At the age of 32, Brazilian driver Lucas Moraes made his debut in the 2023 Dakar Rally in a powerful Toyota car with the Belgian Overdrive team. Participation in the toughest of driving challenges was Moraes’s reward for becoming increasingly established amongst the motorsport elite.
Having twice won the Mitsubishi Cup – the biggest single-make competition in South America – he then landed the Brazilian national championship on three occasions and also the toughest race in South America – the Rally dos Sertões – twice, first in 2019 (when he became the rally’s youngest champion) and then again in 2022 with Toyota Overdrive.
