In a new alliance with Ferrari Challenge team RaceArt, Dakar Team Spierings will field Can-Am SSVs for Paul Spierings and Roger Grouwels at the Rallye du Maroc and 2024 Dakar Rally.
Amid reports of their 2024 Dakar Rally participation being in doubt, Team Audi Sport held tests in May to understand what went wrong in January.
The 2024 Dakar Rally will remain in Saudi Arabia, but run through 60% new area and even include a 48-hour stage format in lieu of the traditional marathon.
After three years with Nomade Racing, Mathieu Dovèze has signed with BAS World KTM Racing Team for the 2023 Rallye du Maroc and 2024 Dakar Rally.
Barbora Holická plans to run the 2024 Dakar Classic in a 1979 Citroën 2CV, a project nicknamed “Duckar” (“duck” + “Dakar”) to raise support for ducks at the Safari Park Dvůr Králové and celebrate the 2CV’s 75th anniversary.
After having to put off his 2023 Dakar Rally plans, Tomáš Ouředníček will run the 2024 edition for the newly created Toyota Gazoo Racing Czech in a Toyota Hilux GR T1+.
After making his Dakar Rally début in 2023, Thomas Kongshøj’s 5-year deal with his team means future starts are on his plate including a possible run on four wheels.
Belgian enduro rider Jonathan Savel hopes to race the 2024 Dakar Rally in the Malle Moto category, and will run the Hellas Rally Raid and Rallye du Maroc to prepare.
The full transcript of The Checkered Flag’s interview with Sonora Rally winner and 2024 Dakar Rally-bound Sara Price.
Nasser Al-Attiyah plans FIA President campaign
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5× Dakar Rally champion and current World Rally-Raid points leader Nasser Al-Attiyah intends to run for the FIA presidency when the next election rolls around.
Sara Price, set for her Dakar Rally début in 2024, spoke with The Checkered Flag about qualifying by winning her class at the Sonora Rally, followed by running two more races immediately after.
After running the 2023 Dakar Rally as a co-driver, Manuel Lucchese hoped to return for 2024 on a bike but surgery for a leg injury and its rehab will keep him out.
Anatoly Kuzmin, who called the shots as co-driver for Viktor Moskovskikh en route to the 1996 Dakar Rally victory, has died.
After being barred from running the 2023 Dakar Rally due to FIA regulation violations, Feryn Dakar Sport will run the Africa Eco Race in 2024 instead.
Per MARCA, Nani Roma will move from Bahrain Raid Xtreme to the new M-Sport Ford Ranger programme for the 2024 Dakar Rally on a 2-year deal. Laia Sanz is also in the mix.
Nikolai Strakhov, who finished 2nd in the 1991 Dakar Rally in the first race with Russian drivers and was KAMAZ-master’s longtime lead engineer, died last Tuesday at the age of 63.
Stephane Peterhansel on rally raid bike return: "I was a little lost at first but it's coming back"
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Stéphane Peterhansel, who won 6 Dakar Rallies on a Yamaha bike, returned to his roots at the Morocco Desert Challenge as part of the Ténéré Spirit Experience.
