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Bradley Cox went into Morocco trailing reigning Rally2 champion Romain Dumontier. He left with the title himself.
Although not eligible for the race win, the new Ford Raptor T1+ and Can-Am Maverick R looked right at home in Morocco.
Akira Miura’s Toyota Land Cruiser and Kay Huzink’s hybrid Renault truck, neither of which comply with FIA regulation, seemed quite accustomed to the desert environments in Morocco as Open vehicles.
TheCheckeredFlag looks at what we learned from Sprint Qualifying for the 2024 United States Grand Prix.
The MM Technology EVO 4 is 1-for-1 after winning every stage in the Truck class in Morocco, while Kees Koolen finished behind Martin Macík Jr. to secure a 1–2 for the new truck.
Max Verstappen is the fastest man on track in Sprint Qualifying, ahead of George Russell.
In the closest FIA points battle where Yasir Seaidan and Sebastián Guayasamín were separated by just six points, Seaidan’s desert expertise kicked in at the perfect time to secure the SSV championship.
Antanas Kanopkinas battled with Kamil Wiśniewski throughout the Rallye du Maroc, and the former seized on a last-day mechanical failure to score CFMOTO Thunder Racing Team’s first World Rally-Raid Championship race win.
2024 Rallye du Maroc: Souleymane Addahri wins Rally3 on home soil, John Medina ices title
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After finishing third in 2023, Morocco’s Souleymane Addahri topped the Rallye du Maroc in Rally3 while John Medina secured the World Rally-Raid Championship by simply starting the race.
Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc were the top two in Free Practice One as F1 returned from a break for the US GP.
After just two rounds, the 2024/25 Nitrocross calendar—with dates in Phoenix, Miami, and Las Vegas—has been put on hold.
With team-mate Akira Miura competing in the Open class, Ronald Basso was all by himself in the Stock category. It is the first time in World Rally-Raid Championship history that a sanctioned class (excluding Open) had just one vehicle.
The Challenger class at all five stages of the Rallye du Maroc, including the Prologue, was won by a Taurus T3 Max. By the end, Eryk Goczał was leading a 1–2–3–4–5 for Tauruses.
Although the only rider to run every round of the 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship and he did not win any of them, Ross Branch’s consistency helped him hold off a Honda onslaught and win the title in the premier bike category.
In the very first race for the Dacia Sandrider, Nasser Al-Attiyah was dominant as he secured his third World Rally-Raid Championship in as many years.
In a race themed around celebrating the Lancia 037, the Porsche 911 of Julien Saunier and Frédéric Vauclare came out on top.
