2008 FIM Cross-Country champion Oscar Polli and Silvayn Espinasse will race Tacita’s Discanto electric bikes in the 2024 Dakar Rally’s Mission 1000.
Due to scheduling conflicts, Zdeněk Tůma and BARTH Racing will not race the Dakar Rally in 2024.
Stéphan Bosteels, one of the original competitors of the Paris–Dakar Rally in 1979 whose family was a regular during its first decade, passed last Sunday at the age of 91.
Chinese electric bike manufacturer Arctic Leopard will be represented by a trio of Willy Jobard, Su Wenmin, and Jack Cai at the 2024 Dakar Rally.
Jason McNeil had the most total points of all drivers to claim the 50th SCORE International World Desert Championship outright, while Bryce Menzies headlines the list in Trophy Truck.
Bruno Santos was supposed to make his Dakar Rally début two years ago but couldn’t due to injury. He finally gets his chance in 2024.
Due to funding and other matters, Lithuanians Agnė Telyčėnaitė, Sandra Rimkė, and Aistė Perminaitė will not race the 2024 Dakar Rally. Their teams were originally going to compete in the SSV class.
Martin Šoltys, Tomáš Šikola, and Petr Schweiner will race the upgraded Tatra Buggyra Evo3 truck at the 2024 Dakar Rally for Tatra Buggyra ZM Racing.
Audi will seek to rebound from their disastrous 2023 Dakar Rally with a revamped RS Q e-tron that focuses on reliability.
After racing the 2023 Dakar Rally in the T3 class, Joan Font will head to the former T4 category (now SSV) for 2024, racing for Scuderia Ramilo Rodamoto.
Wei Han and HanWei Motorsport Team will move up from T1.2 as part of a deal with T1.1 team Red-Lined Motorsport to create a new T1+ car, which they will début at the 2024 Dakar Rally.
The 2024 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge will introduce a second bivouac in Liwa alongside the usual in Al Dhannah. The race will span 2,250 kilometres with 1,450 in Selective Sections
Christine GZ has returned to her post as Extreme E’s female Championship Driver for the 2023 season-ending Copper X Prix.
ETCR champion Adrien Tambay will dabble in off-road racing yet again next week when he enters the Extreme E season finale in Chile for ABT CUPRA XE.
Ondřej Martinec has been forced to abandon his 2024 Dakar Rally plans after undergoing heart surgery. He and Olga Roučková were supposed to race a Toyota Land Cruiser in the Dakar Classic.
Despite a 3rd in Quad at the 2023 Dakar Rally, Pablo Copetti will not return in 2024. He considered a switch to SSV but didn’t have the cash and isn’t happy with the ASO’s new rules for Quad riders.
Trophy-Raid Championship driver Volodymyr Giba and former kart racer Volodymyr “Red Bull” Chernysh add to a tragic list of Ukrainian motorsport figures killed in combat.
