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HONDA

MONSTER ENERGY HONDA HRC

Ricky BRABEC

(usa) 1.85m / 92kg

Aficiones

Wake surfing, jet skiing, cooking and BBQ, camping, offroading, SSV racing, cycling, mountain biking, fishing, friends and good times!

Vehículo

Brand: Honda
Model: CRF450 Rally
Engine: Liquid cooled single cylinder DOHC
Capacity: 449.4cc
Bore x stroke: 97.0 x 60.8mm
Output: Over 45kW
Frame: Aluminium twin tube
Fuel capacity: 35 litres
Performance tuner: Monster Energy Honda HRC
Assistance: Monster Energy Honda HRC
Class: Rally GP

Historial

2024: 4th
2023: 9th
2022: 2nd

2024: 1st (1 stage win)
2023: Ab. Stage 3 (1 stage win)
2022: 7th
2021: 2nd (3 stage wins + prologue)
2020: 1st (2 stage wins)
2019: Ab. Stage 8 (1 stage win
2018: Ab. Stage 13
2017: Ab. Stage 10 (1 stage win)
2016: 9th

2023: 7th
2022: 2nd
2018: 6th
2015: 5th

2024: Ab.
2023 : Ab.
2022: 3rd
2021: 4th
2019: 5th
2018: 3rd
2017: 3rd
2016: 35th

2024: Vegas to Reno (Ab.), Desafio Ruta 40 (1st)
2023: Sonora Rally (8th), Desafio Ruta 40 (3rd)
2022: Andalucia Rally (8th)
2021: Vegas to Reno (2nd), Sonora Rally (1st)
2020: Vegas to Reno (1st), Sonora Rally (1st), Andalucia Rally (14th)
2019: Atacama Rally (6th), Sonora Rally (1st)
2018: Atacama Rally (9th), Desafio Ruta 40 (5th)
2017: Vegas to Reno (1st), Sonora Rally (1st)
2016: Atacama Rally (7th), Merzouga Rally (6th)
2014: San Felipe 250 (1st), Baja 500 (1st), Baja 1000 (1st), Vegas to Reno (1st)

Ricky Brabec comes to his 10th Dakar in 2025 as defending champion in the highly competitive bikes class.
Five years ago, he became the very first American to win the Dakar (a few hours before Casey Currie and Sean Berriman also took victory in the SSV class).
Born to bike racing parents, Ricky took up BMX at the age of five. He later tried motocross but soon realised he was best suited to desert racing. It no doubt helped growing up in the California city of Hesperia, which is surrounded by the Mojave Desert.
After signing for THR Motorsports in 2011, Ricky decided to knuckle down and really focus on his riding career, partying less and training more. His investment soon began to pay off; in 2014, he won the San Felipe 250, Baja 500, Baja 1000 and Vegas to Reno.
In early 2015, American offroad legend Quinn Cody called to ask if he would be interested in trying rally-raid. Ricky came fifth at his very first event, the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, which earned him a factory deal with Honda for Dakar 2016. He has been with the team ever since, and in 2020 became the first biker to win the Dakar on a Honda since Gilles Lalay in 1989.
In 2024, Ricky became the 13th biker to win multiple Dakar titles. He is now hoping to become just the eighth to win it in consecutive years.
His partner Sara Price did her maiden Dakar last year (4th in SSVs) and is set to return in 2025.
Ricky is also targeting the W2RC crown in 2025. He missed two rounds of this year's championship, but still finished fourth in the standings thanks to victories at the Dakar and Desafio Ruta 40.
He was in the frame for the world title at the season-ending Rallye du Maroc but suffered a heavy impact in his right leg on Stage 1 and had to abandon. Luckily, he avoided major injury.