After thirty-three years of racing, Jan Brabec will name it a profession following the 2025 Dakar Rally. The 41-year-old plans to remain concerned with the game afterwards by turning his Strojrent Racing right into a rider improvement and assist programme.
“For me, that is fairly massive information, and people who know me know that I don’t often document movies,” started Brabec in a video posted to his social media on Sunday. “However now, I needed to place this on the market a bit of bit.
“With this eighth Dakar, I plan to finish my racing profession, which has lasted 33 years. Let’s transfer on and go away racing to the youthful guys.
“However as for me, I don’t need to fully step away from the world of racing—I simply received’t be bodily holding the handlebars anymore. As a substitute, I need to run my very own rally assist workforce.
“Strojrent Racing might be a workforce supporting riders who need to make it to the Dakar Rally, whether or not they’re certified or not. I’ll be caring for their coaching, each on the bike and in navigation, that’s how will probably be.
“4 powerful months are forward of me, however hopefully, after that, I’ll lastly be capable to relaxation from holding the handlebars.”
Brabec first rode a BMX bike when he was 4 earlier than starting his aggressive profession in motocross three years later. Educated by these like Czech supercross pioneer Petr Kuchař and American star Jeremy McGrath, he went on to win ten Czech nationwide championships in motocross and supercross. In 2007, Brabec represented his nation on the Motocross des Nations alongside Michal Kadleček and Jiri Čepelák, ending seventeenth.
In 2017, Brabec made his cross-country rally debut after befriending Czech truck racer Martin Macík Jr. Racing a motorbike for Macík’s Massive Shock! Racing (now MM Expertise), he completed thirty-ninth general in his first Dakar Rally in 2018. Brabec has been a Dakar common since, racing yearly regardless of critical accidents previous to the 2019 and 2022 editions (a coaching accident in Tunisia that resulted in seven damaged bones and inside bleeding following by a crash on the 2021 Baja España Aragón, respectively); even a left foot damage through the 2023 race didn’t cease him from reaching the end.
His seventh and newest Dakar in January noticed him end fifteenth general within the Rally2 class with a finest run of sixth in Stage #5. Whereas signed as much as earn factors for the World Rally-Raid Championship, his solely different race thus far was the Abu Dhabi Desert Problem in March, the place he completed third in school with top-five runs in each stage.
The 2025 Dakar Rally will happen on 3–17 January.
