Red-Lined Motorsport once again returns home proud from Dakar 2025 after four of its REVO+ entries made the finish line of the gruelling race. While only 40 of the 66 Ultimate cars to start the race eventually finished, four of the REVO T1+ amateur crews ably supported by Red-Lined made it home.
“To have four of our Red-Lined REVO T1+ customer crews make it to the finish of this year’s Dakar is another huge feather in our cap,” Red-Lined CEO Terence Marsh admitted at the podium celebrations in Shubaytah in the Arabian Desert’s Empty Quarter on Friday.
“Dakar 2025 is one of the most gruelling I can remember; it was extremely rocky with challenging navigation through the toughest possible conditions that even had many of the best crews in the world down and out. So to have four of our privateer customers reach the end of the event, is a proud moment indeed!”
Dutch duo Ronald van Loon and Erik Lemmen were solid and consistent throughout Dakar 2025 to bring their brand new OASE Motorsport REVO T1+ home best placed of the Red-Lined privateer crews in a splendid 24th overall in the Ultimate class.
Most impressive through the second week, Seychellois lass 20 year old Aliyyah Koloc and French navigator Sebastien Delaunay delivered an incredible ninth on stage among the Ultimate factory machines during Tuesday’s dune stage. They went on to sit 26th overall on the Thursday but unfortunately dropped to 29th after losing time in the final stage due to an unforeseen technical issues in their Buggyra Racing REVO T1+.
Belgian Stefan Carmans and Dutchman Arjan van Tiel kept their heads down to rise from 47th at the midway rest day to reach the finish in 39th overall in their CSA Racing REVO T1+. This gave them back to back finishes after their successful Dakar debut in 2024 in the same car.
Dutch husband and wife crew, Dave and Tessa Klaassen overcame some technical issues midway through the event to bring their DaklaPack Rallysport REVO T1+ home among the Dakar Experience finishers.
“That’s another Red-Lined Motorsport Dakar done and dusted,” Terence concluded. “Dakar is of course the toughest motorsport event on the planet and is among the biggest sporting achievements available to man and to finish it is extremely rewarding for both the crews and their teams. Once again, we leave Saudi Arabia and Dakar ’25 with a great sense of accomplishment as a team as our privateer customers did us proud! Well done to each and every one for a great collective team effort.”
