1. Dakar Rally 2021The Dakar Rally, the first major motorsport event of 2021, heads into the dunes and Dakar Rally 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. HT Rally Raid Husqvarna Racing's Paul Spierings in action during stage 2. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. Red Bull KTM Factory Team's Matthias Walkner in action during stage 2. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

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

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

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

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

20. Zigmas Dakar Team's Arunas Gelazninkas and Benjamin Melot's Benjamin Melot in action during stage 2. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

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

22. General view during stage 1. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

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

24. Overdrive Toyota's Yazeed Al Rajhi and Co-Driver Dirk Von Zitzewitz attend to their car during stage 1. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

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

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

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

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

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

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