Mathieu Serradori

Serradori debuted at the Dakar Rally at the hands of a Beta motorbike in 2009, finishing 51st.^[6] He returned to the event in 2011 and finished 21st with a Honda bike,^[7] before placing 25th with a KTM in 2012.^[8]

In 2014, Serradori switched to driving cars, partnering co-driver Patrick Antoniolli in the Rallye du Maroc. Driving a Predator X-18, Serradori claimed fifth overall.^[9] After finishing 15th at the same event in 2015,^[10] Serradori placed third in the Africa Eco Race at the start of 2016.^[11] He drove in four rounds of that year's FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup with the SRT Rally Team, winning the two-wheel drive class in Abu Dhabi and Italy.^[12][13] Serradori achieved further successes with SRT during the following years, including an overall win at the Africa Eco Race and third place in the Silk Way Rally — despite a windshield wiper failure — in 2018.^{[14][15][16][17]}

Serradori made his first appearance in the car class of the Dakar Rally in 2019, though he and longtime co-driver Fabien Lurquin retired during stage 4.^[18] In his only other rally-raid appearances of the year, Serradori became familiar with SRT's new chassis: the Century CR6, which he would go on to drive until 2023. His maiden Dakar start with the car came in 2020, one which included a stage win, beating Fernando Alonso to stage 8.^[19] He finished eighth overall.^[20] The following year, in his last start alongside Lurquin, Serradori ran third overall after stage 3 but suffered major setbacks during stage 6, eventually placing 44th.^[21][22] At the subsequent Rally Kazakhstan, Serradori was joined by new co-driver Loïc Minaudier.^[23] The pair made a positive impression at their first Dakar together, finishing seventh in 2022.^[24][25] That season they took part in two further rounds of the newly founded World Rally-Raid Championship, placing 18th in Abu Dhabi and ninth at the Andalucía Rally.^[26][27] For the 2023 Dakar, Serradori would be directly supported by Century Racing Factory, which provided him the updated Century CR6-T model.^[28][29] Serradori finished 12th overall, having run third overall after stage 2.^[30][31] A tenth place followed in 2024 - as Serradori won the class for two-wheel-drive cars.^[32][33]

After making his four-wheel-drive rally-raid debut in the Rallye du Maroc at the end of 2024, Serradori ran with the new Century CR7 at the 2025 Dakar Rally.^[34][35] He and Minaudier scored their best ever result at the event by finishing sixth.^[36][37] Serradori also won the Baja Morocco in preparation for the Rallye du Maroc in October 2025.^[38][39] At the FIA event meanwhile, a top five challenge was ended by a mechanical failure during the final stage.^[40]

Serradori claimed his second Dakar stage win in 2026, having dominated stage 10.^[41][42] Thanks to a late charge to fend off 2025 W2RC champion Lucas Moraes, Serradori and Minaudier again finished sixth overall.^[43][44]

Year	Class	Vehicle	Position	Stages won
2009	Bike	Beta	51st	0
2011		Honda	21st	0
2012		KTM	25th	0
2019	Car	Buggy	DNF	0
2020		Century	8th	1
2021			44th	0
2022			7th	0
2023			12th	0
2024			10th	0
2025			6th	0
2026			6th	1

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^*Season still in progress.