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2024 Dakar Rally: 199 on FIA entry list

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A near two centuries of cars, side-by-side vehicles, and trucks will race the 2024 Dakar Rally when it begins on 5 January, and under a new identity.

Shortly after the 2023 World Rally-Raid Championship concluded, the FIA announced all five categories will receive new names that deviate from their traditional numbering system. This change, after a surprisingly painstaking process, was intended to provide more clarity on what each category entails.

Of the 199 FIA entries, seventy are in the top-level Ultimate class. While its T1 name has been dropped, the convention remains for subcategories. There are forty T1+ entries, the top subclass for upgraded prototype cars, while its electric counterpart T1.U is represented by the trio of Team Audi Sport. Silvio Totani and Magdalena Zajac comprise the two T1.1 4×4 cars, significantly outnumbered by their twenty-five 4×2 counterparts in T1.2. Nasser Al-Attiyah, the twice reigning victor, will try to carry his momentum into his new ride at Prodrive.

Team Land Cruiser Toyota Auto Body, who has won the Stock (T2) class every year since 2014, will try to make it eleven in a row. Ibrahim Almuhna, the FIA Middle East Cup for Cross-Country Bajas champion in T2, will try to spoil the party after retiring from the 2023 edition. Ronald Basso is the defending winner.

Forty-three upgraded SSVs are in the Challenger (T3) class, where Rokas Baciuška and Eryk Goczał have moved up a class from T4. Goczał won the 2023 Dakar Rally in T4 ahead of Baciuška, who claimed the W2RC. Cristina Gutiérrez, although still a Red Bull driver, is now part of the American Red Bull Off-Road Junior Team despite being a Spaniard as she transitions from Can-Am to the Taurus T3 Max. T3 champion Seth Quintero has moved up to Ultimate, while Austin Jones seeks to score his second consecutive Dakar in Challenger.

The thirty-six-person production SSV class, formerly T4, is headlined by former T3 driver João Ferreira, a friend of The Checkered Flag who won in his T4 début in Morocco. He is among five South Racing entries in the category alongside Sara Price, who also spoke with TCF after punching her ticket to Dakar.

There are forty-seven trucks in the, well, Truck class formerly dubbed T5. With Russian powerhouse KAMAZ-master still not allowed to race, Janus van Kasteren will try to defend his Dakar win against the likes of Martin Macík Jr. and Aleš Loprais. Thirty-four trucks are T5.1 while the other thirteen are service trucks in T5.2 that support teams in the other categories.

2024 Dakar Rally FIA entry list

Ultimate (T1)

