noah is contracted with SHERCO-TVS🏁🙂

[@IxoraNera]

@@arunvincent7503 man, TVS seriously have good racing teams.

[@kroee]

Average fatality rate of Dakar: 1.5 deaths per year. Most of them are not participants, but spectators or bystanders in third world countries.

[@hvalour1]

Awesome video, very imformative. Go toby!

[@whyalwaysme2522]

I love Dakar since 1986. Thanks.

[@HeriSuranegara]

bring back Dakar to Dakar! Dakar is not about the rider/driver and the machine, but about the people also. something that missing in Saudi Arabia Chapter!

[@dusdroadadventures7978]

Love The Dakar!!

[@dannydanielson9257]

Fantastic overview thank you. Can’t wait for the start good luck to all

[@dixonqwerty]

Excellent video

[@AaryanRajesh]

How will the race officials decide who should start first? Like all the bikes are left at once from the start line. M asking about the Start of the Stage1 or Day 1

[@PrinceYanelbg]

Awesome 👍👍😎😎

[@rideyourbike]

Good race everyone. And may the best win!

[@Daniel-ru7xw]

you wanted to say the same in all the videos, and you're wrong because you're just going to the translator .. did you mean "I hope the best wins" ?????

[@rideyourbike]

@@Daniel-ru7xw Yes, thats it. Thanks.

[@luisangelpandemonium]

Really good Ed. video .... very complete ! ... What a challenge!

[@MyChannel-ov6jk]

Original dakar looks badass. 10000km Europe to africa.Bloody hell

[@adithyanbharat4372]

Awesome..

[@warbearin]

Motorstorm vibes!

[@user-kf7oq6uw8f]

That was a surprisingly informative video I admit.

[@PriyabDash]

Wow I have become a dakar fan boy now

[@mardelplatalimousines3423]

Amazing race!

[@EkLadakhi]

I will participate once forsure.

[@V8play.]

Hermoso video, muchas gracias!

[@confuzionn4843]

Hey this is an actual good video on the Dakar, and now I'm actually interested in this sport. Look forward to seeing it the next time it happens.

[@JoshuaC923]

Legendary race

[@meroamingaround]

Wow.. amazing story 🤗🤗

[@samiounasti6638]

Great informational video! Thanks!

[@Roddy1965]

Superb explainer.

[@overlandmotorcycletours4785]

Great video thank you

[@mks4018]

one day .. one day ...

[@camerakid76]

Same as the previous year and still no mention of scoring and times. Still unclear whether overall is actually overall or who’s competing against who. As I mentioned the best part of a race like the TDF is the races within the race, you’d be well served to make it known about those if any, and highlight them.

[@Calipero_Nodoyuna]

nice video!

[@palacinkysoslahackou7860]

Is it live-streamed? Couldnt find any tv channel providing broadcast

[@thejasonmeiring]

Should come back to Africa!!

[@HerSilkScarfGagsMe]

this is great!

[@daviddrabek5834]

Awesome video!

[@AOE5578]

Very very informative,,👍🏼

[@Sava13Sorin]

Shinozuka fontenay auriol saby 🤦🏻‍♂️👍👍👍

[@stephw1363]

Anyone know why the roadbook is only given 20 min before start now? I believe in the past riders could study it before bed the previous day and it allowed good navigators to really highlight and prepare for the route. This year it seems to be just a few min

[@cherrycheshire7555]

Some teams had some smart people behind the scenes with maps and tools and then calculated faster routes, they then put that information back to their drivers and "updated" the roadbooks for an advantage.

[@stephw1363]

@@cherrycheshire7555 no way! That is dirty pool! I guess they had to do something about it then...but is 20 min enough really? I feel for the bikes opening the road and a roadbook they didnt even really get to highlight or see for so short and no wonder so many of them are goin off course!

[@rodneyburke367]

@@stephw1363 I have Navigated two Dakars, Chesie is correct the top teams employed Map Men. The organizers do highlight the road as the riders would of prior. It does pose a significantly more challenging navigation to the event.

[@museroems2992]

Good luck to the competitors

[@nokyster]

Bring Dakar to the himalayas

[@pear7777]

Really could do with an explanation about time measurement, bonussen and penalties?

[@leeroyhustle]

Who is the race director of Dakar?

[@FOFOKASHY]

Masi

[@empiresrikesfat]

Skippy The Bush Kangaroo

[@goosegog]

Great video. Do we really need English subtitles though on an English language video which has the KZbin option for captions anyway? I mean, what's the point?! I have to put Post-It Notes over them as they're really irritating.

[@yewtubez]

whats the average cost for a motorcycle privateer these days?

[@hopalong8715]

id love to do this someday

[@MisterShifterYT]

Nice video!!!

[@urdnal]

The Dakar was cool because spanned swathes of an entire continent. Many countries. Now it’s just a loop inside one country. Lame. Guess South America couldn’t compete with Saudi oil money.

[@beam664]

short summary: Dakar is just fucking amazing

[@SeldomlyOften]

Guy in the thumbnail looks like Zack Courts

[@jeffscharpf]

So.. originally, they raced from Paris to the Mediterranean?.. then all of them waited for a boat to Africa? I'm confused lol.

[@Oynasma]

Where do they get their gas from?

[@andymurdoch1346]

When does darkness fall in this part of the world at this time of the year? Being out there in the dark must be impossible to navigate.

[@vardaruus5243]

some drivers finish in the dark, makes them run slower, but oh well, doable

[@AnthonyJoh]

Need more French accent!

[@Redmenace96]

Have followed Dakar for years, but still learned a lot! Great video. (I'm thanking the Saudis, not the French.)

[@jujulaf18]

Why would you need to specify this

[@jsnyper4357]

I will now pronounce categories as he does.

[@nickthequick]

It was fun and exciting in the beginning; with time it was dislocated, organized into the smallest details and commercialised to the point where Saudi Arabia uses the race to pretty up its own image, like putting lipstick on a pig. The Paris-Dakar race died many years ago.

[@felicianoabe]

All the Dakar competitors are so lucky I'm too broke to be a competitor, or else they would have a real challenge on their hands.

[@blancopolar4674]

😎👍💪🇻🇪

[@danielr9262]

Film action francais

[@Adrian_Nel]

I have been saying for some time now that the event should be renamed to something like Raid le Thierry Sabene.

[@shlep444]

OK so pay your animators yeah?

[@the.communist]

The vehicles with a co-pilot are cheating in the navigation

[@danielwolfe4169]

get a new animator

[@SiggyCloud]

Be nice if Dakar was actually still the Paris to Dakar rally and not just a brand. Can't have it all I suppose. Gotta love those friendly peaceful followers of islam not at all threatening to kill racers.

[@alemariarjun]

🇮🇳we love DAKAR ( CS Santosh is our rider 🔥)

[@swdoctor]

Let us not discuss Saudi Arabias human rights abuse record, their extremism and hatred of all other cultures including Shia muslims

[@deezhauweinova8i863]

Let's just focus on Dakar Rally only! Take your concerns to a human rights lawyer to assist address your issues.

[@a2falcone]

OK, let's not.

[@zayedkhan1889]

Why make it so dangerous that every next year riders are killed can u return them to there family it can be more interesting if no body gets killed just for adventure

[@user-bn3md4ml9r]

Позор Дакару!!! Верните МАЗ на старт!! Спорт вне политики!!! Shame on Dakar !!! Return MAZ to the start !! Sport is out of politics !!!

[@ElDeano09]

catahgries?