In the closest points battle of the 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship, Sebastián Guayasamín and Yasir Seaidan will enter the season finale in Morocco separated by just six points.
To prepare for the Rallye du Maroc in his pursuit of a World Rally-Raid Championship, Nicolás Cavigliasso threw it down by holding off Gonçalo Guerreiro for the Baja Morocco win in a 1–2 finish for Taurus T3 Max cars.
After racing the 2024 Dakar Classic in a Porsche 924, Łukasz Zoll and his twin brother Michał will switch to the main Dakar Rally in 2025, driving a Can-Am Maverick from South Racing.
After a tumultuous 2024 Dakar Classic for their Porsche 924s, P-Rally has opted to replace the 2-litre engine with a 2.5L version without a turbo, among other changes.
MM Technology’s new EVO 4 line will include a third truck, nicknamed “Tony”, piloted by Kees Koolen at the Rallye du Maroc in October.
After finishing 23rd in Challenger at the 2024 Dakar Rally, Jeffrey Otten will not enter the 2025 edition.
Luciano Benavides and Daniel Sanders have respectively moved from Husqvarna and GasGas to Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, where they will team up with Kevin Benavides starting at the Rallye du Maroc.
Due to FIA regulations, Rainbow Truck Team had to modify their MAN TGA ahead of Morocco by moving their fuel tank. This triggered quite a chain reaction that culminated in a redesigned rear end.
Guillaume de Mévius and Guerlain Chicherit surprised the rally world when they opted to leave Overdrive Racing for X-raid Team, but with the unveil of the new Mini JCW Rally 3.0i, they think it’ll give them their best chances at winning.
Like many teams, Buggyra ZM Racing will use the Rallye du Maroc as a dress rehearsal for the 2025 Dakar Rally. Martin Šoltys and Karel Poslední will respectievly drive a Tatra Buggyra EVO3 and Tatra Phoenix.
The fledgling Defender Rally Series has picked up its most notable driver to date when Petter Solberg makes his début at the Clare Forestry Rally in October. It will be his first Irish rally since the WRC’s 2007 Rally Ireland.
Continuing his trend of naming his trucks, Martin Macík Jr.’s 2025 Dakar Rally challenger has been dubbed Benny the Big Guy (or Bohouš in Czech). It will make its début at the Rallye du Maroc.
Despite historic and deadly flooding, race director David Castéra is confident that his team will adjust accordingly in the 2 weeks before the Rallye du Maroc, as they did during COVID and last year’s earthquake.
126 FIA entries (43 Ultimate, 39 Challenger, 36 SSV, 1 Stock, 7 Truck), 136 FIM (12 RallyGP, 112 Rally2, 8 Rally3, 4 Quad), and 9 Open cars make up the grid for the final race of the 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship.
Ndoki Racing Team, based in the capital city of Kinshasa, will be the first team from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to compete in the World Rally-Raid Championship, doing so in partnership with Belgian team BRT. They will field a Can-Am Maverick for Belgians racers Michaël Devos and Xavier Hottelet.
Among GRallyTeam’s four teams for the Rallye du Maroc are a pair of former FIM Dakar Rally winners as 2× Quad winner Alexandre Giroud will race an OT3 as a driver while 2023 Malle Moto victor Charan Moore is the navigator of another driven by Puck Klaassen.
2023 Truck winner Janus van Kasteren will not return to the Dakar Rally in 2025, but plans to do so in a car at the 2026 edition.
