After coming up short in 2023, Carlos Santaolalla and Jan Rosa Viñas and their Toyota Land Cruiser are now Dakar Classic champions.
Alexandre Giroud looked to make it three in a row in the Dakar Rally’s Qaud category. Manuel Andújar ended any hope of that as he notched his second Dakar win.
After winning on W2RC début at the 2023 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, “Mini Kini” Tobias Ebster won the 2024 Dakar Rally on début as a solo rider in the Original by Motul class.
Harith Noah held off reigning Rally2 champion Romain Dumontier to secure his and Sherco’s first Dakar Rally victory.
After coming up short in the 2023 Dakar Rally and being disqualified from that year’s championship, Martin Macík Jr. is finally a Dakar Truck winner.
Maurice Henry Column: Character Building
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2023 tested us with endurance racing challenges, pushing an ex-British Touring car in Class C. Despite DNFs and setbacks, adapting to diverse BTCC cars was a valuable learning experience. Securing 2nd in Class showcased our determination and fitness. Looking ahead to 2024, I aim for quantifiable success, seeking wins in a level playing field.
Xavier de Soultrait is the first Polaris driver to win the Dakar Rally in seven years when he claimed the SSV category.
Cristina Gutiérrez entered the final day of the Dakar Rally needing to make up 25 minutes on Mitch Guthrie. She did just that to become the second female Dakar overall winner.
Toyota Auto Body claimed their 11th straight Stock victory at the Dakar Rally, but perhaps the bigger story of the race was that every entrant in the category managed to reach the finish.
Monster Energy Honda won seven of twelve stages at the 2024 Dakar Rally. Although Ricky Brabec only had a single contribution to that, he also had the biggest with his second Dakar overall victory.
Carlos Sainz did not win any stages at the 2024 Dakar Rally, but there was no need to as he cruised to his fourth victory.
IndyCar veteran Marco Andretti will attempt to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 this year the same way he has for the past three: as a one-off affair with Andretti Global’s (formerly Andretti Autosport) #98 car.
Timo Scheider is the Driver Of The Year from 2023’s FIA World Rallycross Championship, as voted for by rallycross fans online.
After getting disqualified from the Dakar Rally for a non-compliant clutch while leading the Challenger class, Eryk Goczał remains fully adamant that it did not increase his performance.
Another team has revealed their 2024 Hypercar line-up. This time, it’s the turn of Peugeot Sport TotalEnergies.
With his 2024 Dakar Rally hopes over, Sébastien Loeb still managed to close out on a high note by winning the twelfth and final day.
Sébastien Loeb did his best to take the Dakar Rally fight to Carlos Sainz, but a broken triangle and 5 punctures on the penultimate stage will leave him emptyhanded yet again.
