Tanner Foust, Emma Gilmour departing McLaren XE
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After two years, Tanner Foust and Emma Gilmour will not return to McLaren XE for the 2024 Extreme E season.
70 Ultimate (T1), 43 in Challenger (T3), 36 SSV (T4), 47 Truck (T5), and 3 Stock (T2) vehicles make up the near-200 that will race the Dakar Rally in 2024.
Although he broke his elbow at the Rallye du Maroc, which will prevent him from running the 2024 Dakar Rally, Julien Jagu feels the wreck has shaped him for the better as he continues to heal up.
The top 3 in the World Rally-Raid Championship, led by Nasser Al-Attiyah, along with other 2023 cross-country champs were celebrated at the FIA Prize Giving Ceremony in Baku.
After finishing second in Malle Moto at the 2023 Dakar Rally, Javi Vega will not be classified by the ASO in 2024 for returning to the class instead of moving to Rally2, though he plans to race anyway.
Ahead of Extreme H’s inaugural season in 2025, the series has joined forces with the FIA and Formula One to form the Hydrogen Working Group to oversee hydrogen part development.
After defecting to the AOE Pro Series only for it to not materialise for 2024, Crandon has returned to the Championship Off-Road calendar. Antigo will host a memorial race for Kyle LeDuc.
While training in the U.S. for the 2024 Dakar Rally, Matthias Walkner fell and broke his left tibia, fibula, and ankle joint, forcing hospitalisation and him out of taking part in the race.
After using a 50/50 mix of hydrogen and diesel in 2023, KH-7 Epsilon Team’s MAN truck will switch to hydrogen and hydrotreated vegetable oil for the 2024 Dakar Rally
After three seasons, ABT CUPRA XE will end their Extreme E programme to focus on Formula E, though they are keeping the door open for a potential Extreme H entry.
Marco Aurelio Fontana, the 2012 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in cross-country cycling, has since started dabbling in cross-country rally rider and will enter the 2024 Africa Eco Race.
A “Battle of Technologies” concept has been approved at the last FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting of 2023.
HoleShot Compétition’s MAN L90 driven by Alexandre Lemeray will feature a HydraGEN HG1 unit that turns it into a hybrid hydrogen/diesel vehicle for the 2024 Dakar Classic.
After running two rounds of the 2023 World Rally-Raid Championship, CFMOTO Thunder Racing Team will elevate to four of five in 2024 including their maiden Dakar Rally.
As the World Rally-Raid Champion for RallyGP, Luciano Benavides was among 58 champions honoured at the 2023 FIM Awards in Liverpool this past weekend.
Rosberg X Racing survived a chaotic Copper X Prix Grand Final to win their second Extreme E championship.
With all the wars going on around the world, the 2024 Dakar Rally has taken steps to show solidarity by not letting anyone place their country’s flags next to their names on their vehicles.
