2024 BP Ultimate Rally-Raid: 169 on entry list

Fans disappointed with the entry list for the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge should be cheered up by the grid for the World Rally-Raid Championship‘s return to Europe for the inaugural BP Ultimate Rally-Raid. 169 teams, the largest field for a W2RC round outside of the Dakar Rally, comprise the provisional entry list with 87 in FIA categories, 64 for the FIM, 17 in the non-FIA National division for Portuguese Cross-Country Championship competitors, and a single Open car.a

The Ultimate class leads the way on the FIA side with 35 cars aheadra of Challenger’s 32, SSV’s 19, and the lone Stock entrant. Rally2 also has 35 for the most in FIM followed by eleven Quads and nine apiece in RallyGP and Rally3.

Many who did not race Abu Dhabi will return for Portugal, most notably Dakar champion Carlos Sainz and third-placed Sébastien Loeb, albeit in different rides from what they ran in the season opener. With Team Audi Sport shutting down their rally division weeks before the ADDC due to a lack of parts (and getting fined for it), Sainz has opted to reunite with X-raid Team and race a Mini John Cooper Works Rally Plus, with which he won the Dakar in 2020; X-raid’s manager Sven Quandt previously oversaw Audi’s operations via Q Motorsport. Despite not racing the ADDC, Sainz remains the points leader by nine over winner Nasser Al-Attiyah.

While the Prodrive Hunter is still being raced post-Dakar, Loeb has opted to drop down to the Challenger class where he will race a Taurus T3 Max for Red Bull Off-Road Junior Team. Opposite his switch, João Ferreira trades in his Can-Am SSV for a Mini and will team up with Sainz at X-raid. Ferreira is more than familiar with the Mini as he currently races it in the World and European Baja Cups, but this will be just his second time entering a W2RC event in it after his début at the 2022 Andalucía Rally. Eduard Pons is also moving from SSV to Ultimate and will race a Ford Ranger for Past-Racing.

With Pau Navarro unavailable as he focuses on the Rallye Sierra Morena, Sainz’s arrival means X-raid will still have an all-Iberian driver lineup. Vaidotas Žala, another Mini driver, returns though his car is being prepared by Unique Racing Team rather than X-raid; Unique previously did the same for his Mini début at the 2022 Baja Aragón in neighbouring Spain.

Guerlain Chicherit, leading the Toyota Hilux assault, will have Al-Attiyah’s former navigator Mathieu Baumel by his side as his usual co-driver Alex Winocq is out due to injury.

As expected for the series’ return to Europe, many teams and regulars in the FIA European Baja Cup will take part like Ghislain de Mévius and Tiago Reis, who placed second and third in the 2023 European Cup. De Mévius’ family-run GRallyTeam, led by Ultimate driver Guillaume de Mévius, will be well represented with four OT3 cars in Challenger; one of these is driven by Rui Carneiro, whose co-driver Ola Fløene finished third in the 2015 World Rally Championship with Andreas Mikkelsen.

Unique Racing Team boasts experience in the Spanish Cross-Country Rally Championship, while its Portuguese counterpart has racers in both FIA and National classes. The seventeen in the latter include five T1 cars (Ultimate in the FIA), six T3 (Challenger), three T2 (Stock), two T4 (SSV), and a T8 (another prototype-based class like T1). Gunther Hinkelmann is the only non-Portuguese National driver as the reigning T1 FIA champion in the Brazilian championship.

The Dutchman Johan Senders is racing a Toyota Hilux in the Open class as it meets neither FIA nor CPTT regulations.

While RallyGP is still scant with just nine riders, it is far more than the Hero MotoSports-only battle in Abu Dhabi as the marque renews their championship battle with Monster Energy Honda Rally Team. ADDC winner Aaron Marè, who filled in at Hero for the injured Sebastian Bühler, is not entered. The race comes on the heels of major shake-ups in the class as José Ignacio Cornejo left Honda, Toby Price departed Red Bull KTM Factory Racing amidst a dialled-down rally programme, and Hero’s Joaquim Rodrigues announced his retirement.

Rally2 championship competitors who missed Abu Dhabi but are back for Portugal include Romain Dumontier and Bradley Cox. Dakar winner Harith Noah also returns, though he is not racing for points.

The Rally3 class for enduro bikes appears at a W2RC round for the first time in 2024. Reigning FIM Bajas World Cup Veterans Trophy winner Pedro Bianchi Prata headlines the nine-rider division.