NumberDriverCo-DriverTeamVehicleClass
200Nasser Al-AttiyahMathieu BaumelNasser RacingProdrive HunterT1+
201Yazeed Al-RajhiTimo GottschalkOverdrive RacingToyota Hilux OverdriveT1+
202Stéphane PeterhanselÉdouard BoulangerTeam Audi SportAudi RS Q e-tron E2T1.U
203Sébastien LoebFabian LurquinBahrain Raid XtremeProdrive HunterT1+
204Carlos SainzLucas CruzTeam Audi SportAudi RS Q e-tron E2T1.U
205Juan Cruz YacopiniDaniel OliveirasOverdrive RacingToyota Hilux OverdriveT1+
206Lucas MoraesArmand MonleónToyota Gazoo RacingToyota GR DKR HiluxT1+
207Mattias EkströmEmil BergkvistTeam Audi SportAudi RS Q e-tron E2T1.U
208Martin ProkopViktor ChytkaORLEN Jipocar TeamFord RaptorT1+
209Giniel de VilliersDennis MurphyToyota Gazoo RacingToyota GR DKR HiluxT1+
210Nani RomaAlex Haro BravoFord M-SportFord RangerT1+
211Guerlain ChicheritAlex WinocqOverdrive RacingToyota Hilux OverdriveT1+
212Mathieu SerradoriLoïc MinaudierSerradori Racing TeamCentury CR6-TT1.2
214Vaidotas ŽalaPaulo FiuzaX-raid Arijus TeamMini John Cooper Works Rally PlusT1+
215Denis KrotovKonstantin ZhiltsovOverdrive RacingToyota Hilux OverdriveT1+
216Seth QuinteroDennis ZenzToyota Gazoo RacingToyota GR DKR HiluxT1+
217Krzysztof HołowczycŁukasz KurzejaX-raid Mini JCW TeamMini John Cooper Works Rally PlusT1+
218Wei HanLi MaHanWei MotorsportRed-Lined HW2024T1+
219Brian BaragwanathLeonard CremerCentury RacingCentury CR7-TT1+
220Christian LavieilleValentin SarreaudMD Rallye SportMD OptimusT1.2
221Guillaume de MéviusXavier PanseriOverdrive RacingToyota Hilux OverdriveT1+
222Simon VitseFrédéric LefebvreMD Rallye SportMD OptimusT1.2
223Benediktas VanagasKuldar SikkToyota Gazoo Racing BalticsToyota GR DKR HiluxT1+
225Gareth WoolridgeBoyd DreyerFord M-SportFord RangerT1+
226Saood VariawaFrançois CazaletToyota Gazoo RacingToyota GR DKR HiluxT1+
227Eugenio AmosPaolo CeciOverdrive RacingToyota Hilux OverdriveT1+
228Jérôme PélichetPascal LarroqueRaidLynxMD OptimusT1.2
229Lionel BaudLucie BaudOverdrive RacingToyota Hilux OverdriveT1+
230Pau NavarroGonçalo ReisX-raid Mini JCW TeamMini John Cooper Works Rally PlusT1+
231Romain DumasMax DelfinoRebellion RacingToyota GR DKR HiluxT1+
232Pascal ThomasseArnold BrucyMD Rallye SportMD OptimusT1.2
234Jean-Rémy BergounheLionel CostesMD Rallye SportMD OptimusT1.2
235Isidre EsteveJosé Maria Villalobos ValcarcelRepsol Toyota Rally TeamToyota Hilux OverdriveT1+
236Ronan ChabotGilles PillotOverdrive RacingToyota Hilux OverdriveT1+
237Tim CoronelTom CoronelCoronel Dakar TeamCentury CR7-TT1.2
238Laia SanzMaurizio GeriniAstara TeamAstara 02 ConceptT1.2
239Aliyyah KolocSébastien DelaunayBuggyra ZM RacingRed-Lined REVOT1+
240Vladas JurkevičiusAisvydas PaliukėnasAtlantis RacingToyota GR DKR HiluxT1+
241Jean-Luc CeccaldiThomas GaidellaJLC RacingMD OptimusT1.2
242Marcos BaumgartKleber CinceaX Rally TeamProdrive HunterT1+
243Guy BotterillBrett CummingsToyota Gazoo RacingToyota GR DKR HiluxT1+
244Jean-Pierre StrugoChristophe CrespoMD Rallye SportMD OptimusT1.2
245Cristian BaumgartAlberto AndreottiX Rally TeamProdrive HunterT1+
246Frédéric ChesneauLionel RomaninSkybox Rally-RaidCentury CR6T1.2
247Michel KremerThomas de BoisCoronel Dakar TeamCentury CR6T1.2
248Tomáš OuředníčekDavid KřípalToyota Gazoo Racing CzechToyota GR DKR HiluxT1+
249Feilong LiuWang YichengYunXiang RacingProdrive HunterT1+
250Urvo MännamaRisto LepikRally Raid EstoniaCentury CR7-TT1+
251Alexandre PesciStephan KuhniRebellion RacingToyota GR DKR HiluxT1+
252Ping SunMin LiaoYunXiang RacingProdrive HunterT1+
253Philippe BoutronFranck MaldonadoSodicars RacingSodicars BV2T1.2
254Zi YungangHong Yu PanYunXiang RacingProdrive HunterT1+
255Dominique HousieauxDelphine DelfinoSerradori Racing TeamCentury CR6T1.2
256Xiangyan SunYu TianHanWei MotorsportSMG HW2023T1.2
257François CousinStéphane CousinCompagnie des DunesMD OptimusT1.2
258Hennie de KlerkJuan MöhrTreasuryONE MotorsportWCT Toyota HiluxT1+
259Gintas PetrusJose MarquesPetrus RacingMD OptimusT1.2
260Andrea SchiumariniAndrea SucciTH-Trucks TeamCentury CR6T1.2
261Benoit FretinCédric DupleYDEO CompetitionCentury CR6T1.2
262Patricia Pita GagoPaolo BoggioniAstara TeamAstara 02 ConceptT1.2
264Maik WillemsRobert Van PeltBastion Hotels Dakar TeamToyota HiluxT1+
266Cedric GoumazPascal DelacourMD Rallye SportMD OptimusT1.2
267Jérôme CambierPhilippe GosselinMD Rallye SportMD OptimusT1.2
268Stefan CarmansAntonius van TielCSA RacingRed-Lined REVOT1+
269Antoine DelaporteYoann FrançoisOff Road ConceptConstant LCR 30T1.2
270Patrice ÉtienneAntoine SanchezYDEO CompetitionCentury CR6T1.2
271Silvio TotaniTito TotaniMotortechnica Racing TeamNissan PatrolT1.1
272Jean-Philippe BeziatVincent AlbiraMD Rallye SportMD OptimusT1.2
273Karel TrnenyMichal ErnstWorkoutland ACCR Czech TeamFord F-150 EvoT1+
274Magdalena ZajacJacek CzachorProxcars TME Rally TeamToyota HiluxT1.1

