Ahead of its first Dakar Rally in 2024, the Ford Ranger T1+ built by M-Sport and Neil Woolridge Motorsport will run the Baja España Aragón and Rallye du Maroc.
Juan Nimo, a rider in a wheelchair due to a spinal cord injury, will compete in the Desafío Ruta 40 in August on an adaptive bike.
The World Rally-Raid Championship will return to the Iberian Peninsula in 2024 with a race running through Portugal and Spain.
Apache Automotive’s APH-01 will be “the most advanced T3 prototype ever designed”, featuring both electric and ICE motors and powered by biofuel. It will début at the Rallye du Maroc.
After a 3-year absence due to COVID-19, China’s Taklimakan Rally resumed in May, complete with Dakar Rally faces like bike winner Bradley Cox and the Kove Moto team.
After three years with Nomade Racing, Mathieu Dovèze has signed with BAS World KTM Racing Team for the 2023 Rallye du Maroc and 2024 Dakar Rally.
2018 Argentinian rally raid champion Joaquín Debeljuh has joined forces with Kove Moto for the next World Rally-Raid round in Argentina.
The Baja España Aragón, originally scheduled for 21–23 July, will be squeezed into 21/22 July as Spain’s general election is on the 23rd.
Herrador Factory Team’s new HFT T3 2023 is a closed-body SSV based on the Can-Am Maverick X3 that meets FIA T3 regulations. The shared platform with the Maverick also allows for interchangeable parts.
Nasser Al-Attiyah’s contract with Toyota exprires after the Desafío Ruta 40, while Sébastien Loeb’s Prodrive deal ends after 2023 and that team’s future is unknown with rumoured lost sponsorship.
The full transcript of The Checkered Flag’s interview with Sonora Rally winner and 2024 Dakar Rally-bound Sara Price.
Nasser Al-Attiyah plans FIA President campaign
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5× Dakar Rally champion and current World Rally-Raid points leader Nasser Al-Attiyah intends to run for the FIA presidency when the next election rolls around.
Sara Price, set for her Dakar Rally début in 2024, spoke with The Checkered Flag about qualifying by winning her class at the Sonora Rally, followed by running two more races immediately after.
Tim Marklund, a snowmobile racer and SxS Nordic driver who ran the W2RC’s Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, was killed in a crossing accident.
Despite suffering multiple shoulder fractures in his Stage 2 crash at the Sonora Rally, Skyler Howes’ rehabilitation is proceeding well such that he will likely not require surgery.
Matthew Glade, Mike Johnson, Sara Price, and Matt Sutherland completed an arduous two weeks of racing in Mexico’s deserts as they finished the Sonora Rally followed by the Mexican 1000. Price and Sutherland even won their classes in both races.
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