Results and video highlights from stage two of the 2025 Rallye Du Maroc, the final World Rally-Raid Championship round of the season where Monster Energy Honda HRC Rally team’s Tosha Schareina and Ricky Brabec claim a one-two as Daniel Sanders finds it hard in the dunes. 

The first of four loop days around Erfoud, stage two of the ’25 RDM, featured the first dunes of the 26th edition of the Rallye du Maroc, over a 394-kilometer Stage 2 (including 307 kilometres of special stage).

With low sun in the dunes, particularly in the afternoon, and camel grass ready to spring a surprise, it was an easy day to make mistakes as Daniel Sanders found out.

In the bikes, Tosha Schareina (Monster Energy Honda HRC) won ahead of his teammate Ricky Brabec. Third-placed Daniel Sanders (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) remains overall leader by just 43 seconds. In Rally2, Michael Docherty (BAS World KTM) won ahead of factory KTM rider Edgar Canet, who now has a lead of only 5'08” over the South African in the overall standings.

In the motorcycle category, yesterday’s losers are today’s winners as the pendulum of rally raid swings like norma when the bikes hit the dunes. Fourth on Stage 1, Schareina took the lead over Sanders in the first crossing of the Merzouga dunes today as the Australian, who opened the special stage, found it hard to lead at speed.

Schareina won on Tuesday ahead of his teammate Brabec by +2'22'' and Sanders +3'45''. The winner of the 2024 Rallye du Maroc, Sanders, retains the lead in the overall standings by only 43 seconds.

Tosha Schareina (Monster Energy Honda HRC): “Much better than yesterday. First and second for the team is positive. But it wasn't an easy day in the dunes and a final part with no visibility. Tomorrow, I'll have the difficult task of opening the special stage. I might lose a little time, but I'll try to open all day and take the bonuses.”

Daniel Sanders (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing): “I got off to a great start and had a lot of fun for about 180 kilometres. Then we got to the big dunes of Merzouga and it was really hard to see the terrain. I hit some camel grass pretty hard and banged my chest against the navigation tower, biting my tongue. I didn't fall, but the airbag deployed. I then tried to survive the rest of the day, but I made a few navigation errors towards the end. The last dunes were horrible; you couldn't see anything with the sun. I'm very happy to have crossed the finish line."

Rally2

Michael Docherty, who won the prologue, took the win again. The Dubai-based dune specialist finished ahead of another privateer, Konrad Dabrowski (Duust Rally, +2'34''), and Tobias Ebster (Hero MotoSports, +2'56''). Fourth-placed Canet lost 3'16'‘ to Docherty today, but still has a 5'08’' lead in the overall standings.

In Rally3, Noa Sainct (Nomade Racing) was heading for a clear victory over Thomas Zoldos (Aub'Moto) before melted his mousse a few kilometers from the finish and being forced to miss two waypoints. Sainct received a 1h15' penalty and now finds himself 2nd overall, 1h26'24'' behind.

Results, stage 2 (moto category):

Overall RallyGP classification after stage 2:

Photo Credit: Honda HRC Rally Team | DPPI + A.S.O. Julien Delfosse