Manuel Andújar rejoins the championship after winning the Dakar in Quad then skipping the ADDC. CFMOTO Thunder Racing Team also returns, having been forced to miss the second round due to logistical snares created by the Red Sea crisis.

Seventeen riders are part of the Road to Dakar, where being the best finisher in that group will earn them free registration for the 2025 or 2026 Dakar Rally.

The rally begins on 3 April and runs through 7 April.

FIA entry list

Ultimate

Number	Driver	Co-Driver	Team	Vehicle	Class
200	Carlos Sainz	Alex Haro	X-raid Mini JCW Team	Mini John Cooper Works Rally Plus	T1+
201	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Édouard Boulanger	Nasser Racing	Prodrive Hunter	T1+
202	Guerlain Chicherit	Mathieu Baumel	Overdrive Racing	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	T1+
203	Guillaume de Mévius	Xavier Panseri	Overdrive Racing	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	T1+
204	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Timo Gottschalk	Overdrive Racing	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	T1+
205	Lucas Moraes	Armand Monleón	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota GR DKR Hilux	T1+
206	Seth Quintero	Dennis Zenz	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota GR DKR Hilux	T1+
207	Denis Krotov	Konstantin Zhiltsov	Overdrive Racing	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	T1+
208	Saood Variawa	François Cazalet	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota GR DKR Hilux	T1+
209	Cristian Baumgart	Gustavo Gugelmin	X Rally Team	Prodrive Hunter	T1+
210	Marcos Baumgart	Kleber Cincea	X Rally Team	Prodrive Hunter	T1+
211	Juan Cruz Yacopini	Daniel Oliveiras	Overdrive Racing	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	T1+
212	Aliyyah Koloc	Sébastien Delaunay	Buggyra ZM Racing	Red-Lined REVO	T1+
213	Eugenio Amos	Paolo Ceci	Overdrive Racing	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	T1+
214	João Ferreira	Filipe Palmeiro	X-raid Mini JCW Team	Mini John Cooper Works Rally Plus	T1+
215	Lionel Baud	Lucie Baud	Overdrive Racing	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	T1+
216	Vaidotas Žala*	Paulo Fiúza	Unique Racing Team	Mini John Cooper Works Rally Plus	T1+
217	Tiago Reis*	Valter Cardoso	Tiago Reis	Toyota Hilux	T1+
218	João Ramos*	Jorge Carvalho	João Ramos	Toyota Hilux	T1+
219	Alejandro Martins*	David Monteiro	Alejandro Martins	Mini John Cooper Works Rally Plus	T1+
220	Isidre Esteve*	José Maria Villalobos Valcarcel	Overdrive Racing	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	T1+
221	Eduard Pons*	Candido Carrera	Past-Racing	Ford Ranger	T1+
222	Jose Luis Garcia*	Manuel Navarro	Escudería Villa de Llanes	Mini John Cooper Works Rally	T1.1
223	Francisco Barreto*	Carlos Silva	Barata Racing Team	Toyota Hilux	T1+
224	Benoit Fretin*	Cédric Duplé	Benoit Fretin	Century CR6	T1.2
225	Magdalena Zajac*	Marcin Pasek	Proxcars TME Rally Team	Toyota Hilux	T1.1
226	Tomasz Baranowski*	Konrad Dudziński	Finarto Racing	Toyota Hilux	T1.1
227	José Rogeira*	Paulo Marques	José Rogeira	Ford Ranger	T1.1
228	Ronald Schoolderman*	Mark Salomons	4×4 Centrum Ermelo	Mitsubishi ASX	T1.1
229	Rients Hofstra*	Wouter de Graaf	Rients Hofstra	Red-Lined VK56	T1.1
230	Stefan Carmans*	Arjan van Tiel	Stefan Carmans	Red-Lined REVO	T1+
231	Rik van den Brink*	Gydo Heimans	Rik van den Brink	Mitsubishi ASX	T1.1
232	Maria Luís Gameiro*	José Marques	Maria Luís Gameiro	Mini John Cooper Works Rally Plus	T1+
233	Pim Klaassen*	Teun van Dal	DaklaPack Rallysport	Red-Lined Nissan VK50	T1.1
234	Dave Klaassen*	Tessa Rooth	DaklaPack Rallysport	Red-Lined Nissan VK56	T1.1

