Overview
- Victory at the 2,400km Rally-Raid Portugal confirmed the championship with one round remaining.
- Sanders holds 113 points to Luciano Benavides' 69, an insurmountable gap before Rallye du Maroc on October 10–17.
- His 2025 sweep includes wins at Dakar, the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, the South Africa Safari Rally, and Portugal.
- He beat Tosha Schareina by three minutes 40 seconds, winning the prologue and three of five stages on a KTM 450 Rally.
- It is Sanders' first world title and KTM's first World Rally-Raid Championship, with Red Bull KTM Factory Racing leadership praising his consistency.