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Non-W2RC driver Mansour Al-Helei probably would have won the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge’s T4 class, but a 15-minute penalty means Rokas Baciuška beat him by 12 minutes.
After finishing second to Red Bull team-mate Austin Jones at the Dakar Rally, Seth Quintero got to finish ahead of Jones at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.
After racing for XITE in 2022, Tamara Molinaro has returned to being a reserve driver and advisor for Extreme E. She will be joined in the position by rallycross ace Andreas Bakkerud.
With a new title sponsorship for Andretti ALTAWKILAT Extreme E comes a new livery as the team ditches orange for white.
Abdulaziz Ahli is the first three-time Quad winner in the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge after scoring his third straight victory in the vent.
2023 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge: Tobias Ebster punches Dakar 2024 ticket with Rally2 win
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Despite not being a World Rally-Raid Championship points scorer, winning Rally2 at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge means Tobias Ebster is now eligible for the 2024 Dakar Rally.
2023 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge: Price takes RallyGP lead as Van Beveren scores second win
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Adrien Van Beveren beat out Luciano Benavides at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge for his second World Rally-Raid win, while Toby Price is the new W2RC RallyGP points leader after taking third by just 2 seconds.
As trouble plagued rivals Nasser Al-Attiyah and Sébastien Loeb, Yazeed Al-Rajhi took advantage to claim the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge T1 victory.
Henk Lategan and Mansour Al_Helei got to play spoiler in the World Rally-Raid Championship as the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge wrapped up after five stages.
Heikki Kovalainen, who raced with Jenson Button in Formula One and has since switched to rallying, will drive for Button’s JBXE in the 2023 Extreme E season.
The penultimate leg of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge was marred by fog, and consequently not much remained clear in the way of overall favourites.
Electric UTV manufacturer Volcon Inc. has teamed up with BFGoodrich for the first all-electric UTV off-road racing programme. The company’s electric Stag UTV will be exhibited at the Mint 400.
Carl Cox Motorsport’s inaugural Extreme E lineup will consist of Christine GZ and Timo Scheider, who ended 2022 as the Championship Drivers for the series.
Rosberg X Racing has ditched the white for their 2023 Extreme E car in favour of a more blue and teal look.
After running the inaugural season in 2021 for ABT CUPRA, Mattias Ekström will make his return to Extreme E with ACCIONA | Sainz XE Team as his Audi Dakar colleague Carlos Sainz continues to recover from his vertebrae injuries.
João Ramos drove Dakar racer Benediktas Vanagas’ Toyota Hilux T1+ to the win in the Portugal All-Terrain Championship opener, while Dakar T3 stage winner Ricardo Porém tried his hand at navigator with Maria Luís.
