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World Rally-Raid Championship

World Rally-Raid Championship

Alexey Shmottev on Maverick R's marathon rally raid debut: "The best part is operating the gearbox"

By Justin Nguyen
July 20, 2024
3 Mins read

The Can-Am Maverick R faced its biggest test yet when Sergei Kariakin and Alexey Shmottev raced it at the 2-week Silk Way Rally. While it didn’t go as they hoped, Shmottev had praise for it.

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Mathieu Baumel joining forces with Guillaume de Mevius

By Justin Nguyen
July 18, 2024
1 Mins read
For the remainder of the 2024 rally raid season, Guillaume de Mévius is entrusting his navigator’s seat to the great Mathieu Baumel.
World Rally-Raid Championship

Nasser Al-Attiyah to make Challenger debut at Aragon

By Justin Nguyen
July 18, 2024
2 Mins read
With his first race for Dacia looming, Nasser Al-Attiyah will drop down to the Challenger class in the meantime by driving a Taurus T3 Max at the Baja Aragón.
World Rally-Raid Championship

T3.U to debut at Baja Aragon with Apache trio

By Justin Nguyen
July 17, 2024
2 Mins read
WRC2 drivers Pierre-Louis Loubet and Julien Saunier will make their FIA Baja débuts at the Baja Aragón, which in turn marks the first race for the T3.U subcategory for electric/hybrid Challenger cars.
DakarWorld Rally-Raid Championship

Charlie Herbst launches Challenger Racing Team

By Justin Nguyen
July 17, 2024
2 Mins read
Dakar bike racer Charlie Herbst has created Challenger Racing Team, hoping to provide logistical and marketing support for fellow riders.
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"Unreal experience" for rally raiders at Goodwood Festival of Speed

By Justin Nguyen
July 16, 2024
2 Mins read
The new Ford Raptor T1+, the Toyota GR DKR Hilux EVO T1U piloted by both driver and navigator, and the 2025 Dakar Classic-bound Audi Quattro all got to tear up Goodwood House.
World Rally-Raid Championship

Sotnikov wins fifth Silk Way Rally, Rusinov notches first

By Justin Nguyen
July 16, 2024
6 Mins read
2015 FIA LMP2 World Endurance Champion Roman Rusinov can now add a rally raid title to his résumé after topping the T3 class at the Silk Way Rally.
World Rally-Raid Championship

Shinsuke Umeda: "FIA ​​is using Dakar as bait to forcibly unify [rally raids], which is causing problems"

By Justin Nguyen
July 15, 2024
3 Mins read
2023 World Rally-Raid Championship SSV runner-up Shinsuke Umeda feels the series has struggled to draw interest due to a combination of high transport costs and poor marketing.
DakarWorld Rally-Raid Championship

Adrien Van Beveren re-signs with Honda through 2026

By Justin Nguyen
July 13, 2024
1 Mins read
Adrien Van Beveren has signed a two-year contract extension with Monster Energy Honda Rally Team, keeping him with the red and black for the 2025 and 2026 seasons.
DakarWorld Rally-Raid Championship

Ford, M-Sport unveil Ford Raptor T1+

By Justin Nguyen
July 12, 2024
2 Mins read
Ford and M-Sport have pulled back the cover on the new Ford Raptor T1+ that Carlos Sainz and Nani Roma, plus 2 others, will race in Hungary, Morocco, and the 2025 Dakar Rally.
World Rally-Raid Championship

Rokas Baciuska returns to Hilux, Baja Aragon

By Justin Nguyen
July 12, 2024
1 Mins read
W2RC Challenger leader Rokas Baciuška will make his third start in the Toyota Hilux at the Baja Aragón, the site of his début in the truck last year.
World Rally-Raid Championship

Goncalo Guerreiro making desert rally debut at Baja Morocco

By Justin Nguyen
July 11, 2024
1 Mins read
Portuguese cross-country champion Gonçalo Guerreiro, who impressed in his World Rally-Raid début in April, will tackle deserts for the first time in Morocco in September.
World Rally-Raid Championship

Nani Roma, Ford Raptor to enter Hungarian Baja

By Justin Nguyen
July 11, 2024
1 Mins read
2× Hungarian Baja winner Nani Roma will give M-Sport’s new Ford Raptor T1+ a whirl in August, though it won’t be classified in the final ranking.
DakarWorld Rally-Raid Championship

Sebastien Loeb on Sandrider Morocco test: "Everything is going well in the car except temperature management"

By Justin Nguyen
July 11, 2024
2 Mins read
The new Dacia Sandrider needs to survive in hot deserts for the 2025 Dakar Rally. Sébastien Loeb feels the car performs well so far, at least until the air conditioning malfunctions.
World Rally-Raid Championship

Team Mitsubishi Ralliart soups up Tritons for 2024 AXCR

By Justin Nguyen
July 10, 2024
2 Mins read
After coming up short in 2023, Team Mitsubishi Ralliart’s quartet of Sakchai Hantrakul, Kazuto Koide, Katsuhiko Taguchi and Chayapon Yotha will race a more durable Triton at the 2024 Asia Cross Country Rally.
DakarWorld Rally-Raid Championship

Tibau Team forms first all-woman Spanish truck team

By Justin Nguyen
July 10, 2024
1 Mins read
Tibau Team will field an IVECO for Helena Tarruell Tibau, Jaqueline Ricci, and Rebeca Aramburu at the Baja Aragón, with hopes of eventually racing the Dakar Rally.
World Rally-Raid Championship

Drivers drown at Italian Baja, Joao Dias leads survivors

By Justin Nguyen
July 10, 2024
4 Mins read
Only 14 of the 28 FIA European Baja Cup drivers, including 4 of the 10 Ultimates and half of the SSVs, finished the Italian Baja.
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