It’s a good thing Prologue times aren’t factored into the final Dakar Rally times because Nasser Al-Attiyah and Skyler Howes, among others, would definitely rather forget it ever happened.
Lukas Lauda, eldest son of the great Niki Lauda, will enter the 2024 Dakar Rally with a Can-Am Maverick modelled after his father’s Marlboro McLaren MP4/2 that won the 1984 F1 championship.
Despite initially planning to race the Dakar Rally on her home soil, Mashael Al-Obaidan will be missing the race in the end.
2020 Dakar Rally bike winner Ricky Brabec feels his fellow American off-road racers aren’t getting as much factory support in recent years due to the sport’s limited presence in the country.
Mason Klein’s Kove Moto début will proceed as hoped after an initial scare in which his Dakar Rally bike was stuck at customs in Dubai, forcing a midnight ride by his team to fetch it.
The legendary René Metge, three-time winner of the Dakar Rally and 1986 24 Hours of Le Mans class winner, passed away Wednesday at the age of 82.
With the 2024 Dakar Rally just days away, The Checkered Flag is here with a crash course on the world of cross-country rally.
25 Auto/Truck, 6 Classic, 14 Raid Auto/Truck, 47 Moto, and 30 Raid Moto competitors make up the 122 taking part in the “real” road to Dakar.
Past-Racing launches Ford Ranger T1+ rental programme for 2024 W2RC and Bajas, 2025 Dakar Rally
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Spanish team Past-Racing will have “several” Ford Ranger T1+ vehicles available for those who wish to race the Blue Oval in any of the 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship or FIA Baja Cup events as well as the 2025 Dakar Rally.
After a journey that included a 14-year break from off-road racing and having to withdraw from the 2023 race due to logistical issues, “Super Fabio” Lottero will finally get to race the Dakar Rally in 2024.
Marc Solà, Luis Barbero, and Twan Vollenbregt were not expecting to race in the Dakar Rally or Classic in 2024 at first, but circumstances have thrown them into the navigator’s seats.
Before the 2024 Africa Eco Race, FIA member clubs worked to warn drivers about taking part in an event without FIA recognition. That won’t be an issue now as the FIA signed off on it under its respective ASNs.
75-year-old Kenjiro Shinozuka, the 1997 Dakar Rally winner, will not race the Africa Eco Race in 2024 due to losing his main sponsor. However, he hopes to remain involved by supporting his elementary school in Dakar.
The World Rally-Raid Championship’s inaugural BP Ultimate Rally Raid on the Iberian Peninsula, scheduled for April, will be mainly held in Portugal with a leg in Spain.
Sonia Ledesma will not return to the Dakar Classic in 2024, citing budget and unfair treatment that she argues comes with the territory of being a woman in racing.
Due to Martin Šoltys sustaining an injury in the final days before the 2024 Dakar Rally, Pascal de Baar will fill in by driving the new Tatra Buggyra Evo3. Egbert Wingens will replace de Baar in the Team Boucou truck.
Sébastien Loeb Racing will field two Polaris RZR Pro R Factory SSVs, the same model that races in SCORE International, at the 2024 Dakar Rally for Xavier de Soultrait and Florent Vayssade.
