Aleš Loprais (born 10 January 1980 in Olomouc) is a Czech rally raid truck driver. Loprais has a long association with Tatra and has been a frequent participant of the Dakar Rally,Dakar.com: The Stars Will Decide having also won the 2011 Silk Way Rally in the truck category.
Career Loprais is nephew of the highly successful Czech rally raid truck driver Karel Loprais.Radio Prague: Czech truck crew drops out of Dakar Rally after accident 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. 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.
Dakar Rally results
YearClassVehiclePositionStages won2006*Trucks TatraDNF020073rd120083rd12009DNF02010DNF02011DNF22012DNF120136th120146th22015 MAN4th12016 IvecoDNF02017 Tatra7th02018DNF120195th02020 Praga7th020215th0202221st02023DNF220242nd22025 Iveco3rd520262nd5
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
YearClassVehiclePositionStages won2009Trucks Tatra3rd120104th020111st120124th0201321st0 2014–2015Not held2016Did not enter2017Trucks TatraDNF0
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