Stock (T2)

NumberDriverCo-DriverTeamVehicle
500Akira MiuraMayeul BarbetTeam Land Cruiser Toyota Auto BodyToyota Land Cruiser 300 GR Sport
501Ronald BassoJean-Michel PolatoTeam Land Cruiser Toyota Auto BodyToyota Land Cruiser 300 GR Sport
502Ibrahim AlmuhnaFaisal AlsuwayhIbrahim AlmuhnaNissan Patrol

Challenger (T3)

NumberDriverCo-DriverTeamVehicle
300Rokas BaciuškaOriol VidalRed Bull Can-Am Factory RacingCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
301Francisco Lopéz ContardoJuan Pablo LatrachRed Bull Can-Am Factory RacingCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
302Eryk GoczałOriol MenaEnergyLandia Rally TeamMCE-5 Taurus T3 Max
303Mitch GuthrieKellon WalchRed Bull Off-Road Junior TeamMCE-5 Taurus T3 Max
304Marek GoczałMaciej MartonEnergyLandia Rally TeamMCE-5 Taurus T3 Max
305Austin JonesGustavo GugelminRed Bull Off-Road Junior TeamCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
306Cristina GutiérrezPablo Moreno HueteRed Bull Off-Road Junior TeamMCE-5 Taurus T3 Max
308David ZilleSebastian CesanaSouth Racing Can-AmCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
309Ignacio CasaleÁlvaro LeonX-raid Yamaha Supported TeamYamaha YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype
310Michał GoczałSzymon GospodarczykEnergyLandia Rally TeamMCE-5 Taurus T3 Max
311Saleh Al-SaifNasser Al-KuwariDark Horse TeamGRally OT3
312Nicolás CavigliassoValentina PertegariniWevers SportMCE-5 Taurus T3 Max
314Kees KoolenWouter RosegaarGRallyTeamGRally OT3
315Ricardo PorémAugusto SanzMMP CompétitionMMP Can-Am T3
317Mário FrancoDaniel JordãoFranco SportYamaha YXZ1000R
318Marcelo GastaldiCarlos SachsBBR MotorsportMCE-5 Taurus T3 Max
321Annett QuandtAnnie SeelX-raid Yamaha Supported TeamYamaha YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype
322Claudie TangheKevin TangheGRallyTeamGRally OT3
324Pedro Peñate MuñozRosa Romero FontTH-Trucks TeamCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
325Xavier FojAntonio AnguloFoj MotorsportORYX T3
326Glenn BrinkmanDale MoscattPH SportPH Sport Zephyr
327Christophe CrespJean BrucyMMP CompétitionMMP Can-Am T3
329Dania AkeelStéphane DupleWevers SportMCE-5 Taurus T3 Max
330Jordi SeguraSergi BruguéFN Speed TeamCan-Am Maverick X3
331Khalid AljaflaAndrei RudnitskiAljafla RacingToyota Hilux Emirates
332Javier VélezGaston Ariel MattaruccoFN Speed TeamCan-Am Maverick X3
333Benjamin LattardPatrick JimbertMMP CompétitionMMP Can-Am T3
334Pál LónyaiFilippo IppolitoX-raid Yamaha Supported TeamYamaha YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype
335Mashael Al-ObaidanRémi BoulangerTeam MashaelCan-Am Maverick X3
336Paul SpieringsJan Pieter van der SteltDakar Team Spierings RaceArtCan-Am Maverick X3
337João MonteiroNuno MoraisSouth Racing Can-AmCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
338Oscar Santos PeraltaLourival RoldanSouth Racing Can-AmCan-Am Maverick X3
339Gert-Jan Van Der ValkBranco de LangeArcane RacingArcane T3
340Oscar Ral VerduXavier BlancoBuggy Masters TeamCan-Am Maverick X3
343Gunter HinkelmannFabrizio BianchiniBBR MotorsportMCE-5 Taurus T3 Max
345Freddy FastAlexander TorilSouth Racing Can-AmCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
346Manuel Plaza PérezMarta Plaza VázquezSodicars RacingCan-Am Maverick X3
347Lukas LaudaStefan HenkenSouth Racing Can-AmCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
349Antonio Garcia ComaAran Sol I JuanolaASM MotorsportORYX T3
350Roger GrouwelsRonald van NederpeltDakar Team Spierings RaceArtCan-Am Maverick X3
351Edwin OpsteltenHenny van KouwenGaia MotorsportsCan-Am Maverick X3
352Alexander PetersWouter de GraaffArcane RacingArcane T3
369Jeffrey OttenOlaf HarmsenGaia MotorsportsCan-Am Maverick X3

