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 2008 Central Europe Rally.

In 2023, he was placed under police investigation after accidentally killing a spectator while competing in the Dakar Rally.[5]

Dakar Rally results

Year	Class	Vehicle	Position	Stages won
2006*	Trucks	Tatra	DNF	0
2007			3rd	1
2008
			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		Praga	7th	0
2021			5th	0
2022			21st	0
2023			DNF	2
2024			2nd	2

• Co-driver for Karel Loprais
• The 2008 Central Europe Rally was recognised as the 2008 edition of the Dakar because of ASO administrative decisions to move the race to central Europe.

Silk Way Rally results

Year	Class	Vehicle	Position	Stages won
2009	Trucks	Tatra	3rd	1
2010			4th	0
2011			1st	1
2012			4th	0
2013			21st	0
2014–2015	Not held
2016	Did not enter
2017	Trucks	Tatra	DNF	0

References

1. "Loprais and InstaForex: traditions, development, leadership". Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
2. Dakar.com: The Stars Will Decide
3. Yakubova, Olga; Khayrullin, Erik (2011). "Finish". Silk Way Rally 2011. p. 281. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
4. Radio Prague: Czech truck crew drops out of Dakar Rally after accident
5. ""Életem végéig kísérteni fog" – A kamionosoknál élen álló Loprais feladta a Dakart miután elgázolt egy nézőt" (in Hungarian). 12 January 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.

External links

• Aleš Loprais at eWRC-results.com