Four-time Dakar Rally-winning navigator Mathieu Baumel has returned to the event this year, just 11 months after a serious accident and the amputation of his right leg.<br>Baumel was on his way to Rally Monte Carlo at the beginning of 2025 when he was struck by a vehicle after stopping to help stranded motorists.<br>The crash caused such severe injuries to his right leg that it had to be ...<a class='more' href='https://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/amputated-navigator-returns-to-dakar-11-months-after-life-changing-accident/10787747/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-ALL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www'>Keep reading</a>