Double victory at the 2025 Dakar Rally for OMP

The 2025 edition of the legendary Dakar, the world’s most famous Rally-Raid, ended in a triumphant way for the OMP brand. In our racewear, Saudi Arabian driver Yazeed Al Rajhi secured his maiden victory among the cars, while Czech Martin Macik replicated his 2024 victory in the Truck category.

Each year, the characteristics of the Dakar represent a very important test bed for safety equipment in motorsport, given the extreme conditions in which the competition is held. The comfort and breathability of racewear products, such as suits, shoes, gloves and underwear, are therefore key factors, together with the durability required by intense use over several consecutive days.

Al Rajhi’s achievement is of historic significance, having been obtained by an independent driver who was able to beat all rivals fielded by factory teams, and especially for winning in his home country. For the OMP brand, this is a return to victory in the cars category after 18 years, when it was the legend Stephane Peterhansel who prevailed.

The 43-year-old Al Rajhi made his Dakar debut in 2015, immediately showing great skills in the rally-raid discipline. After his first podium finish achieved in 2022, he entered the 2025 race as one of the big favorites, soon occupying the highest positions in the overall standings. Together with navigator Timo Gottschalk, Al Rajhi won the second stage, one of the most challenging of the entire race, as it was run over the duration of 48 hours. In the Stage 9, Al Rajhi took the lead in the overall standings for the first time, where he made a definitive comeback in Stage 11, held in the Empty Quarter of the Saudi desert, also demonstrating great strategic skills. The final 61-kilometer special stage was the catwalk to the finish line for the Overdrive Racing driver.

In his 13th participation in the Trucks, 35-year-old Martin Macik repeated his 2024 triumph with a commanding run, so much so that he built up a lead of more than two hours over his main pursuers, thanks also to five stage wins. Macik is equipped with OMP racewear, Bell Racing helmet and Zeronoise communication systems, as are co-driver Frantisek Tomasek and mechanic David Svanda, with whom he shares the cockpit. The Powerstar truck set up by the MM Technology team also mounted OMP seats and harnesses.

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