SSV (T4)

NumberDriverCo-DriverTeamVehicle
400João FerreiraFilipe PalmeiroSouth Racing Can-AmCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
401Shinsuke UmedaMaurizio DominellaXtremeplusPolaris RZR Pro R
402Gerard FarrésDiego Ortega GilSouth Racing Can-AmCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
404Claude FournierSerge GounonBBR MotorsportCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
405Florent VayssadeNicolas ReySébastien Loeb RacingPolaris RZR Pro R
406Rebecca BusiSergio LafuenteFN Speed TeamCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
407Eduard PonsJaume BetriuSouth Racing Can-AmCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
408Yasir SeaidanAdrien MetgeMMP CompétitionCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
409Sebastián GuayasamínFernando Matias AcostaFN Speed TeamCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
410Michele CinottoAlberto BertoldiXtremeplusPolaris RZR Pro R
411Xavier de SoultraitMartin BonnetSébastien Loeb RacingPolaris RZR Pro R
412Juan Miguel MederoJavier Ventaja CruzSodicars RacingCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
414Cristiano de Sousa BatistaFausto MotaSouth Racing Can-AmCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
415Jorge WaghenführHumberto RibeiroXtremeplusPolaris RZR Pro R
416Rodrigo VarelaEnio Bozzano Jr.BBR MotorsportCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
419Sara PriceJeremy GraySouth Racing Can-AmCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
420Jérôme de SadeleerMichael MetgeMMP CompétitionCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
421Eric CroqueloisAnthony PesDrag’on Rally TeamCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
424Benoit LepietreBenoit BonnefoiTeam BTRCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
425Jeremie RenouNicolas LarroquetYDEO CompetitionCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
426Emilija GelažninkienėArūnas GelažninkasRentway Dakar TeamCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
427Sander DerikxRuud VollebregtQFF RacingCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
428William GrarreJulien VincentTeam Horizon Off-RoadCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
429Christine GZRicardo TorlaschiFN Speed TeamCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
430Grzegorz BrochockiGrzegorz KomarOverlimitCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
431Jose VidañaDani Camara OrdoñezPedrega TeamCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
432Maha Al-HamaliMarcin PasekRX TeamCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
433Jan-Willem van MourikEduard HillebrandPSR Racing ServiceCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
434Domingo RománOscar Bravo GarciaTH-Trucks TeamPolaris RZR Pro R
435Ricardo RamiloArnau LledóScuderia Ramilo RodamotoCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
436Daniel Gonzalez ReinaJorge Hernandez CalvaTH-Trucks TeamPolaris RZR Pro R
437Martijn van den BroekJan-Paul van der PoelVan Ham RacingCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
438Juan FontJosep CorominaScuderia Ramilo RodamotoCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
440André ThewessenDmytro TsyroATS RallyCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
441Rafa Muñoz CámaraJose Mata RubiejoPedrega TeamCan-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
442Enrico GaspariAku Facundo JatonTH-Trucks TeamPolaris RZR Pro R

Truck (T5)

