Aleš Loprais

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]

Loprais' 2009 Dakar Tatra on display in Brno.

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 Czech Republic 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 Germany MAN 4th 1
2016 Italy Iveco DNF 0
2017 Czech Republic Tatra 7th 0
2018 DNF 1
2019 5th 0
2020 Czech Republic Praga 7th 0
2021 5th 0
2022 21st 0
2023 Withdrew
  • 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 Czech Republic 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 Czech Republic 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.
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