After brother Álex’s passing, Carlos Llibre hopes to carry on his dreams of racing the 2024 Dakar Rally. His ALL1 Dakar produced a documentary of his plans, supported by those like Carlos Sainz and Laia Sanz.
As much as MotoGP great Marc Márquez likes the Dakar Rally, he has no interest in racing it on a bike. While it has its own challenges, he did not necessarily rule out a run on four wheels.
A horror crash in the 2021 Dakar Rally almost killed CS Santosh and left him with severe head injuries. As he continues his recovery, he hopes to return at the 2024 race.
Anja van Loon raced a T3 in her Dakar Rally début, but intends to switch to the trucks of T5 for the 2024 Rally with an all-female crew. To prepare her for the start, she will first pilot an IVECO in the Morocco Desert Challenge in April.
Italian motorcycle brand Aprilia, who currently competes in MotoGP, will form a rally raid programme led by Jacopo Cerutti with goals of running the Dakar Rally by 2024.
Now a 5× Dakar Rally champion, Nasser Al-Attiyah is hoping to make his return to the Summer Olympics at Paris 2024. He won bronze in skeet shooting at the 2012 Games.
Benediktas Vanagas auctions off Dakar Hilux's fender and Al-Attiyah's cap, donates vehicles for Ukraine
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Benediktas Vanagas auctioned off his Dakar Rally Toyota Hilux’s fender for €7,500, which was donated to Ukraine relief along with vehicles for the army. A cap signed by winner Nasser Al-Attiyah went for €1,000.
After skipping the 2023 race, Juan José Puga hopes to return to the Dakar Rally in 2024 and compete in the Malle Moto class for the first time.
2023 Dakar Rally Malle Moto winner Charan Moore will not plan to go back-to-back in 2024, but will still run next year’s Rally.
While his Dakar Rally team-mate Mattias Ekström and rival Sébastien Loeb compete at the Race of Champions, Stéphane Peterhansel will show off his Audi RS Q e-tron E2 in an exhibition there.
Off-road aces Mattias Ekström and Johan Kristoffersson will comprise the Swedish welcoming party for the 2023 Race of Champions.
The 2023 Africa Eco Race, originally scheduled for 11–26 March, has been pushed to 30 December – 14 January 2024 due to weather concerns, especially flooding has plagued Dakar where the race will finish.
Missed The Checkered Flag’s coverage of the 2023 Dakar Rally? All pre-race stories, stage reports, and final articles can be found here.
The 2023 Dakar Classic, a side event to the Dakar Rally that uses pre-2000 vehicles, was claimed by Juan Morera and wife Lidia Ruba Cuartero in their 1990s Toyota HDJ80.
With KAMAZ-master not taking part, Dakar Rally T5 became a battle of IVECOs as Janus van Kasteren held off Martin Macík Jr. and the van den Brink father/son duo.
At just 18 years of age, Eryk Goczał is the youngest driver to win a Dakar Rally stage and a class overall, holding off reigning World Rally-Raid Champion Rokas Baciuška for the T4 victory.
Austin Jones, the reigning Dakar Rally T4 champion, graduated to T3 and is already a winner as he and fellow American Red Bull racer Seth Quintero held the top two.
