Khalifa Al Attiyah returns to shine in Challenger
CREW FACTS…
K.A.A.
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On the 2025 Dakar, there won’t be one but two Al Attiyahs on the start line of the rally. Indeed after triumphant Nasser, winner of the Dakar five times in the cars class, his younger brother Khalifa Al Attiyah will be returning to the event.
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Khalifa was indeed present four years ago and impressed on his debut. In a Can-Am SSV he claimed a stage win and finished 9th overall.
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Like his brother, he started competing in regular rallies in the Middle-East Rally Championship. More recently he took part in the Qatar Baja and Dubai International Baja in one of the Taurus of his brother’s team Nasser Racing.
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At his side for his second Dakar, the 46-year-old will have Argentina’s Bruno Jacomy.
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It was until mid-December that Bruno Jacomy got the final heads up to take part in the 2025 Dakar alongside Khalifa Al Attiyah. Initially planned to be the co-driver of USA’s Larry Janesky with whom he had done the Rallye du Maroc, a last minute withdrawal saw him move elsewhere.
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He first took part in the Dakar back when it was on his South American continent. At the time he wasn’t in a vehicle but acted as the road-book assistant for the Honda HRC squad and then the official Yamaha team. In 2022 he was finally given a chance as the navigator of Britain’s Thomas Bell. A great first experience that saw him finish in 7th spot of the Challenger class. A year later he returned with his Argentine compatriot Lucas Del Rio, once again managing to finish the rally.
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On the last edition, the 36-year-old witnessed a whole different Dakar taking part in the Dakar Future Mission 1000 project as the co-driver of the hydrogen powered HySe vehicle.
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For his fourth Dakar, the navigator from Mendoza will be alongside one of the fastest drivers in the field in one of the most competitive cars, a Taurus prepared by Nasser Racing.