Challenger

Number	Driver	Co-Driver	Team	Vehicle
300	Rokas Baciuška	Oriol Vidal	Can-Am Factory Team	Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
301	Austin Jones	Oriol Mena	Can-Am Factory Team	Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
302	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Valentina Pertegarini	Wevers Sport	Taurus T3 Max
303	Marcelo Gastaldi	Carlos Sachs	BBR Motorsport	Taurus T3 Max
304	Dania Akeel	Stéphane Duplé	Wevers Sport	Taurus T3 Max
305	Ricardo Porém	Luís Marques	MMP Compétition	Taurus T3 Max
306	Mário Franco	João Serôdio	Franco Sport	Yamaha YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype
307	Sébastien Loeb*	Fabian Lurquin	Red Bull Off-Road Junior Team	Taurus T3 Max
308	Cristina Gutiérrez*	Pablo Moreno Huete	Red Bull Off-Road Junior Team	Taurus T3 Max
309	Hernán Garcés*	Juan Pablo Latrach	South Racing Can-Am	Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
310	Ghislain de Mévius*	Johan Jalet	GRallyTeam	GRally OT3
311	João Dias*	João Miranda	Santag Racing	Can-Am Maverick X3
312	Armindo Araújo*	Pedro Ré	Santag Racing	Can-Am Maverick X3
313	Alexandre Pinto*	Bernardo Oliveira	Alexandre Pinto	Can-Am Maverick X3
314	Francisco Guedes*	Joel Lutas	Francisco Guedes	Can-Am Maverick X3
315	Miguel Barbosa*	Luís Ramalho	Miguel Barbosa	Taurus T3 Max
316	Luís Portela Morais*	David Megre	GRallyTeam	GRally OT3
317	Rui Carneiro*	Ola Fløene	GRallyTeam	GRally OT3
318	William Buller*	Daniel Jordão	William Buller	Yamaha YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype
319	Hélder Rodrigues*	Gonçalo Reis	Hélder Rodrigues	Can-Am Maverick X3
320	Luís Cidade*	Pedro Mendonça	Santag Racing	Can-Am Maverick X3
321	Jordi Segura*	Sergi Brugue	FN Speed Team	Can-Am Maverick X3
322	Paulo Jorge Rodrigues*	Miguel Salvador	Paulo Jorge Rodrigues	Can-Am Maverick X3
323	Adroaldo Weisheimer*	Albert Andreotti	GRallyTeam	GRally OT3
324	Ricardo Sousa*	Jorge Brandão	Ricardo Sousa	Can-Am Maverick X3
325	Óscar Ral Verdu*	Xavier Blanco	Buggy Masters Team	Can-Am Maverick X3
326	Pedro Gonçalves*	Rui Franco	Pedro Gonçalves	Yamaha YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype
327	Sérgio Vitorino*	André Marçal Lopes	Sérgio Vitorino	Can-Am Maverick X3
328	Nuno Rogério*	Pedro Santos	Nuno Rogério	Can-Am Maverick X3
329	Marco Pereira*	Eurico Adão	Santag Racing	Can-Am Maverick X3
330	Roberto Rodriguez Gamboa*	Herman Rodriguez Gamboa	Roberto Rodriguez Gamboa	Herrador HRX-3
331	Puck Klaassen*	Augusto Sanz	Wevers Sport	Taurus T3 Max

SSV

Number	Driver	Co-Driver	Team	Vehicle
400	Yasir Seaidan	Michaël Metge	Race World Team	Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR
401	Sebastián Guayasamín	Fernando Acosta	FN Speed Team	Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR
402	Rebecca Busi	Sergio Lafuente	OnlyFans Racing	Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR
403	Ricardo Ramilo	Fausto Mota	Scuderia Ramilo	Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR
404	Claude Fournier	Serge Gounon	Claude Fournier	Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR
405	João Monteiro*	Nuno Morais	South Racing Can-Am	Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR
406	Gonçalo Guerreiro*	José Sá Pires	JB Racing	Polaris RZR Pro R
407	Alexander Josef Toril Boquoi*	Pedro Gabriel Lopez Chavez	Escudería JMP Racing	Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR
408	José Óscar Nogueira*	Arcélio Couto	José Óscar Nogueira	Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR
409	Miguel Toril Boquoi*	Rosa Romero Font	Escudería JMP Racing	Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR
410	João Paula*	Nuno Mota Ribeiro	João Paula	Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR
411	Jérémie Renou*	Antoine Sanchez	Jérémie Renou	Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR
412	José Morgado*	Gonçalo Magalhães	José Morgado	Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR
413	Filipe Manuel Aniceto Lopes*	Fábio João Simões dos Santos	Filipe Manuel Aniceto Lopes	Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR
414	Reinaldo Varela*	Felipe Bianquine	Reinaldo Varela	Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR
415	Ruben Jorge Rodrigues*	Rui Jorge Moreira Paulo	Ruben Jorge Rodrigues	Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR
416	Vitor da Silva Moutinho*	Max Delfino	Vitor da Silva Moutinho	Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR
417	Adrien Choblet*	Laurent Magat	Adrien Choblet	Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR
418	Rui Serpa*	Rui Pita	Santag Racing	Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR

