Ignacio Nicolás Casale Catraccia (born 27 April 1987 in Santiago, Chile) is a four-wheeler motorcycle rider who won three times in the quad bike category of Dakar Rally.
Ignacio is the son of Francisco Casale, an off-roader competing in the Jeep Fun Race in Chile in the 1980s and 1990s, and Mónica Catracchia.
The following year he competed in the four-wheeler category and finished in fourth place, the highest ranked Chilean rider.
[2] In 2014, after 14 days and 5,000 miles of riding through the Argentinean and Chilean Andes, Bolivian salt plains and the Atacama Desert, Casale won his first Dakar victory.
The 2017 Dakar Rally saw a return to form with a runner-up finish and two stage wins in the quad category.