The 2022 Dakar Rally will be a rally raid event held in Saudi Arabia and the 44th edition of the Dakar Rally.
The event will take place 1 – 14 January 2022. This will be the third time Saudi Arabia had hosted the event.
The race will start in Ha’il and end in Jeddah, going through canyons and cliffs in the Neom region, passing by the Red Sea coastline, into to stretches of dunes surrounding Riyadh, with a lot more action on sand dunes in the Empty Quarter.
The route consists of one prologue stage and 12 normal stages, with one rest day in Riyadh on 8 January. Due to very difficult terrain, the competitors will be airlifted from stage 8 finish to Riyadh.
