After losing its June date to weather concerns, the Andalucía Rally has been postponed to 18–23 October. Consequently, the Rallye du Maroc on 6–12 October is pushed ahead a few days to 1–6 October.
The Dakar Rally returns to Saudi Arabia for 2023 with a longer course and more stages than in 2022, going from twelve to fourteen.
An ongoing heat wave and drought, which naturally increases the risk of wildfires, have forced the Andalucia Rally (originally scheduled for 7–12 June) to be postponed to an undetermined date in the autumn.
Rally Kazakhstan, which was to be the third round of the World Rally-Raid Championship, has been called off. Kazakhstan is an ally of Russia, who has been subject to significant sanctions and penalties in response to its invasion of Ukraine.
Stéphane Peterhansel and Edouard Boulanger’s overall victory in the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge has made the Audi RS Q e-tron the first electric-powered vehicle to win a major desert rally raid.
The 2022 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia will kick off the inaugural FIA World Rally-Raid Championship, which has a 5-race schedule planned with dates in Abu Dhabi, Kazakhstan, Andalucía, and Morocco.
British rally driver Harry Hunt has been ruled out of taking part in the 2017 Dakar rally following an accident earlier this month in Morocco.
Britain’s Harry Hunt had a relatively short 2016 Rallye du Maroc appearance as his new Peugeot 2008DKR crashed out on the second stage of the rally.
Harry Hunt is relishing one of his biggest challenges in his short Cross-Country rally career as he gets used to life with his Peugeot 2008DKR in Morocco.
Team Peugeot Total will début its Peugeot 3008DKR at the 2016 Rallye du Maroc, the final testing programme before the 2017 Dakar Rally.
MINI All4 Racing will be fielding five crews for the 2016 Rallye du Maroc in Morocco, the final testing ground before the 2017 Dakar Rally in January.
Britain Harry Hunt will be making his Peugeot début with PH Sport in January’s 2017 Dakar Rally in last year’s Dakar-winning Peugeot 2008DKR.
American Bryce Menzies broke the Guinness World Record for the longest truck leap in New Mexico, leaping 115 metres (379.4 feet) in his Pro 2 race truck.
Five-time Baja Poland-winner Krzysztof Holowczyc will be making his one-off return to cross-country rallying at the 2016 Baja Poland for MINI All4 Racing.
Former WRC rally-winner Mikko Hirvonen has taken his first Cross-Country Rally World Cup win in the 2016 Hungarian Baja for MINI All4 Racing.
Three MINI All4 Racing crews will be competing at this weekend’s 2016 Hungarian Baja, Round 6 of the 2016 FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup.
It was a 2016 Silk Way Rally to remember as four of the five MINI All4 Racing crews have finished in the top five with Al Rajhi the lead MINI in second.
