After making his Dakar Rally début in the SSV category, Eduard Pons plans to race in the higher Challenger class at the 2025 race. To prepare him, he will run the Saudi Baja in a Taurus T3 Max.
South Africa wants to host the World Rally-Raid Championship in 2025. To hopefully achieve this, the South African Rally-Raid Championship has turned the Waterberg 400 into a three-day event for 2024.
Matthias Walkner missed the Dakar Rally after a severe fracture in testing that rendered his left ankle little more than dust, but 33 hours of surgeries and 2 months of hospital stays later, he’s going home.
After finishing third in the Dakar Rally’s Challenger category, Rokas Baciuška will once again race a Toyota Hilux T1+ at the Saudi Baja before committing to the Ultimate class for the 2025 Dakar Rally.
The Dacia Sandrider will run the Rallye du Maroc in 2024 followed by the 2025 World Rally-Raid Championship and Dakar Rally with Sébastien Loeb, Cristina Gutiérrez, and Nasser Al-Attiyah.
Giulia Maroni, the 2021 Italian Cross-Country co-driver champion and 2022 FIA European Bajas T4 runner-up who also raced the Dakar Rally, died Sunday when she slipped while mountain hiking. She was 37 years old.
After hurting his hip on the opening stage of the 2024 Dakar Rally, Michael Docherty is hopeful about healing up in time for the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge in late February.
Season 13 of the FIM Bajas World Cup will begin with the Saudi Baja in February and end with the Jordan Baja in November, spanning 8 rounds in 7 countries.
Ukrainian driver Vadim Pritulyak chose to sit out the Abu Dhabi Baja Challenge to protest Sergei Kariakin, a Russian and fellow Dakar Rally alumnus, being on the grid.
After making her name in a Challenger/T3, Dania Akeel will graduate to the Ultimate class and race a Toyota Hilux from Overdrive Racing in 2025.
2020 Dakar Rally bike winner Ricky Brabec feels his fellow American off-road racers aren’t getting as much factory support in recent years due to the sport’s limited presence in the country.
With the 2024 Dakar Rally just days away, The Checkered Flag is here with a crash course on the world of cross-country rally.
Past-Racing launches Ford Ranger T1+ rental programme for 2024 W2RC and Bajas, 2025 Dakar Rally
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Spanish team Past-Racing will have “several” Ford Ranger T1+ vehicles available for those who wish to race the Blue Oval in any of the 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship or FIA Baja Cup events as well as the 2025 Dakar Rally.
The World Rally-Raid Championship’s inaugural BP Ultimate Rally Raid on the Iberian Peninsula, scheduled for April, will be mainly held in Portugal with a leg in Spain.
CFMOTO Thunder Racing Team skipping Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge amidst Red Sea shipping crisis
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With Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea potentially impacting transport to the UAE, CFMOTO Thunder Racing Team will not race the 2024 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.
The 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship will have 43 FIA drivers (20 Ultimate, 12 Challenger, 11 SSV) and 37 FIM riders (10 RallyGP, 17 Rally2, 10 Quad).
A leg injury he sustained at the 2023 Dakar Rally will prevent Kamil Wiśniewski from running the 2024 edition, but he hopes to enter the remaining World Rally-Raid Championship events.
