Car
TOYOTA
OVERDRIVE RACING
Vehicle
Brand: Toyota
Model: Hilux Overdrive
Chassis: tubular
Engine: 3444.9 cc petrol engine
Power: 375 HP
Weight: 2010 kg
Width: 3300 mm
Preparator: Overdrive Racing
Assistance: Overdrive Racing
Class: Ultimate T1+ FIA
Rankings
2025: 6th (navigator for Y. Al Rajhi)
2024: 2nd (navigator for Y. Al Rajhi)
2023: 2nd (navigator for Y. Al Rajhi)
2026 : Ab. (stage 6, navigator for Y. Al Rajhi)
2025 : 1st (1 stage win, navigator for Y. Al Rajhi)
2024 : Ab. stage 7 (co-driver for Y. Al Rajhi)
2022 : 6th (co-driver for J. Przygonski)
2021 : 4th (co-driver for J. Przygonski)
2020 : 19th (co-driver for J. Przygonski)
2019 : 7th (co-driver for Y. Al Rajhi)
2018 : Ab. Stage 8 (co-driver for Y. Al Rajhi)
2017 : 27th (co-driver for Y. Al Rajhi)
2016 : 11th (co-driver for Y. Al Rajhi)
2015 : Ab. Stage 11 (co-driver for Y. Al Rajhi)
2014 : Ab. Stage 10 (co-driver for N. Sainz)
2013 : Ab. Stage 6 (co-driver for C. Sainz)
2011 : 1st (co-driver for N. Al-Attiyah)
2010 : 2nd (co-driver N. Al-Attiyah)
2009 : 6th (co-driver for Depping)
2007 : 26th (trucks, navigator for Depping)
2025 : Ab. stage 5 (co-driver for Y. Al Rajhi)
2024 : 2nd (co-driver for Y. Al Rajhi)
2023 : 1st (co-driver for Y. Al Rajhi)
2021 : 11th
2018 : 2nd
2016 : 2nd
2015 : 4rd
2024 : 5th (co-driver for Y. Al Rajhi)
2025 : 46th (29th ULT / co-driver for Y. Al Rajhi)
2025: 54th (32th ULT, navigator for Y. Al Rajhi)
2024: 4th (navigator for Y. Al Rajhi)
2023 : 1st (navigator for Y. Al Rajhi)
2021 : 28th
2019 : 3rd
2019 : Ab.
2015 : 3rd
2024 : Desafio Ruta 40 (1st)
2023 : Desafio Ruta 40 (3nd)
2023: World Cup Baja championship (2nd), Sonora Rally (2nd, 2 stage wins)
2020: Qatar Cross-Country Rally (3rd), Polish Cross-Country Rallies Championship (1st)
2019 : FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas (2nd): Dubai International Baja (1st), Baja Aragon (3rd), Hungarian Baja (4th), Baja Poland (2nd), Jordan Baja (1st), Baja Portalegre (3rd), Kazakhstan Rally (3rd)
2018 : Silk Way Rally (1st), Kazakhstan Rally (1st)
2017 : Kazakhstan Rally (2nd)
2016 : Qatar Cross-Country Rally (2nd), Sardinia Rally (6th), Silk Way Rally (2nd)
2015 : Egypt Rally (2nd)
2014 : Baja Russia (1st), Italian Baja (1st), Egypt Rally (1st)
2010 : Silk Way Rally (2nd)
2008 : Central Europe Rally (3rd)
2005-2006 : WRC races
2004 : Asia-Pacific championship (2nd)
TG
- Timo Gottschalk is not only one of the best co-drivers in the sport, but also an experienced motorcyclist, and he spends his free time organising tours for enthusiasts in Germany.
- He made his Dakar debut in 2007 as Dieter Depping's navigator in a truck. Still working with the same driver, he switched to a car (Volkswagen Race Touareg) the following year, finishing an impressive 6th overall. It was likely that he caught Nasser Al Attiyah's attention, who joined the German team in 2010.
- After finishing second at Dakar 2010, the pair won in 2011 after a fierce battle with Carlos Sainz. However, with Volkswagen's exit from the sport, the pair went their separate ways the following year.
- The native of Neuruppin, north of Berlin, has been a Dakar regular since his debut, taking turns in the cockpit with Carlos Sainz, Yazeed Al Rajhi (for the first time), Kuba Przygonski, and then the very promising Lucas Moraes, with whom he finished in 3rd place in 2023.
- He rejoined Al Rajhi for the rest of the 2023 season and the 2024 Dakar, which ended with a barrel roll on stage 6.
- Runner-up in the W2RC navigator world championship for the second consecutive year in 2024, Gottschalk was instrumental in his driver's first victory last January.
- After suffering a back injury similar to that of his driver, Yazeed, at the Jordan Baja, the German veteran hopes to be 100% fit for the 2026 season.
Ranking 2026
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