Stock

Number	Driver	Co-Driver	Team	Vehicle
500	Carlos Jorge Mendes*	Rui Silva	Ultimate Adventure Team	Isuzu D-Max

FIM entry list

RallyGP

Number	Rider	Team	Bike
7	Pablo Quintanilla	Monster Energy Honda Rally Team	Honda CRF 450 Rally
9	Ricky Brabec	Monster Energy Honda Rally Team	Honda CRF 450 Rally
10	Skyler Howes	Monster Energy Honda Rally Team	Honda CRF 450 Rally
14	Sebastian Bühler	Hero MotoSports	Hero 450 Rally
15	Lorenzo Santolino*	Sherco TVS Rally Factory Team	Sherco 450 SEF Rally
30	António Maio*	Yamaha Portugal	Yamaha WR450F Rally
42	Adrien Van Beveren	Monster Energy Honda Rally Team	Honda CRF 450 Rally
46	Ross Branch	Hero MotoSports	Hero 450 Rally
68	Tosha Schareina	Monster Energy Honda Rally Team	Honda CRF 450 Rally

Rally2

Number	Rider	Team	Bike
16	Romain Dumontier	Team Dumontier Racing	Husqvarna 450 Rally Replica
18	Bradley Cox	BAS World KTM Racing Team	KTM 450 Rally Replica
20	Harith Noah*	Sherco TVS Rally Factory Team	Sherco 450 SEF Rally
26	Konrad Dąbrowski	DUUST Rally Team	KTM 450 Rally Replica
28	Mathieu Dovèze	BAS World KTM Racing Team	KTM 450 Rally Replica
32	David Casteu* #	David Casteu	KTM 450 Rally Replica
33	Jan Brabec	Strojrent Racing	KTM 450 Rally Replica
40	Bruno Santos*	Momento TT Motos	Husqvarna 450 Rally
41	Nicolas Horeaux*	Nomade Racing	KTM 450 Rally
43	Ferran Zaragoza* #	Pedrega Team	KTM 450 Rally Replica
44	Matthieu Cauvin*	Nomade Racing	KTM 450 Rally
45	Jatin Jain*	Jatin Jain	Kove 450 Rally
47	José Ramón Colomar Pallarés*	Joyride Race Service	KTM 450 Rally Replica
48	Joan Viñals Jul*	Joyride Race Service	KTM 450 Rally Replica
49	Rémy Moreau*	Nomade Racing	KTM 450 Rally Replica
52	Marshall Méplon* #	Marshall Méplon	KTM 450 Rally Replica
53	Adriá Pascuet Compte* #	Joyride Race Service	KTM 450 Rally Replica
54	Dwain Barnard* #	Nomade Racing	KTM 450 Rally
55	Carlos Lopez Belloso* #	Pedrega Team	Fantic XEF Rally 450
56	Paul Costes*	Nomade Racing	Husqvarna 450 Rally Replica
57	Adrien Costes*	Nomade Racing	KTM 450 Rally Replica
58	Christopher Jautard* #	Nomade Racing	KTM 450 Rally Replica
59	Pedro Pinheiro* #	Pedro Pinheiro	Husqvarna 450 Rally
60	Sergio Fernandez Garcia* #	Pedrega Team	Husqvarna 450 Rally
61	Vaughn Roux*	BAS World KTM Racing Team	KTM 450 Rally Replica
62	Alexandre Vaudan* #	Alexandre Vaudan	KTM 450 Rally Replica
63	Jeremías Pascual* #	Pedrega Team	Husqvarna 450 Rally Replica
64	Romain Souvignet* #	Romain Souvignet	KTM 450 Rally
65	Josep Pedró Subirats*	Pedrega Team	GasGas RX 450F Replica
69	Edgar Canet Ardèvol*	Edgar Canet Ardèvol	KTM 450 Rally Replica
71	Jorge Escobedo*	Pedrega Team	Husqvarna FR 450 Rally
76	Jean-Loup Lepan	DUUST Rally Team	KTM 450 Rally Replica
84	Martim Ventura* #	Martim Ventura	KTM 450 Rally
127	Ronald Venter*	Ronald Venter	KTM 450 Rally
129	Sébastien Herbet #	Sébastien Herbet	Husqvarna 450 Rally

