Due to his wife Erica’s medical concerns, Gerrit Zuurmond has withdrawn from the Rallye du Maroc. In his place, his co-driver Tjeerd van Ballegooij will make his World Rally-Raid Championship driving début in the Rainbow MAN.
Season Four of the World Rally-Raid Championship will retain the Dakar Rally, Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal, and Rallye du Maroc, while replacing the Desafío Ruta 40 with the new South African Safari Rally.
Due to a critical issue in the driveline’s secondary cooling system, an issue that cannot be rectified on site in Morocco, Aleš Loprais and Team de Rooy will not race the Rallye du Maroc.
Hyundai Motorsport wrapped up a week of i20 N Rally2 development in Italy with Andreas Mikkelsen finishing five seconds behind the Rally Valli della Carnia winner despite a puncture slowing his progress.
Eight years after racing the Dakar Rally for the last time, 2013 FIA T1.1 champion Nunzio Coffaro is back as the navigator for Andrea Schiumarini in Morocco with plans of doing the 2025 Dakar afterwards.
Argentine enduro rider Carla Scaglioni will race a Fantic at the Rallye du Maroc next week in her first career cross-country rally.
2022 World Rally-Raid Champion in the Rally3 class Amine Echiguer will not run his home W2RC race due to injury he sustained earlier in the year.
5× reigning Finke Desert Race bike winner David Walsh, cousin Liam Walsh, 4× Finke victor Ben Grabham, and 2× Australasian Safari champion Jacob Smith will join forces to tackle North America’s toughest off-road race in November.
2024 Rallye du Maroc: "All the main tracks, which used to be visible, have disappeared" – Isidre Esteve
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After the catastrophic flooding that hit Morocco in September, Isidre Esteve was quick to notice the impact it had on the dry lake beds and dunes that next week’s Rallye du Maroc will be crossing.
The Rallye du Maroc will be a family affair for the Koloc family when Martin Koloc races a REVO+ GT-R in the Open class while his daughter Aliyyah Koloc returns to the REVO T1+ in Ultimate.
Alexander Chepurkó, the 2023 World Rally-Raid Championship runner-up in the Rally2 category, was in Israel when Iran launched its attack on Tuesday and witnessed the air defence systems at work.
The 57th SCORE Baja 1000 will be an 869.13-mile loop starting and ending in Ensenada, a layout fairly reminiscent of that used in 2015.
With only enough budget for the 2025 Dakar Rally, Guillaume Chollet will play it safe by not entering the upcoming Rallye du Maroc so he can invest it into January’s race.
Frantisek Brutovsky on injury recovery: "It's clear I won't make it to this year's Dakar"
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As František Brutovský continues to heal from his fractured vertebra sustained at the Hungarian Baja, he will not be able to make his Dakar Rally début in 2025.
Former Audi driver Mattias Ekström has rounded out M-Sport Ford’s four-car 2025 Dakar Rally programme, where he will drive the new Ford Raptor T1+.
Fausto Mota, usually the co-driver for SSV driver Ricardo Ramilo, will slide into the Challenger car of Rokas Baciuška as his navigator in Morocco while Oriol Vidal continues to recover from his back injury.
In the wake of Hurricane Helene’s devastation, Greg Biffle and Cleetus McFarland have been flying across North Carolina to provide humanitarian aid, with help of companies like Polaris.
