2023 Dakar – Key dates
Dakar
- 3 June 2023: Registration opens
- 20 July 2023: Selection of drivers and vehicles
- 20 October 2023: Closing of entries
- End of November 2023: Press conference
- End of November 2023: Administrative and technical scrutineering (Europe)
- End of November 2023: Vehicles embark (Europe)
- Early January 2024: Vehicles collected in Yanbu
- 2 and 3 January 2024: Private tests
- 3 and 4 January 2024: Administrative and technical checks in Saudi Arabia
- 4 January 2024: Dakar briefing
- 5 January 2024: Dakar 2024 start podium and prologue
- 6 January 2024: First stage of the Dakar 2024
- 19 January 2024: Final stage and finish podium of the Dakar 2024
Dakar Classic
- 3 June 2023: Registration opens
- 20 July 2023: Selection of drivers and vehicles
- 20 October 2023: Closing of entries
- End of November 2023: Press conference
- End of November 2023: Administrative and technical scrutineering (Europe)
- End of November 2023: Vehicles embark (Europe)
- Early January 2024: Vehicles collected in Yanbu
- 2 and 3 January 2024: Private tests
- 3 and 4 January 2024: Administrative and technical checks in Saudi Arabia
- 4 January 2024: Dakar Classic briefing
- 5 January 2024: Start podium and Dakar Classic 2024 prologue
- 6 January 2024: First stage of the Dakar Classic 2024