The legendary French pilot of Petransel after the annual pause will return on the Dakar rally

The legendary French pilot Stefan Petransel will return to Dakar rally. Last year, he first missed the competition since 1994.

About it reports leparisien.fr.

He will stand for a team Defender Rally. A young 25-year-old Lithuanian Rock will be a young 25-year-old Lithuanian. The name of the third pilot will be announced later.

“The Rali Rady World Championship is the vertex of rally and off-road competitions, and Defender is a cult and powerful SUV, so it is the perfect couple for me. The team is given to the championship and seeks to win.

I look forward to this new challenge and together hope we will be able to bring Defender to the highest pedestal step “, – quotes the words of Stefan Dakar.com.

Rally Dakar 2026 will be held from January 3 to January 17. The total length of the route will be 7700 km.

Petransel is a legend of vehicles. He won 14 times on Dakar rally – six wins in the motorcycle category, and 8 at the wheel of the car.

Rally-Reed in 2026 will be the 36th Dakar in a 59-year-old career (at the time of the race he will be 60) Frenchman. He won the last time in 2021.

Recall Spaniard Carlos Sines Sen President of the International Federation of Motor Sports (Fia).