While still content with running the Dakar Rally on a bike, Toby Price is no longer a Mitsubishi factory driver after failing to convince them to revive their Dakar programme for a potential switch.
After skipping 2023, André Thewessen will enter his second Dakar Rally in 2024 with Dmytro Tsyro as his co-driver.
Henk Lategan dislocated his shoulder in last weekend’s South African Rally-Raid Championship Renergen 400, and his main goal now is to heal up in time for the 2024 Dakar Rally.
The full transcript of The Checkered Flag’s interview with Dakar Rally and cross-country racer João Ferreira.
João Ferreira, now at South Racing Can-Am for the 2024 Dakar Rally and World Rally-Raid Championship, sat down with The Checkered Flag to discuss his new home and upcoming T4 title pursuit.
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The MD Optimus EVO 5, MD Rallye Sport’s newest T1 challenger, will make its début at this week’s Rallye du Maroc with Simon Vitse.
Ramón Termens, who called the shots for Miguel Prieto and their Nissan Patrol to finish 9th overall at the 1987 Paris–Dakar Rally and become the race’s first-ever diesel car top-ten finisher, has died.
Toby Price will continue with Red Bull KTM Factory Racing for the 2024 Dakar Rally and World Rally-Raid Championship.
Besides their usual MAN truck, Rainbow Truck Team will race a Volkswagen Amarok that runs on hydrogen at the 2024 Dakar Rally, competing in the new Mission 1000 programme.
As international sport federations gradually allow Russians and Belarusians to take part again, Silk Way Rally winner Siarhei Viazovich says MAZ-SPORTauto still can’t run the Dakar Rally due to FIA policy and sanctions.
Guillaume de Mevius: "We should push T3 a bit more, but we also need to find a solution for T1"
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While T1+ is the top rally raid class, Guillaume de Mévius feels the gap between it and the lower T3 should be narrowed so that younger drivers in the latter can better hone their skills before moving up.
Michel Anglade, the Dakar Rally’s first search/rescue helicopter pilot and later a flight trainer for the likes of Jacky Ickx and Ari Vatanen, died Wednesday in a helicopter crash.
Gilles Gard, who overcame two cancer battles to compete in the Dakar Rally thrice, passed away Saturday after another bout. He was 56.
After racing a Yamaha in his Dakar Rally debut, Fabien Domas will compete in the 2024 edition as well as October’s Rallye du Maroc on a GasGas RX 450F.
After racing a KTM at his first five Dakar Rallies, Charlie Herbst will switch to a GasGas RX 450F for the 2024 edition.
Hoping to fulfill his Dakar Rally dream in 2025, French motocross rider and Doctor of Sports Science Romain Bouzigon will enter the Rallye du Maroc in October.
