Consistency is the name of the game at the Dakar.

After an incredible 4,767 km of non-stop racing through some of the harshest terrain on the planet, the Monster Energy Honda Team have emerged with a stunning double podium result at the 2021 Rally Dakar - giving Argentina its first Dakar motorcycle champion, and Honda’s first 1-2 since 1987.

The Dakar is dangerous, and it may cause an addiction. When the race is over, you start planning the next one.

Ricky Brabec in a passenger car and rolling towards the airport and airplane that will deliver the defending Dakar Rally Champion to Saudi Arabia where he’ll put his fists up, have his fangs out and climb into the ring and prepare to defend his 2020 title. 

12 stages, 14 days and 4,767km of racing. The Dakar rally is back, and for its 43rd edition the legendary marathon race returns to the unrelenting dunes and dirt of the middle east. 

Seventeen-time Baja 1000 champion Johnny Campbell of San Clemente, California was ready, willing and able to discuss the 2021 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia when I tracked him down the week before Christmas.

Sixteen world titles, one circuit, and a landmark moment in racing.

Hydro74 teamed up with Microsoft and Monster Energy to create exclusive Master Chief art, perfect for a desktop background or phone wallpaper!