Henk Lategan

Henk Lategan
Nationality	South African
Born	(1994-05-05) 5 May 1994 (age 31) Johannesburg, South Africa
Current team	Toyota Gazoo Racing

Henk Lategan (born 5 May 1994) is a South African off-road racing driver. ^[1] He finished second overall in the 2025 Dakar Rally and won the South African Rally-Raid Championship four times. ^[2] Lategan currently competes for Toyota Gazoo Racing in the World Rally-Raid Championship. ^[3]

Career

Lategan at the 2015 Monte Carlo Rally

Lategan started rallying in his native South Africa, competing in the national championship from 2011 onwards. He also raced in the European Rally Championship, making his debut at the 2013 Croatia Rally. ^[4] After making a switch to Rally raid in 2017, Lategan became the youngest driver to win the South African Rally-Raid Championship in 2019. ^[5] After that, Lategan and co-driver Brett Cummings claimed back-to-back titles in 2020 and 2021. ^[6] Lategan made his Dakar Rally debut in 2021. He placed on the podium in stages 3 and 4 before crashing during stage 5; Lategan broke his collar bone bone in the process. ^[7]

He returned to the event in 2022. Though Lategan only finished 31st overall, he claimed his maiden Dakar stage win on day 5. ^{[8] [9]} Lategan also won the final stage. ^[10]

Having fought for an overall podium during the first half of the 2023 edition, Lategan finished fifth overall. ^{[11] [12]}

After missing the 2024 Dakar Rally with a dislocated shoulder, Lategan recovered in time to win the SARRC for a fourth time. ^{[2] [13]} Lategan returned to the Dakar in 2025. ^[14] After a close battle with Yazeed Al-Rajhi, Lategan came up short by less than four minutes. ^[15] Lategan's main time lost came during the dune and sand-focused stage 11, where dune expert Al-Rajhi surged ahead of the leading Lategan. ^[16] After withdrawing from the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, Lategan contested the final three rounds of the 2025 World Rally-Raid Championship. With a victory at his home event, second place in Portugal, and the points scored at Dakar, Lategan entered the final round in Morocco in a three-way title fight with Nasser Al-Attiyah and Lucas Moraes. ^{[17] [18] [19]} However, Lategan suffered a rear differential failure during stage 2 at Morocco, ending his championship hopes. ^[20] Nevertheless, Lategan came back by winning stage 3 and ended the season third in the overall points standings. ^{[21] [22] [23]}

Rally results

South African National Rally Championship results

Year	Entrant	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Points
2012		Volkswagen Polo MK4 S2000	S1600	TOT Ret	SAS 9	GAU	VWR 7	RSA Ret	TOY 10	POL 18	GRR	18th	41
2013	Sasol Volkswagen	Volkswagen Polo MK5 S2000	S2000	TOT 23	SAS 4	GAU 5	VWR 13	FOR 2	TOY 8	POL Ret	GRR Ret	11th	70
2014	Volkswagen Sasolracing	Volkswagen Polo MK5 S2000	S2000	TOU 5	SAS 4	PMC 2	VWR 6	ITC 4	TOY 8	POL Ret	BEL 4	7th	91.5
2015	Volkswagen Sasolracing	Volkswagen Polo MK5 S2000	S2000	TOU 3	SAS (7)	SEC (6)	BEL 6	VWR 6	ITT 7	TOY 4	POL 2	5th	39.5

Complete WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WDC	Points
2015	Henk Lategan	Škoda Fabia S2000	MON Ret	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR 42	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	NC	0

South African Rally-Raid Championship results

Year	Entrant	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos.	Points
2017	Ford NWM Puma Lubricants	Ford Ranger	T	LIC 5	BAT Ret	BOT Ret	HAR 12	SUN 9	ACG C				?	?
2018	Toyota Gazoo Racing SA	Toyota Hilux	FIA	MPU 610	DUN 610	KAL1 130	KAL2 Ret	BRO 130	HAR 223	GOL 223			2nd	126
2019	Toyota Gazoo Racing SA	Toyota Hilux	FIA	MPU 223	BER 130	KAL1 130	KAL2 17	BRO 130	LIC 223	PAR 130			1st	166
2020	Toyota Gazoo Racing SA	Toyota Hilux	FIA	MPU 130	SUG C	CLA C	KAL1 C	KAL2 C	BRO 130	AGR 130	PAR 223	VAA 130	1st	143
2021	Toyota Gazoo Racing SA	Toyota GR DKR Hilux	FIA	MPU	SUG 223	TGR 237	MEG1 130	MEG2 318	VRY 130	PAR 130			1st	168
2022	Toyota Gazoo Racing SA	Toyota GR DKR Hilux	T1+	MPU 130	TGR Ret	BRO 130	NAM1 130	NAM2 130	PAR1 130	PAR2 Ret			2nd	150
2023	Toyota Gazoo Racing SA	Toyota GR DKR Hilux	T1+	NKO 130	SUG 130	TGR 1911	PAR1 130	PAR2 415	REN Ret	WAT			4th	116
2024	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota Hilux IMT Evo	Ultimate	NKO Ret5	VRY 135	TGR 150	PAR 228	VAA 135	PHA 228	KEC 135			1st	216
Sources: [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]

Dakar Rally results

Year	Class	Vehicle	Position	Stages won
2021	Car	Toyota Gazoo Racing Hilux	DNF	0
2022		Toyota GR DKR Hilux	31st	2
2023		Toyota GR DKR Hilux	5th	0
2025		Toyota Hilux	2nd	2

Complete World Rally-Raid Championship results

(key)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Points
2025	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota GR DKR Hilux EVO T1U	Ultimate	DAK 255	ABU WD	ZAF 139	PRT 237	MOR 1311	3rd	142

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