Honda and Kevin Benavides win the 2021 Dakar Rally!

At the end of 12 stages in the 2021 Dakar Rally, Monster Energy Honda Team driver Argentine Kevin Benavides won the first title of his career. Ricky Brabec, last year’s winner and teammate of Kevin Benavides, also finished the championship in 2nd place and took his place on the podium. The last 202-kilometer-long Dakar Rally 2021 champion was determined, and it was exciting and busy for drivers and spectators. At the end of the race, the Monster Energy Honda Team left victorious.

The success of the Monster Energy Honda Team in the 2021 Dakar Rally drew attention with Kevin Benavides’ first place as well as the second place of last year’s champion teammate Ricky Brabec. Thus, the team achieved a historic success as the team that won the championship for two consecutive years after returning to the Dakar Rally after 8 years.