Andretti United XE has been renamed Andretti ALTAWKILAT Extreme E after partner ALTAWKILAT, a Saudi automotive company, increased support to take over naming rights. United Autosports will maintain their ownership in the team despite being dropped from the branding.
Rally raid organisers Istanbul Off-road Club and RBI Sport partnered with off-roading clubs to supply personnel and equipment normally used for races as part of rescue efforts after the Turkish-Syrian earthquakes.
2016 World Rallycross Champion Mattias Ekström is the series’ Sporting Director ahead of the sport’s second all-electric season.
Australian off-road racer Toby Hederics, whose father John Hederics is an Australasian Safari great, is striving to compete at the 2025 Dakar Rally.
Non-Russian competitors, in nationality or not holding an RAF licence, in Russia’s rally raid championships will not be able to receive points.
Extreme E and Championship Off-Road driver Kyle LeDuc will oversee a new-look Antigo Lions Roaring Raceway, which débuts its new layout with the COR season opener in June.
After brother Álex’s passing, Carlos Llibre hopes to carry on his dreams of racing the 2024 Dakar Rally. His ALL1 Dakar produced a documentary of his plans, supported by those like Carlos Sainz and Laia Sanz.
After a solid Dakar Rally in which he won a stage, reigning European Cross-Country Bajas champion João Ferreira confirmed he will race for the full World Rally-Raid Championship in T3 in 2023.
Reigning FIA Cross-Country Bajas World Champion and Dakar Rally contender Yazeed Al-Rajhi is skipping the 2023 season opener after suffering a hairline fracture in his right rib and costal cartilage while skiing.
Although the Africa Eco Race has been pushed to 2024, organisers will keep the race alive in 2023 by forming a “natural collaboration” with the Carta Rallye in Morocco on 12–18 March.
As much as MotoGP great Marc Márquez likes the Dakar Rally, he has no interest in racing it on a bike. While it has its own challenges, he did not necessarily rule out a run on four wheels.
Speaking to Autosport, Extreme E executive James Taylor said the new hydrogen counterpart Extreme H will use a “Generation 2” chassis with goals of a shakedown by June.
A horror crash in the 2021 Dakar Rally almost killed CS Santosh and left him with severe head injuries. As he continues his recovery, he hopes to return at the 2024 race.
Anja van Loon raced a T3 in her Dakar Rally début, but intends to switch to the trucks of T5 for the 2024 Rally with an all-female crew. To prepare her for the start, she will first pilot an IVECO in the Morocco Desert Challenge in April.
Italian motorcycle brand Aprilia, who currently competes in MotoGP, will form a rally raid programme led by Jacopo Cerutti with goals of running the Dakar Rally by 2024.
Now a 5× Dakar Rally champion, Nasser Al-Attiyah is hoping to make his return to the Summer Olympics at Paris 2024. He won bronze in skeet shooting at the 2012 Games.
After ending the 2022 Extreme E season with their first win, Nasser Al-Attiyah and Klara Andersson will return to a new-look ABT CUPRA XE in 2023.
