Although the Sonora Rally is no longer part of the World Rally-Raid Championship, racers will still be gunning for free registration to the 2025 Dakar Rally if they dominate on 21–25 October.
Despite winning the Dakar Rally and being signed up for the 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship, Team Audi Sport will not run the rest of the season due to parts shortages.
Following a disappointing 2024 Dakar Rally, Nasser Al-Attiyah has parted ways with longtime navigator Mathieu Baumel after a decade together with 3 Dakars and 2 World Rally-Raid Championships.
Dakar Rally veteran Jimmy Lewis, who runs an off-road bike racing school, hopes to help those running the Mexican 1000 and NORRA 500 refine their rally raid skills as NORRA’s new motorcycle race director.
Want to race the bikes that challenge the Dakar Rally at the equally legendary Baja 1000? SCORE International will let you do that in 2024.
Rosendo Touriñan, who called the shots as a Dakar Rally co-driver in the 1980s through 2000s, died Wednesday at the age of 74.
1985 Paris–Dakar Rally racer Philippe Moustelou, who went on to organise rallies in Morocco and even dabbled as an actor on local film sets, died Sunday at the age of 64.
The Dacia Sandrider will undergo testing with Nasser Al-Attiyah, Cristina Gutiérrez, and Sébastien Loeb after the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge in March. It débuts at the Rallye du Maroc in October.
After 12 years and three Dakar Rally wins, Gustavo Gugelmin is walking away from navigating to spend time with his family. He was recently the co-driver for Austin Jones.
After making his Dakar Rally début in the SSV category, Eduard Pons plans to race in the higher Challenger class at the 2025 race. To prepare him, he will run the Saudi Baja in a Taurus T3 Max.
Matthias Walkner missed the Dakar Rally after a severe fracture in testing that rendered his left ankle little more than dust, but 33 hours of surgeries and 2 months of hospital stays later, he’s going home.
Sergei Kariakin: "(Dakar) organisers are working hard to find ways for Russian teams to participate"
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On the heels of being allowed to race the Abu Dhabi Baja Challenge, Dakar Rally alumnus Sergei Kariakin believes the ASO is trying to get Russians like him and KAMAZ-master back on the Dakar grid.
After finishing third in the Dakar Rally’s Challenger category, Rokas Baciuška will once again race a Toyota Hilux T1+ at the Saudi Baja before committing to the Ultimate class for the 2025 Dakar Rally.
Jaromir Romancik: "(Malle Moto) is the real Dakar and it's probably the cheapest option for me"
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Jaromír Romančík’s maiden Dakar Rally didn’t end as he hoped, but he’s eager to be back in 2025 and possibly competing solo in the Original by Motul classs.
Jan de Rooy, Dutch and FIA European Rallycross star in the 1970s and winner of the 1987 Paris–Dakar Rally in the Truck category, died Tuesday at the age of 80.
The Dacia Sandrider will run the Rallye du Maroc in 2024 followed by the 2025 World Rally-Raid Championship and Dakar Rally with Sébastien Loeb, Cristina Gutiérrez, and Nasser Al-Attiyah.
Giulia Maroni, the 2021 Italian Cross-Country co-driver champion and 2022 FIA European Bajas T4 runner-up who also raced the Dakar Rally, died Sunday when she slipped while mountain hiking. She was 37 years old.