Aleš Loprais
Aleš Loprais (born 10 January 1980 in Olomouc)[1] is a Czech rally raid truck driver. Loprais has a long association with Tatra and has been a frequent participant of the Dakar Rally,[2] having also won the 2011 Silk Way Rally in the truck category.[3]
Career
[edit]Loprais is nephew of the highly successful Czech rally raid truck driver Karel Loprais.[4] The younger Loprais first competed on the Dakar Rally in 2006 as navigator to his uncle Karel, and from 2007 he has competed as a driver for Tatra. Loprais has scored several stage victories in the Dakar Rally, his best overall result being third place in 2007.[2] Apart from the Dakar Rally, Loprais competed in a number of other rally raid races, including the Silk Way Rally and the 2008 Central Europe Rally.
In 2023, he was placed under police investigation after accidentally killing a spectator while competing in the Dakar Rally.[5]
Dakar Rally results
[edit]Year | Class | Vehicle | Position | Stages won |
---|---|---|---|---|
2006* | Trucks | ![]() |
DNF | 0 |
2007 | 3rd | 1 | ||
2008 | ||||
3rd | 1 | |||
2009 | DNF | 0 | ||
2010 | DNF | 0 | ||
2011 | DNF | 2 | ||
2012 | DNF | 1 | ||
2013 | 6th | 1 | ||
2014 | 6th | 2 | ||
2015 | ![]() |
4th | 1 | |
2016 | ![]() |
DNF | 0 | |
2017 | ![]() |
7th | 0 | |
2018 | DNF | 1 | ||
2019 | 5th | 0 | ||
2020 | ![]() |
7th | 0 | |
2021 | 5th | 0 | ||
2022 | 21st | 0 | ||
2023 | DNF | 2 | ||
2024 | 2nd | 2 |
- Co-driver for Karel Loprais
- The 2008 Central Europe Rally was recognised as the 2008 edition of the Dakar because of ASO administrative decisions to move the race to central Europe.
Silk Way Rally results
[edit]Year | Class | Vehicle | Position | Stages won |
---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | Trucks | ![]() |
3rd | 1 |
2010 | 4th | 0 | ||
2011 | 1st | 1 | ||
2012 | 4th | 0 | ||
2013 | 21st | 0 | ||
2014-2015 | Not held | |||
2016 | Did not enter | |||
2017 | Trucks | ![]() |
DNF | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Loprais and InstaForex: traditions, development, leadership". Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
- ^ a b Dakar.com: The Stars Will Decide
- ^ Yakubova, Olga; Khayrullin, Erik (2011). "Finish". Silk Way Rally 2011. p. 281. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ Radio Prague: Czech truck crew drops out of Dakar Rally after accident
- ^ ""Életem végéig kísérteni fog" – A kamionosoknál élen álló Loprais feladta a Dakart miután elgázolt egy nézőt" (in Hungarian). 12 January 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.