Red Bull KTM Factory Racing – Dakar Rally Team 2026 | KTM

My name is Daniel Sanders. I'm Luciano Benavides. My name is Edgar Canet. And I ride for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team. Yeah, be part of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team, it's a dream. To go for a big dream, big goal, you have to work with people that want the same goals and you have the same passion and work ethic as you. Yeah, 25's been the dream year. Winning Dakar Rally to start off with and then dominating the next races in the championship was important. Good to finally show everyone what we can do as a team and myself as a rider. Daniel, if I need to describe him, is a typical Australian crazy guy. Crazy rider, crazy person. He's a man on a mission and he's always searching for victory, searching for improvement. He's always trying to put the best performance on every race. It's a dream for me to be a teammate with him, learn a lot of things with him. Having Edgar, the new junior, it reminds me a lot when I arrived to the team. It's like looking at me a few years ago when I just jumped on the team. Me and Luciano, we get to have a little kid with us a lot of the time. It's a lot of fun to have Edgar, he's the new junior guy. Super talented and he's still so young. He gets to learn stuff from me and then stuff from Luciano. Next year he's in the deep end in Rally GP so he has to step up and he's already a top contender. Dakar 2025 was a dream come true. I can finish my first Rally Dakar with my teammates, with Luciano, Sanders. Since I arrived it's like one big family. Luciano is like my brother, he's super fast, he's the fastest. Fastest 77 as a teammate, Luciano. I've been with him for many years now, racing and being competitive with him. So we both vibe off each other and have a good time. We share so many moments, crazy moments, bad moments, good moments, everything. And I think to be part of this team, to learn from these two riders is super good for me because he's two of the best riders right now of Rally Ride. We are all here for the same goal so we call it the dream team. All the riders say Dakar is similar to Morocco, Dakar is similar to this other race but when you arrive there you see Dakar is the raciest, hardest race in the world. The most difficult race in the world. The toughest race I believe on the planet. To ride for 8,000 kilometers and 14 days of racing, it's pretty incredible. Everything can change in one second, you don't know what is coming after the next one. It's you versus the desert. Many, many hours of the day and long, long days and not much sleep and you're so focused on your task ahead. The road book and the riding and the terrain because if you take your mind off this, it can change very quickly. Dakar for me is the most important race in my life. I've set the benchmark for 25 and everyone for 26 is sure going to be chasing me and the pressure is going to be on. My big dream right now is to win one day the Rally Dakar. Of course I want to say I want to hope for the win. It's time to improve and to learn of this race because it's a super important experience. To arrive there you have to do so many things before. If you take your mind away from winning, then you shouldn't be racing. It's a dream that needs to come true one day. Yeah, the goal is to go for the Dakar double. I've said it many times, I want to win. So at the moment there's nothing stopping me, holding me back and that just gives me the confidence that I'm sure no other competitor wants me to have. I know what I need to do and I just got to keep doing it. Now I've become a Rally GP rider. I can fight directly to my teammates. Racing against your other teammates in the same class and in the event, it is tough at times. We all help each other out when we can. We're there to get the best result for the team and for us. And I always say they are my second family already for many years. They have my back always. The team's atmosphere and camaraderie, it's a dream team. We are always working to improve, trying and trying and testing, testing. It's the dream. It's a completely big dream for me. A dream come true for me. Looking at the team who wins always was Red Bull KTM. So now to be here is something that makes me super proud. Now to become one of the factory riders is emotional for me.