ParaBaja Step by Step, a class for racers with disabilities, will appear at all six Spanish Cross-Country Rally Championship races in 2024 as well as the World Rally-Raid Championship’s Portugal round.
After six years together, José Ignacio Cornejo and Monster Energy Honda Rally Team have parted ways. Cornejo says he has already found a new team for the rest of 2024.
Although Sara Price is signed up for the World Rally-Raid Championship, a lack of sponsorship is keeping her from continuing the season. Her next race will be the finale in Morocco.
Belgian Federal Police Special Units member Jonathan Savel, who raced the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge with the goal of making the 2025 Dakar Rally, died in a shootout on Monday. He was 36.
With Alex Winocq still nursing his injury, Guerlain Chicherit will reunite with Nasser Al-Attiyah’s former co-driver Mathieu Baumel for the BP Ultimate Rally-Raid.
After ten years and two Dakar Rally wins, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing opted not to renew Toby Price’s contract following the 2024 Dakar in January. His focus for the rest of the year will be on SCORE.
The 2024 Desafío Ruta 40 will span 2,085 km in Selective Sections with 3,213 km total including liaisons. Córdoba will serve as the race’s main hub and host the start and end.
The inaugural BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal begins in in Grândola, which will serve as the race’s main hub, save for a stage in the neighbouring Spanish city of Badajoz.
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Konrad Dąbrowski was less than 5 minutes shy of being the best bike at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, but that was more than enough to win the Rally2 overall.
Abdulaziz Ahli has never lost the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge in the Quad category since 2021, and the streak continued for a fourth consecutive year in 2024.
Mansour Al-Helei entered the final day of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge leading Yasir Seaidan by just 1:12, and sealed the deal en route to the win on his home turf.
2024 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge: Austin Jones holds off Baciuska in Can-Am Challenger 1–2
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Rokas Baciuška had an oddly impressive streak of finishing 2nd in Challenger in 4 straight stages in Abu Dhabi, but that wasn’t enough to catch Austin Jones.
Team-mates Aaron Marè and Ross Branch were the only entrants in RallyGP at Abu Dhabi as Marè scored Hero MotoSports’ first World Rally-Raid Championship win in relief duty.
After crashing out of the 2023 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge while leading, Nasser Al-Attiyah returned with a vengeance en route to Prodrive’s third World Rally-Raid Championship overall win.
Despite their rivals’ best efforts, every class leader entering the fifth and final day in Abu Dhabi walked away with the overall win.
Rally raiders will need to step up their game even more as the final Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge picture continues to crystallise, with every FIA class and Rally2 still up for grabs.