Rally3

Number	Rider	Team	Bike
50	Gonçalo Amaral	Wingmotor Honda	Honda CRF450RX
51	Salvador Amaral	Wingmotor Honda	Honda CRF450RX
67	John Medina Salazar	Xraids Experience	KTM 450 EXC-F
72	Richárd Hodola	Richárd Hodola	KTM 450 EXC-F
73	José Flores García	José Flores García	Beta RR 4T 430
77	Pedro Bianchi Prata	Pedro Bianchi Prata	Honda CRF450RX
78	Francisco España	Francisco España	Honda CRF450RX
79	Gustavo Milutín	Max Clean Rally Team	Honda CRF450RX
80	Rafic Eid	Rafic Eid	RedMoto 450RX

Quad

Number	Rider	Team	Quad
171	Juraj Varga	Varga Motorsport	Yamaha Raptor 700
174	Manuel Andújar	7240 Team	Yamaha Raptor 700
175	Antanas Kanopkinas	CFMOTO Thunder Racing Team	CFMOTO CFORCE 1000
176	Gaëtan Martinez	CFMOTO Thunder Racing Team	CFMOTO CFORCE 1000
177	Kamil Wiśniewski	ORLEN Team	Yamaha Raptor 700
178	Mikołaj Krysik*	Martin Rally Team	Yamaha Raptor 700
179	Hani Al-Noumesi	Hani Al-Noumesi	Yamaha Raptor 700
180	Ayelén Bogado* #	Ayelén Bogado	Yamaha Raptor 700
181	Alberto Prieto Ruiz* #	Alberto Prieto Ruiz	Polaris Scrambler 850
182	Suany Martinez	Suany Martinez	Polaris Scrambler 850
193	Marcin Wilkołek #	Marcin Wilkołek	Yamaha Raptor 700

Open entry list

Number	Driver	Co-Driver	Team	Vehicle
700	Johan Senders*	Kala Senders	Johan Senders	Toyota Hilux

National entry list

Number	Driver	Co-Driver	Team	Vehicle	Class
701	Lino Carapeta*	Fábio Carapeta	Lino Carapeta	Ford Ranger	T1
702	João Lourenço*	Nuno Sousa	João Lourenço	Mitsubishi Racing Lancer	T1
703	Edgar Condesso*	Nuno Silva	Team Consilcar	Ford MO ERX05 PROTO	T1
704	Nuno Madeira*	José Janela	Nuno Madeira	Ford Ranger	T1
705	Sérgio Matos*	Sébastião Domingues	Sérgio Matos	Toyota Hilux	T1
706	Bernardo Sousa*	Hugo Magalhães	Benimoto Racing	Can-Am Maverick X3	T3
707	Daniel Silva*	Hugo Lopes	Daniel Silva	Can-Am Maverick X3	T3
708	Filipe Cameirinha*	Jérémy Dubois	Benimoto Racing	Can-Am Maverick X3	T3
709	Nelson Beiró*	Ricardo Brito	Nelson Beiró	Can-Am Maverick X3	T3
710	Nuno Faria*	João Martins	Benimoto Racing	Can-Am Maverick X3	T3
711	Gunther Hinkelmann*	Maykel Justo	South Racing Can-Am	Can-Am Maverick X3	T3
712	João Carvalho*	António Carvalho	Santag Racing	Can-Am Maverick X3	T4
713	Ricardo Oliveiro*	Pedro Cação	Benimoto Racing	Can-Am Maverick X3	T4
714	Tomás Gameiro*	António Saraiva	Tomás Gameiro	Toyota Land Cruiser 200	T2
715	Eduardo Rodrigues*	António Nunes	Eduardo Rodrigues	Toyota Land Cruiser 200	T2
716	Francisco Dias*	Gonçalo Cunha	Francisco Dias	Nissan Pick-Up	T2
717	Joel Marrazes*	José Motaco	Joel Marrazes	Nissan Navara	T8