After making his début in 2022, Mário Franco will run his second Dakar Rally in 2024, racing a Yamaha in the Challenger (T3) class with bike star and rally co-driving newcomer Daniel Jordão.
After finishing third in the 2023 Motorsport Australia Off Road SXS Pro Championship, Glenn Brinkman is heading to the Dakar Rally for the first time in 2024.
14 years after his last Dakar Rally and 24 years after his last on a bike, Yoshio Ikemachi will return to the race on two wheels in the Rally2 class.
The 2024 Dakar Rally’s Mission 1000 for electric/hydrogen/hybrid vehicles will determine top performers by points earned in a time attack against a set time; bonus points are earned via fan vote and drag race.
Amine Echiguer, the 2022 World Rally-Raid Champion in Rally3, will enter the Africa Eco Race for the first time in 2024.
Gerard Farrés will have Goku and the Dragon Balls on his side (literally) when he takes on the 2024 Dakar Rally, placing decals of them along his Can-Am Maverick and his helmet.
A leg injury he sustained at the 2023 Dakar Rally will prevent Kamil Wiśniewski from running the 2024 edition, but he hopes to enter the remaining World Rally-Raid Championship events.
After fracturing his ankle and tearing an Achilles while training, Mike Wiedemann will not race the Dakar Rally in 2024.
65 cars and 15 trucks comprise the historic vehicle grid for the navigation-based Dakar Classic in 2024.
The FIA’s rulebook for the 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship and Baja Cups were finalised last week, with other major changes including permitting the use of rubber for tyre repair and updated time intervals for EoT.
WRC veteran Kris Meeke will run his second Dakar Rally in 2024, driving an OT3 for GRallyTeam in the Challenger (formerly T3) class.
23 RallyGP, 113 Rally2, and 10 Quad riders make up the 146 bikes and ATVs that will tackle the 2024 Dakar Rally.
WRC driver Pierre-Louis Loubet will run the 2024 Africa Eco Race in the new Apache APH-01, serving as a team-mate to ex-motocross ace Gautier Paulin.
After racing every edition since 2019 and finishing 14th in class in 2023, Team Los Amigos and Éric Abel will not take part in the 2024 Dakar Rally.
Guerlain Chicherit and Guillaume de Mévius will become stuntmen/bounty hunters for the 2024 Dakar Rally onwards as they design their Toyota Hiluxes after Colt Seavers’ GMC in The Fall Guy.
82-year-old Yoshimasa Sugawara, who ran the Dakar Rally a record 36 times from 1983 to 2019, will return to the driver’s seat in a Suzuki Jimny at the Africa Eco Race in 2024.
Gautier Paulin moves from motocross to rally raid, driving Apache in 2024 Africa Eco Race
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Former FIM MXGP rider and 5× Motocross des Nations winner Gautier Paulin will make the jump to rally raid by driving the new Apache APH-01 hybrid car in the 2024 Africa Eco Race.