World Rally-Raid Championship

Non-W2RC driver Mansour Al-Helei probably would have won the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge’s T4 class, but a 15-minute penalty means Rokas Baciuška beat him by 12 minutes.

After finishing second to Red Bull team-mate Austin Jones at the Dakar Rally, Seth Quintero got to finish ahead of Jones at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.

Abdulaziz Ahli is the first three-time Quad winner in the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge after scoring his third straight victory in the vent.

Adrien Van Beveren beat out Luciano Benavides at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge for his second World Rally-Raid win, while Toby Price is the new W2RC RallyGP points leader after taking third by just 2 seconds.

As trouble plagued rivals Nasser Al-Attiyah and Sébastien Loeb, Yazeed Al-Rajhi took advantage to claim the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge T1 victory.

Henk Lategan and Mansour Al_Helei got to play spoiler in the World Rally-Raid Championship as the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge wrapped up after five stages.

The penultimate leg of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge was marred by fog, and consequently not much remained clear in the way of overall favourites.

The Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge turned upside down in Stage 3 as Nasser Al-Attiyah wrecked while leading, knocking him out of the race, and Pablo Quintanilla was penalised after winning the Bikes.

Red Bull’s Can-Am team has received a €1,000 fine for missing the 1 February deadline for paying the 2023 World Rally-Raid Championship entry fee and repeatedly changing their explanation.

Stage 2 of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge entered marathon mode for bikes, though everyone but those like Mattias Ekström and Luciano Benavides struggled through the rising temperatures.

Amid the broken dunes, empty fuel tanks, and even motion sickness that befell the rest of the field, Toyota Hiluxes led by Nasser Al-Attiyah dominated Stage 1 of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.

Dakar winner Nasser Al-Attiyah continued his hot start to 2023 by holding the early edge in Abu Dhabi, once again leading a pair of Hunters including rival and birthday boy Sébastien Loeb.

The five-stage Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, the second round of the World Rally-Raid Championship, begins today with a Prologue.

Oskar Andersson was to be Tim Marklund’s co-driver for the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, but his expiring passport will prevent him from doing so. Alexey Kuzmich will fill in.

Rebecca Busi had planned to run the full World Rally-Raid Championship in 2023, but will not run the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge as her T4 Can-Am could not pass scrutineering and she was unable to find the funding and fallback plans.