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.
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.
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.
Alexander Chepurkó, the 2023 World Rally-Raid Championship runner-up in the Rally2 category, was in Israel when Iran launched its attack on Tuesday and witnessed the air defence systems at work.
With only enough budget for the 2025 Dakar Rally, Guillaume Chollet will play it safe by not entering the upcoming Rallye du Maroc so he can invest it into January’s race.
Fausto Mota, usually the co-driver for SSV driver Ricardo Ramilo, will slide into the Challenger car of Rokas Baciuška as his navigator in Morocco while Oriol Vidal continues to recover from his back injury.
In the closest points battle of the 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship, Sebastián Guayasamín and Yasir Seaidan will enter the season finale in Morocco separated by just six points.
To prepare for the Rallye du Maroc in his pursuit of a World Rally-Raid Championship, Nicolás Cavigliasso threw it down by holding off Gonçalo Guerreiro for the Baja Morocco win in a 1–2 finish for Taurus T3 Max cars.
MM Technology’s new EVO 4 line will include a third truck, nicknamed “Tony”, piloted by Kees Koolen at the Rallye du Maroc in October.
Luciano Benavides and Daniel Sanders have respectively moved from Husqvarna and GasGas to Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, where they will team up with Kevin Benavides starting at the Rallye du Maroc.
Due to FIA regulations, Rainbow Truck Team had to modify their MAN TGA ahead of Morocco by moving their fuel tank. This triggered quite a chain reaction that culminated in a redesigned rear end.
Guillaume de Mévius and Guerlain Chicherit surprised the rally world when they opted to leave Overdrive Racing for X-raid Team, but with the unveil of the new Mini JCW Rally 3.0i, they think it’ll give them their best chances at winning.
Like many teams, Buggyra ZM Racing will use the Rallye du Maroc as a dress rehearsal for the 2025 Dakar Rally. Martin Šoltys and Karel Poslední will respectievly drive a Tatra Buggyra EVO3 and Tatra Phoenix.
Continuing his trend of naming his trucks, Martin Macík Jr.’s 2025 Dakar Rally challenger has been dubbed Benny the Big Guy (or Bohouš in Czech). It will make its début at the Rallye du Maroc.
Despite historic and deadly flooding, race director David Castéra is confident that his team will adjust accordingly in the 2 weeks before the Rallye du Maroc, as they did during COVID and last year’s earthquake.
