Aleš Loprais

Loprais' 2009 Dakar Tatra on display in Brno.

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[]

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 Central Europe Rally.

Dakar Rally results[]

Year	Class	Vehicle	Position	Stages won
2006*	Trucks	Tatra	DNF	0
2007			3rd	1
2008	Event cancelled – replaced by Central Europe Rally
	Trucks	Tatra	3rd	1
2009			DNF	0
2010			DNF	0
2011			DNF	2
2012			DNF	1
2013			6th	1
2014			6th	2
2015		MAN	4th	1
2016		Iveco	DNF	0
2017		Tatra	7th	0
2018			DNF	1
2019			5th	0
2020			7th	0

• Co-driver for Karel Loprais

Silk Way Rally results[]

Year	Class	Vehicle	Position	Stages won
	Trucks	Tatra	3rd	1
			4th	0
2011			1st	1
			4th	0
			21st	0
2014-2015	Not held
2016	Did not enter
	Trucks	Tatra	DNF	0

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