McLaren set the pace in the second practice of the weekend, as Max Verstappen is set to take a grid penalty for the race.
With M-Sport’s new Ford Raptor T1+ not set to race until August, Nani Roma will drive its predecessor Ford Ranger at the Baja Aragón in place of the injured Daniel Alonso.
Michel Hardy, who raced the inaugural Paris–Dakar Rally in 1979 before being a pioneer of Tatra’s rally raid excursions in the late 1980s, died 10 July at the age of 68.
Max Verstappen dominates Free Practice One, but Alex Albon raises eyebrows with his great lap to go third quickest.
With KAMAZ-master still blocked from the Dakar Rally, boss Eduard Nikolaev stressed they’re still open and prepared should it be lifted. In the meantime, he feels the Silk Way can be a Dakar-level rally.
Esteban Ocon reacts to confirmation of his move to Haas for 2025, alongside Ollie Bearman.
Zhou Guanyu and Sauber are yet to score a point in 2024, but the Chinese driver is remaining positive after their recent upgrade package in Hungary.
Yasir Seaidan will race a Taurus T3 Max prepared by Nasser Al-Attiyah’s team at this weekend’s Baja Aragón.
Roslyn Shen will race a Suzuki Jimny Sierra built by the Chuoh Technical School at the 2024 Asia Cross Country Rally. The automotive university last built the 2023 AXCR-winning Toyota Fortuner of Takuma Aoki.
For the first time, the FIA World Rallycross Championship is heading to Hungary as the “Battle of Technologies” takes place in the legendary “Red Cauldron.”
After solid outings in Morocco and Abu Dhabi, former Lithuanian enduro champion Mykolas Paulavičius will be heading for his maiden Dakar Rally in 2025.
Andrew Houlihan, the 2023 FIM Bajas World Cup Veterans Trophy runner-up, will run his first Dakar Rally since 2022 as a solo rider in Original by Motul.
After racing in Abu Dhabi and Morocco, Gediminas Satkus has earned his ticket to his maiden Dakar Rally in 2025.
As the war in Gaza continues, Palestinian driver Hussein Sheiokhi and navigator Mohammed Baghdadi finished third overall in the second round of the 2024 Jordan 4×4 Championship.
Wyatt Miller, rising star in micro sprint racing and 4th-generation Earnhardt racer, will try out short course for the first time when he runs the upcoming Championship Off-Road round at Dirt City in Pro SPEC.
The Hungarian Baja, part of both the FIA European and FIM World Baja Cups, mainly takes place at Bakony Combat Training Centre, the largest army shooting range in Central Europe.
Despite a solid outing at the 2023 Rallye du Maroc, brothers Craig and Carl Searles’ 2025 Dakar Rally applications were rejected as they need just a little more desert rally experience. They now turn to 2026.
