Malle Moto riders will be allocated six sets of tyres for the 2025 Dakar Rally, and the use of unmarked tyres creates a 10-minute penalty. Repairs must be done inside a designated area while an engine change eliminates them from the class altogether.
The 2025 FIA World Baja Cup will span eight races, while the European Baja Cup has nine and the Middle East Baja Cup continues with its four-round calendar.
Jaromír Romančík has signed with the newly created Cajdašrot Dakar Team, with whom he will race the 2025 Dakar Rally as a solo rider in Original by Motul.
Due to his wife Erica’s medical concerns, Gerrit Zuurmond has withdrawn from the Rallye du Maroc. In his place, his co-driver Tjeerd van Ballegooij will make his World Rally-Raid Championship driving début in the Rainbow MAN.
Season Four of the World Rally-Raid Championship will retain the Dakar Rally, Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal, and Rallye du Maroc, while replacing the Desafío Ruta 40 with the new South African Safari Rally.
Due to a critical issue in the driveline’s secondary cooling system, an issue that cannot be rectified on site in Morocco, Aleš Loprais and Team de Rooy will not race the Rallye du Maroc.
Hyundai Motorsport wrapped up a week of i20 N Rally2 development in Italy with Andreas Mikkelsen finishing five seconds behind the Rally Valli della Carnia winner despite a puncture slowing his progress.
The 2025 1000 Miglia will hark back to the days before the Second World War, being held on a figure 8 course similar to what was used for the first 12 editions from 1927 to 1938.
Eight years after racing the Dakar Rally for the last time, 2013 FIA T1.1 champion Nunzio Coffaro is back as the navigator for Andrea Schiumarini in Morocco with plans of doing the 2025 Dakar afterwards.
Argentine enduro rider Carla Scaglioni will race a Fantic at the Rallye du Maroc next week in her first career cross-country rally.
After a long two years, Motorsport UK’s Pinzgauer 6×6 armoured ambulance finally made it to Ukraine in late September. It is currently in use by the 46th Airmobile Brigade fighting in Pokrovsk.
AO Racing confirms return to IMSA WeatherTech Championship for 2025, with dinosaur-themed entries ‘Spike’ and ‘Rexy’ set to continue in LMP2 and GTD PRO classes respectively.
Formula E announces first-ever all-women FIA Championship test session at Valencia, with up to 22 drivers to pilot current GEN3 Evo cars alongside regular pre-season testing.
2022 World Rally-Raid Champion in the Rally3 class Amine Echiguer will not run his home W2RC race due to injury he sustained earlier in the year.
5× reigning Finke Desert Race bike winner David Walsh, cousin Liam Walsh, 4× Finke victor Ben Grabham, and 2× Australasian Safari champion Jacob Smith will join forces to tackle North America’s toughest off-road race in November.
2024 Rallye du Maroc: "All the main tracks, which used to be visible, have disappeared" – Isidre Esteve
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After the catastrophic flooding that hit Morocco in September, Isidre Esteve was quick to notice the impact it had on the dry lake beds and dunes that next week’s Rallye du Maroc will be crossing.
The Rallye du Maroc will be a family affair for the Koloc family when Martin Koloc races a REVO+ GT-R in the Open class while his daughter Aliyyah Koloc returns to the REVO T1+ in Ultimate.
