Stéphane Peterhansel, a 6× winner of the Dakar Rally in Bikes before switching to four wheels, will return to his roots for the Morocco Desert Challenge as he pilots a Yamaha Ténéré 700 as part of the Ténéré Spirit Experience run by his wife Andréa.
Per MARCA, Team Audi Sport might only enter the 2024 Dakar Rally if they can be assured of a level playing field via the controversial Equivalence of Technology system.
In a report from DirtFish, 2× Dakar Rally winner Nani Roma recently tested M-Sport/Neil Woolridge Motorsports’ new Ford Ranger T1+ and is on a very long list of candidates to represent the new programme at their début in the 2024 Dakar.
Ukrainian Rally-Raid Cup veteran Frédéric Chavigny, who competed at the Dakar Rally and was the president of ASPRIA Seeds, has passed away. He was 57.
Now in his sixties and having accomplished much in his career, Carlos Sainz’s last major bucket list goal that he wants to cross off is a fourth Dakar Rally victory with as many manufacturers. If Audi returns to Dakar in 2024, he will be there.
While the Dakar Rally is typically held in the first week of the new year, the ASO is considering pushing the 2024 Dakar Rally back to 6–19 January.
After two years as a Hero MotoSports factory rider, Franco Caimi has parted ways with the Indian bike manufacturer.
Ahúja Racing, a team consisting of university students, will race the in CERTT, European Cross-Country Bajas, and the Rallye du Maroc before ultimately the Dakar Rally with Fidel Castillo and Marc Solà.
After racing the 2023 Dakar Rally on a GasGas, Neels Theric will become Kove Moto’s first non-Chinese factory rider. He will run multiple W2RC legs and Dakar 2024.
Jaap Bolk looks to enter the 2024 Dakar Classic in a Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution with the goal of completing the race while being carbon neutral by running on bioethanol.
After finishing fifty-fifth in the Rally2 class at his maiden Dakar Rally, Iader Giraldi hopes to make his return in 2024.
Jim Pearson’s Dakar Rally début abruptly ended with a bike failure, but he’ll be back for another shot in 2024.
Perhaps putting the “raid” in “rally raid”, reigning Russian Rally-Raid Champion Anton Melnikov, Dakar Rally veteran Anton Nikolaev, and 2011 FIM Quad World Cup Dmitry Pavlov have donated supplies like socks and spare parts to occupying Russian forces in Kherson.
Under his “Sport e Solidarietà” project, Italian racer Michele Bini hopes to enter the 2024 Dakar Rally while also supporting medical programmes in Vicopisano.
KAMAZ's Anton Shibalov: "Even those not in [T5] say, 'It's not so interesting without you.'"
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Anton Shibalov claimed fellow Dakar Rally competitors told him the race isn’t as interesting with KAMAZ-master barred from taking part, though he doesn’t fault others for capitalising on their absence.
After winning the 2023 Dakar Classic in a Toyota Land Cruiser HDJ80, Juan Morera will return in 2024 with a car modelled on Jacky Ickx’s 1986 Porsche 959, using the base of a Porsche 964.
Hallspeed, behind the Toyota GR DKR Hilux T1+ that won the last two Dakar Rallies, is now under the ownership of South African Rally-Raid champion Shameer Variawa.
