Off Road

Riders who sign up for any race in Rally2, Rally3, or Quad will automatically earn points for the 2025 World Rally-Raid Championship even if they aren’t doing the full season. Meanwhile, drivers who finish worse than 15th will still earn 2 points while those who don’t finish at all can salvage a point (double both for the Dakar Rally).

Extreme H development driver Hedda Hosås will enter a rally raid for the first time when she runs the FIA World Baja Cup’s Dubai International Baja in November.

Missed The Checkered Flag’s coverage of the Rallye du Maroc? We’ve got you covered with this archive.

Bradley Cox went into Morocco trailing reigning Rally2 champion Romain Dumontier. He left with the title himself.

Although not eligible for the race win, the new Ford Raptor T1+ and Can-Am Maverick R looked right at home in Morocco.

Akira Miura’s Toyota Land Cruiser and Kay Huzink’s hybrid Renault truck, neither of which comply with FIA regulation, seemed quite accustomed to the desert environments in Morocco as Open vehicles.

The MM Technology EVO 4 is 1-for-1 after winning every stage in the Truck class in Morocco, while Kees Koolen finished behind Martin Macík Jr. to secure a 1–2 for the new truck.

In the closest FIA points battle where Yasir Seaidan and Sebastián Guayasamín were separated by just six points, Seaidan’s desert expertise kicked in at the perfect time to secure the SSV championship.

Antanas Kanopkinas battled with Kamil Wiśniewski throughout the Rallye du Maroc, and the former seized on a last-day mechanical failure to score CFMOTO Thunder Racing Team’s first World Rally-Raid Championship race win.