NumberDriverCo-DriverMechanicTeamVehicleClass
600Janus van KasterenDarek RodewaldMarcel SnijdesBoss Machinery Team de RooyIVECO PowerStarT5.1
601Martin Macík Jr.František TomášekDavid ŠvandaMM TechnologyIVECO PowerStarT5.1
602Aleš LopraisJaroslav Valtr Jr.Jiří StrossInstaForex Loprais Praga TeamPraga V4S DKRT5.1
603Mitchel van den BrinkJarno van de PolMoisès TorrallardonaEurol Rally SportTatraT5.1
604Jaroslav ValtrRene KilianDavid KilianTatra Buggyra ZM RacingTatra PhoenixT5.1
605Martin ŠoltysTomáš ŠikolaPetr SchweinerTatra Buggyra ZM RacingTatra Buggyra Evo3T5.1
606Martin van den BrinkRijk MouwJan van der VaetEurol Rally SportIVECO T-WayT5.1
607Richard de GrootJan HulseboschMartijn Johannes Martinus van RooijFiremen DakarteamIVECO PowerStarT5.1
608Victor VersteijnenAndre van der SandeTeun van DalVerteijnen Truck RacingIVECO PowerStarT5.1
609Teruhito SugawaraHirokazu SomemiyaYuji MochizukiHino Team SugawaraHino 600T5.1
610Claudio BellinaBruno GottiMarco ArnolettiMM TechnologyIVECO PowerStarT5.1
611Gerrit ZuurmondTjeerd van BallegooyKlaas KwakkelRainbow Truck TeamMAN TGAT5.1
613Vaidotas PaškevičiusGytis GaspariūnasAlbert VeliamovicFesh Fesh TeamTatra JamalT5.1
614Pascal de BaarGiso VerschoorPhilipp RettigTeam Boucou AssistanceMAN 4×4T5.2
615Gert HuzinkMartin RoesinkRob BuursenJongbloed Dakar TeamRenault C460 HybridT5.1
616Igor BouwensSyndiely WadeUlrich BoerboomGregoor Racing TeamIVECO T-WayT5.1
617Ben de GrootGovert BoogaardAd HofmansDe Groot SportIVECO PowerStarT5.1
618Anja Van LoonMarije van EttekovenFloor MatenLadies Team de RooyIVECO PowerStarT5.1
619Albert LloveraMargot LloberaMarc TorresFesh Fesh TeamFord CargoT5.1
620William de GrootTom BrekelmansJos van der PasDe Groot SportIVECO PowerStarT5.1
622Michiel BecxWulfert van GinkelEdwin KuijpersBecx Team de RooyIVECO PowerStarT5.1
623Pep SabatéPol TibauJordi Montaner BusquetsTibau Team (Bahrain Raid Xtreme)IVECO 4×4 DRNLT5.1
624Steven RotsaertBenny RaesLins DidierRTS Racing (Overdrive Racing)MAN TGS XT5.1
625Alberto HerreroSusana Hernando InesMario RodríguezTH-Trucks TeamScania 4×4T5.1
626Daniel StiblikLukáš KvasnicaJiří TomecTatra Buggyra ZM RacingTatra PhoenixT5.1
627Philippe PedechePhilippe PerryGuillaume ManelpheTeam Boucou AssistanceDAF 75 CFT5.1
628Gianandrea PellegrinelliGiulio MinelliCarlo GaldiniMM TechnologyIVECO PowerStarT5.1
629Michael BaumannPhilipp BeierSebastian LindnerQ Motorsport TeamMAN TGAT5.1
630Dave BerghmansSam KoopmannBob GeensOverdrive RacingIVECO TrakkerT5.1
631Jordi EsteveFrancisco José Pardo BenitoRaul Arteaga RodriguezTibau Team (X Rally Team)DAFT5.1
632Sébastien FargeasJean-François CazèresNicolas FallouxTeam Boucou AssistanceIVECO TrakkerT5.1
633Tariq Al-RammahSamir BenbekhtiJohn CockburnSTA CompetitionVolvoT5.1
634Thomas RobineauSylvain LalicheJérémie GimbreTeam Land Cruiser Toyota Auto BodyRenault TGA11T5.2
635Michal ValtrJaroslav MiškolciRadim KaplanekValtr Racing TeamIVECO PowerStarT5.1
636Cesare RicklerAldo de LorenzoDario de LorenzoTH-Trucks TeamMAN TGST5.2
637Miklós KovácsPéter CzeglédiLaszlo AcsQualisport RacingScania Qualisport HyenaT5.1
638Didier MonseuCharly GotlibEdouard FraipontBahrain Raid XtremeMAN TGA 2.480 6×6T5.2
639Manuel BorreroEmilio Fiz del TesoJuan Francisco Silva PiñeiroTibau Team (YunXiang Racing)MAN TGST5.2
640Norbert SzalaiFrédéric BecartPavel FaskoTeam SSPMAN TGST5.2
641Zsolt DarazsiPierre CalmonTibor LenerTeam SSPMAN TGAT5.2
642Alberto RomeroAlejandro MozuelosGustavo Ibas PerezTH-Trucks Team (Sodicars Racing)DAF 85 CFT5.2
643Dusan RandysekVictror BouchwalderLaurent LalanneTeam SSPMAN TGAT5.2
644Francesc Ester FernandezJavier JacosteJosé María FontdevilaTH-Trucks TeamMAN TGAT5.2
645Marco PianaPaco FernandezDavid GiovannettiXtremeplusGINAFT5.2
646Jérémie DemartyArmando LoureiroEric SimoninTeam Boucou AssistanceMAN TGAT5.2
648Dave IngelsJohannes SchotanusQ Motorsport TeamMAN TGAT5.1
651Ahmed BenbekhtiBruno SeilletMickael FauvelSTA Competition (Rebellion Racing)MAN TGA 480 4×4T5.2
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