Car
TAURUS
QMMF TEAM by NASSER RACING
Stéphane DUPLÉ
(fra) 1.73m / 70kgHobbies
motorsport, rugby
Sponsors
QMMF
Vehicle
Brand: Taurus
Model: T3 MAX
Dry Weight: 900kgs
Dimensions: 3.60 m x 2.10 m x 1.80 m
Chassis: Tubular frame with high strength steel
Engine: VW 1.0L Charged TSI EA211 3 Cylinders 1.0 turbo
Power: 130 kw / 177 hp / with RON 98 Fuel
Preparator: Nasser Racing
Assistance: Nasser Racing
Class: Challenger T3 FIA
Rankings
2025: 4th CHG (navigante de G. Leaverton then D. Akeel)
2024: 3rd in Challenger
2026: Ab. stage 3 CHG (navigante de A. Al Kuwari)
2025: 17th overall, 2nd CHG (navigante de G. Guerreiro)
2024: 7th Challenger
2023: 32th T4
2022: 30th overall
2025: 4th CHG, 14th overall (navigante de D. Akeel)
2025: 11th CHG, 5th CHG, 56th overall (navigante de D. Akeel)
2024: Rally dos Sertoes (2nd Overall)
2023: Rally dos Sertoes (1st Overall)
2022: Rally dos Sertoes (4th)
- When he’s not in the right seat of a rally vehicle, Stephane Duplé is a truck and car instructor back home in the Pyrenees area of France. The ideal job to fulfill his other passion and partner drivers to that finish line of the toughest events in the world.
- He was first given the opportunity to come on the Dakar in 2015, some ten years ago, thanks to Yves Tartarin, a veteran of the off-road rally scene who saw in Duplé a bright future. That first Dakar experience ended at a 49th position.
- After four Dakar rallies alongside Tartarin, the Frenchman had to wait until the Dakar moved to Saudi Arabia to return in a cockpit, this time in an SSV with Swiss driver Vincent Gonzalez. A year later Duplé had to focus on giving notes in English to Britain’s Liam Griffin (20th overall in 2021) and then to young Aliyyah Koloc (33rd in 2023).
- The 43-year-old then went on to navigate Dania Akeel, helping the Saudi lady to capture her first ever Dakar stage (in the Challenger class), on the way to 27th place overall last January.
- A new chapter opens for the Frenchman, 2025 W2RC runner-up, who already had the opportunity to compete with Al-Kuwari in Morocco, Qatar and Dubai.
Ranking 2026
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