Per reports from TV3, the Dakar Rally will switch its starting port from Marseille to Barcelona in 2024, from which vehicles will be shipped to Saudi Arabia.
Borja Pérez Casimiro, vice president of the Federación Melillense de Motocicliso. will race the Rallye du Maroc with the hope of qualifying for the 2024 Dakar Rally.
The full transcript of The Checkered Flag’s interview with 2024 Dakar Rally aspirant and bike rider Justin Gerlach.
Audi will reportedly receive 32 more kW of power for the 2024 Dakar Rally from the 2023 edition, while the minimum weight of the rival T1+ class is raised.
The Checkered Flag sat down with Justin Gerlach as he hopes to become the youngest German rider to compete at the Dakar Rally in 2024.
As the top finishing team to have never run the Dakar Rally at the TGR 1000 Desert Race, 18-year-old Jayden Els and co-driver Elvéne Vonk earned a spot in the 2024 Rally field.
Brothers Carl and Craig Searles will run the Rallye du Maroc in October, using the race as an early step towards making their Dakar Rally débuts in 2025.
Toby Hederics has 6 major races he plans to run to prepare for his Dakar Rally début in 2025, including the World Rally-Raid Championship’s 2023 Rallye du Maroc and 2024 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.
After skipping 2023, Mohammed Al-Twaijri will once again run the Dakar Rally in 2024. He has been involved with the rally every year since it moved to his home country in 2020.
Dakar Rally veterans Antanas Juknevičius, Benediktas Vanagas and Vaidotas Žala are part of an effort in Lithuania to donate old car first aid kits to Ukraine as citizens are required to get new ones in July.
After doing the 2023 Dakar Rally in T4, 2019 Quad winner Nicolás Cavigliasso will race an MCE-5 in the T3 category at the Desafío Ruta 40 and 2024 Dakar Rally.
TwinTrail Racing Team plans to bring two Malle Moto bikes to the 2024 Dakar Rally for Carles Falcón and Isaac Feliu. The two made their Dakar débuts in 2022.
After completing the 2023 Dakar Rally solo in Malle Moto, Kirsten Landman will try to do it again in 2024.
Team Land Cruiser Toyota Auto Body, gunning for an 11th straight Dakar Rally victory in the T2 class in 2024, is testing in Morocco.
The Audi RS Q e-tron that won the 2022 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge will receive a LEGO Technic release on 1 August.
Desert Endurance Motorsport will bring an IVECO 80, a Nissan Patrol, and 2 Suzuki Vitaras for the 2024 Dakar Classic with F1 driver Arturo Merzario, supercar builder Stefano Picasso, and historic rally car star Andrea Belometti.
After completing the 2022 Dakar Classic in a restored SsangYong Musso, João Costa will return in 2024 piloting a UMM Alter to honour Portugal’s rally raid history.
