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Dakar Rally 2022,
Saudi Arabia

Hino Motors, Ltd. will be racing as HINO TEAM SUGAWARA in the Dakar Rally 2022, held in Saudi Arabia from January 1 to 14. This will be the 31st Dakar Rally for Hino, keeping its relentless spirit of a challenge since 1991 when it became the first Japanese maker of commercial vehicles to compete in the rally.

Mon, 2021-01-18
STAGE12・GOAL: HINO500 Series Truck Finishes at Jeddah in 12th Place Overall. Seizes 12th straight win in the Under 10-litre Class.
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Sun, 2021-01-17
HINO Team Sugawara Conquers Dakar Rally For The 12th Time
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Sat, 2021-01-16
STAGE11: Truck Finishes Last Long Stage at 13th Place. Prevails over 80 km of dunes error-free.
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HINO’s vision is beyond the goal line

Contestants in the Dakar Rally race for about 2 weeks over a route spanning 10,000km under harsh conditions. Why is HINO bent on taking on the challenge of this race which is considered to be the most tortuous race in the world? The answer to this question can be found in HINO’s passion for technological innovation.

Trucks form the foundation of logistics operations. Technologies that enable environmental compliance in the form of reduced emissions, fuel economy, powerful driving performance, and safety – all crucial elements of trucks – are required to become more sophisticated every day. There will always be challenges that must be overcome in order to meet the ever increasing demands of the market. We must not give up no matter how formidable the wall is in front of us. We must continue to take on these challenges. HINO’s world-class technologies are the products of this fervent mental fortitude and passion.

This is also why we take on the challenges that the Dakar Rally throws at us. We do not give up. We are confident. We believe in our team. Every time we take part in this race, we renew our conviction that there is no such thing as unrewarded effort and that a great joy lies ahead of us when we carry our passion to accomplish our objectives. The vision we see beyond the goal line is the image of HINO taking on the next challenge to achieve technological innovation.

Hino Team Members

Masataka Nishiyama

Mechanic

Tatsuharu Sato

Mechanic

Teruhito Sugawara

Team Director

Yuji Mochizuki

Navigator, Car 1

Hirokazu Somemiya

Navigator, Car 1

Seiichi Suzuki

Chief Mechanic

Tadaaki Sato

Mechanic

Koji Yoshikawa

Mechanic

Mayumi Kezuka

Mechanic

Rumi Ando

Support Member

Shun Konnai

Support Member

2022 Route

The Dakar Rally was launched in 1978 by a young and adventurous Frenchmen named Thierry Sabine. In its early years, the race was called the Paris-Dakar Rally because it started in the French capital of Paris and ended in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. After political instability and uncertainties in Africa forced the race to be canceled in 2008, organizers relocated the event to South America, where the race was held subsequently as the Dakar Rally.

Competitors vie to see who can complete a nearly 10,000-km punishing course in the shortest time over two weeks traversing the desert, dunes, muddy fields, wilderness, and more. Known as the world’s most grueling rally event, it is not uncommon to have fewer than 50% of entrants complete the race. This major event attracts attention from around the world, igniting in competitors a fervent desire to test their mettle with more than 300 vehicles from 50 countries competing each year across five divisions: a bike division, quad (buggy) division, car division, SSV (side by side vehicle) division, truck division, and so on.

Stages:

Stage 1A: January 1st – Jeddah, Ha’il
Stage 1B: January 2nd – Ha’il
Stage 2: January 3rd – Ha’il, Al Qaisumah
Stage 3: January 4th – Al Qaisumah
Stage 4: January 5th – Al Qaisumah, Riyadh
Stage 5: January 6th – Riyadh
Stage 6: January 7th – Riyadh
Rest Day: January 8th – Riyadh
Stage 7: January 9th – Riyadh, Al Dawadimi
Stage 8: January 10th – Al Dawadimi, Wadi Ad Dawasir
Stage 9: January 11th – Wadi Ad Dawasir
Stage 10: January 12th – Wadi Ad Dawasir, Bisha
Stage 11: January 13th – Bisha
Stage 12: 1January 14th – Bisha, Jeddah

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