Julien Ingrassia backs out of Dakar 2023
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WRC champion co-driver Julien Ingrassia hoped to run the 2023 Dakar Rally with Mika Pisano, but has dropped out as he currently does not feel ready for the rally raid.
Polish SSV team Kamena Rally Team, led by Tomasz Białkowski and Dariusz Baśkiewicz, has announced a Dakar Rally pursuit.
Championship Off-Road Pro 4/Pro Turbo SxS driver Andrew Carlson returns to Nitro Rallycross at ERX Motor Park, which his family owns, in the Group E category for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.
M-Sport has announced they have withdrawn Adrien Fourmaux from next week´s Rally New Zealand
Bryce Menzies and Juan Carlos Salvatierra will carry momentum into the Baja 1000 after winning the Baja 400. Like last year’s 400, Menzies duelled with Luke McMillin and came out on top, returning the favour from San Felipe.
Sébastien Ogier has confirmed today that he will be driving the season remainder in WRC for Toyota
Anton Marklund has won the FIA European Rallycross championship with a fourth-place finish in Montalegre behind Enzo Ide, Janis Baumanis, and Ulrik Linnemann.
Niclas Grönholm defied expectations as he finally broke Johan Kristoffersson’s unbeaten streak in this year’s WorldRX.
Johan Kristoffersson has taken four wins out of four races, having won a spectacular event on day one of the Portuguese double-header at Montalegre.
Due to a right palm injury that resulted in ligament damage and inflammation, Yasir Seaidan will sit out the remainder of the 2022 season. His 2023 Dakar Rally plans are also in doubt.
While Sergei Kariakin—a staunch Putin supporter—refuses to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a condition to let him run the Dakar Rally, Konstantin Zhiltsov sees no issue with switching to an Israeli licence to take part.
After a successful inaugural edition in 2022, the Race of Champions will once again be held on the snow/ice of Pite Havsbad, Sweden on 28/29 January 2023.
XITE Energy Racing will retain Timo Scheider and Tamara Molinaro, who were last-minute additions for the Island X Prix in June, for the fina races of the Extreme E season in South America.
Guerlain Chicherit and GCK Motorsport are the next outfit to race with the Prodrive Hunter 4WD T1+, doing so for the 2023 Dakar Rally and World Rally-Raid Championship
After missing the 2021 Baja 400 pole by just half a second, Luke McMillin topped the Trophy Trucks for the 2022 edition.
Championship leader Anton Marklund is on the verge of his second Euro RX title at the penultimate round of the championship in Portugal.
Johan Kristoffersson aims to continue his unbeaten run in the new RX1e category of World Rallycross as the championship returns to where it all began – Montelegre.
