Rosberg X Racing claims second Extreme E title
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Rosberg X Racing survived a chaotic Copper X Prix Grand Final to win their second Extreme E championship.
With all the wars going on around the world, the 2024 Dakar Rally has taken steps to show solidarity by not letting anyone place their country’s flags next to their names on their vehicles.
2008 FIM Cross-Country champion Oscar Polli and Silvayn Espinasse will race Tacita’s Discanto electric bikes in the 2024 Dakar Rally’s Mission 1000.
Due to scheduling conflicts, Zdeněk Tůma and BARTH Racing will not race the Dakar Rally in 2024.
Stéphan Bosteels, one of the original competitors of the Paris–Dakar Rally in 1979 whose family was a regular during its first decade, passed last Sunday at the age of 91.
Chinese electric bike manufacturer Arctic Leopard will be represented by a trio of Willy Jobard, Su Wenmin, and Jack Cai at the 2024 Dakar Rally.
Jason McNeil had the most total points of all drivers to claim the 50th SCORE International World Desert Championship outright, while Bryce Menzies headlines the list in Trophy Truck.
Bruno Santos was supposed to make his Dakar Rally début two years ago but couldn’t due to injury. He finally gets his chance in 2024.
The NASCAR Cup Series will have a lucrative TV deal from 2025 to 2031 that retains FOX and NBC, brings back TNT, and adds Amazon Prime Video and Bleacher Report.
Due to funding and other matters, Lithuanians Agnė Telyčėnaitė, Sandra Rimkė, and Aistė Perminaitė will not race the 2024 Dakar Rally. Their teams were originally going to compete in the SSV class.
Martin Šoltys, Tomáš Šikola, and Petr Schweiner will race the upgraded Tatra Buggyra Evo3 truck at the 2024 Dakar Rally for Tatra Buggyra ZM Racing.
Audi will seek to rebound from their disastrous 2023 Dakar Rally with a revamped RS Q e-tron that focuses on reliability.
After racing the 2023 Dakar Rally in the T3 class, Joan Font will head to the former T4 category (now SSV) for 2024, racing for Scuderia Ramilo Rodamoto.
Wei Han and HanWei Motorsport Team will move up from T1.2 as part of a deal with T1.1 team Red-Lined Motorsport to create a new T1+ car, which they will début at the 2024 Dakar Rally.
Ford now has its own “all-star” car in the form of RFK Racing’s Stage 60, which will run its first race at the Daytona 500 with David Ragan.
The 2024 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge will introduce a second bivouac in Liwa alongside the usual in Al Dhannah. The race will span 2,250 kilometres with 1,450 in Selective Sections
Christine GZ has returned to her post as Extreme E’s female Championship Driver for the 2023 season-ending Copper X Prix.
