On the heels of winning the Extreme E’s Desert X Prix Race 2 in neighbouring Saudi Arabia, Laia Sanz will enter the second World Rally-Raid Championship round in Abu Dhabi in a Taurus T3 Max.
15 bikes, 9 cars, 19 SSVs, and 4 trucks make up the 47 entrants competing in Carta Rallye in March.
With Sebastian Bühler unavailable, Aaron Marè will return to Hero MotoSports for the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. He previously raced for the team at the 2022 Dakar Rally in substitute duty.
Mason Klein has entered the Honda rally raid pipeline, racing for their Brazilian division in the national championship and Rally dos Sertões where he will try to defend the latter.
Instead of Abu Dhabi with the World Rally-Raid Championship, reigning champ Luciano Benavides, his brother Kevin, and Adrien Van Beveren are heading to Argentina for the FIM Sand Races World Cup.
45 drivers (18 Ultimate, 12 Challenger, 15 SSV) and 56 riders (4 RallyGP, 47 Rally2, 5 Quad) make up the 2024 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge lineup. Dakar winners Audi and Honda are absent.
The Desafío Ruta 40 will take place on 1–7 June, moving everything forward by a day to help fans get to the rally.
Despite winning the Dakar Rally and being signed up for the 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship, Team Audi Sport will not run the rest of the season due to parts shortages.
Mohammed Al-Balooshi and Yazeed Al-Rajhi kicked off the FIA and FIM Baja World Cups by winning the Saudi Baja, the former’s 4th triumph and the latter’s 7th in his home race.
The 2024 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge will stretch 1,902 kilometres with 1,179 in Selective Sections.
Following a disappointing 2024 Dakar Rally, Nasser Al-Attiyah has parted ways with longtime navigator Mathieu Baumel after a decade together with 3 Dakars and 2 World Rally-Raid Championships.
Aliyyah Koloc’s 2024 will see her race over 11,000 kilometres on multiple terrains across the World Rally-Raid Championship, the FIA Middle East Baja Cup, and 24H Series.
Want to race the bikes that challenge the Dakar Rally at the equally legendary Baja 1000? SCORE International will let you do that in 2024.
Yasir Seaidan will have a new Metge brother by his side for the rest of the 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship as Michaël Metge takes over the co-driver’s seat from younger brother Adrien.
The Dacia Sandrider will undergo testing with Nasser Al-Attiyah, Cristina Gutiérrez, and Sébastien Loeb after the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge in March. It débuts at the Rallye du Maroc in October.
After 12 years and three Dakar Rally wins, Gustavo Gugelmin is walking away from navigating to spend time with his family. He was recently the co-driver for Austin Jones.
With his wrist healed after breaking it in last month’s Dakar Rally, Tosha Schareina will spend the buildup to the next World Rally-Raid Championship race by entering the FIM E-Xplorer World Cup.
