2024 Dakar Rally: 199 on FIA entry list
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70 Ultimate (T1), 43 in Challenger (T3), 36 SSV (T4), 47 Truck (T5), and 3 Stock (T2) vehicles make up the near-200 that will race the Dakar Rally in 2024.
After finishing second in Malle Moto at the 2023 Dakar Rally, Javi Vega will not be classified by the ASO in 2024 for returning to the class instead of moving to Rally2, though he plans to race anyway.
While training in the U.S. for the 2024 Dakar Rally, Matthias Walkner fell and broke his left tibia, fibula, and ankle joint, forcing hospitalisation and him out of taking part in the race.
After using a 50/50 mix of hydrogen and diesel in 2023, KH-7 Epsilon Team’s MAN truck will switch to hydrogen and hydrotreated vegetable oil for the 2024 Dakar Rally
Marco Aurelio Fontana, the 2012 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in cross-country cycling, has since started dabbling in cross-country rally rider and will enter the 2024 Africa Eco Race.
HoleShot Compétition’s MAN L90 driven by Alexandre Lemeray will feature a HydraGEN HG1 unit that turns it into a hybrid hydrogen/diesel vehicle for the 2024 Dakar Classic.
After running two rounds of the 2023 World Rally-Raid Championship, CFMOTO Thunder Racing Team will elevate to four of five in 2024 including their maiden Dakar Rally.
With all the wars going on around the world, the 2024 Dakar Rally has taken steps to show solidarity by not letting anyone place their country’s flags next to their names on their vehicles.
2008 FIM Cross-Country champion Oscar Polli and Silvayn Espinasse will race Tacita’s Discanto electric bikes in the 2024 Dakar Rally’s Mission 1000.
Due to scheduling conflicts, Zdeněk Tůma and BARTH Racing will not race the Dakar Rally in 2024.
Stéphan Bosteels, one of the original competitors of the Paris–Dakar Rally in 1979 whose family was a regular during its first decade, passed last Sunday at the age of 91.
Chinese electric bike manufacturer Arctic Leopard will be represented by a trio of Willy Jobard, Su Wenmin, and Jack Cai at the 2024 Dakar Rally.
Bruno Santos was supposed to make his Dakar Rally début two years ago but couldn’t due to injury. He finally gets his chance in 2024.
Due to funding and other matters, Lithuanians Agnė Telyčėnaitė, Sandra Rimkė, and Aistė Perminaitė will not race the 2024 Dakar Rally. Their teams were originally going to compete in the SSV class.
Martin Šoltys, Tomáš Šikola, and Petr Schweiner will race the upgraded Tatra Buggyra Evo3 truck at the 2024 Dakar Rally for Tatra Buggyra ZM Racing.
Audi will seek to rebound from their disastrous 2023 Dakar Rally with a revamped RS Q e-tron that focuses on reliability.
After racing the 2023 Dakar Rally in the T3 class, Joan Font will head to the former T4 category (now SSV) for 2024, racing for Scuderia Ramilo Rodamoto.
