Defending champion and Dakar rally winner, CS Santosh aims for a title Desert Storm 2015. He represents Team Suzuki on a Suzuki RMX 450.
CS Santosh eyes a top-20 finish in 2016 Dakar Rally, having finished 36th of 168 participants in his debut rally traversing 9,000 km in 14 days. He is the first Indian to participate in Dakar, and successfully complete the rally. Having ridden a KTM bike, Santosh looks to finish in the top 20 next year, and continue improving. Alongwith Desert Storm, he has also the Raid de Himalaya. He also had two top 10 finishes at Qatar and Dubai in 2014, and was signed on by Red Bull just before Dakar 2015.