For the first time since the inaugural season in 2022, the World Rally-Raid Championship raced in Europe as the inaugural BP Ultimate Rally-Raid took the series from Portugal to Spain and back.
Missed any of our daily stories? We’ve got you covered below.
Pre-race stories
- 9 June 2023: W2RC to add Iberian round in 2024
- 9 October 2023: Road to Dakar returns for 2024
- 29 December 2023: BP Ultimate Rally Raid to run through Alentejo, Ribatejo, Extremadura
- 26 January: TCF‘s 2024 Dakar Rally newsroom
- 5 March: TCF‘s Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge newsroom
- 7 March: 1,827 kilometres from Portugal to Spain and back
- 19 March: Mathieu Baumel joins Guerlain Chicherit for Portugal
- 19 March: Toby Price, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing part ways
- 20 March: Funding woes prevent Sara Price from racing rest of W2RC, to return in Morocco
- 20 March: José Ignacio Cornejo departs Monster Energy Honda
- 21 March: ParaBaja Step by Step celebrating 10-year anniversary by supporting full CERTT, W2RC
- 23 March: João Ferreira to race Mini at BP Ultimate Rally-Raid
- 23 March: Joaquim Rodrigues stepping away from racing
- 26 March: 169 on entry list
- 2 April: Sponsor obligations sideline Ricky Brabec
- 2 April: Andreas Hölzl: Budget, media factor into KTM’s W2RC absence
- 3 April: ASO pulls plug on Quads for 2025 Dakar Rally
Mid-race stories
Stage winners
| Stage | Date | Overall Cars Winner | Overall Bikes Winner | Recap |
| Prologue | 3 April | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Tosha Schareina | Recap |
| Stage #1 | 3 April | Guerlain Chicherit | Tosha Schareina | Recap |
| Stage #2 | 4 April | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Sebastian Bühler | Recap |
| Stage #3 | 5 April | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Tosha Schareina | Recap |
| Stage #4 | 6 April | Yazeed Al-Rajhi | António Maio* | Recap |
| Stage #5 | 7 April | Lucas Moraes | Adrien Van Beveren | Recap |
Overall winners
| Class | Number | Competitor | Team | Time | Recap |
| Ultimate | 201 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Nasser Racing | 10:02:57 | Recap |
| Challenger | 300 | Rokas Baciuška | Can-Am Factory Team | 10:23:30 | Recap |
| SSV | 405 | João Monteiro* | South Racing Can-Am | 10:50:31 | Recap |
| Stock | 500 | Carlos Jorge Mendes* | Carlos Jorge Mendes | 21:37:32 | Recap |
| RallyGP | 68 | Tosha Schareina | Monster Energy Honda Rally Team | 10:01:15 | Recap |
| Rally2 | 40 | Bruno Santos* | Momento TT Motos | 10:11:42 | Recap |
| Junior Trophy | 69 | Edgar Canet* | Xraids Experience | 10:38:23 | Recap |
| Veteran Trophy | 32 | David Casteu* | David Casteu | 11:16:15 | Recap |
| Rally3 | 50 | Gonçalo Amaral* | Gonçalo Amaral | 11:13:57 | Recap |
| Quad | 177 | Kamil Wiśniewski | ORLEN Team | 12:05:22 | Recap |
| Open | 700 | Johan Senders* | Johan Senders | 11:59:20 | Recap |
| National | 706 | Bernardo Sousa* # | Benimoto Racing | 3:11:51 | Recap |
