Breaking away from diesel engines, the new Mini John Cooper Works Rally 3.0i will use a 6-cylinder in-line petrol motor that produces 263 kW of power and 570 Nm of torque.
In a survey conducted following the Baja Greece in May, most competitors want it on both the FIA World and European Baja Cup calendars over one or the other, while also preferring the Selective Sections to either be shorter or are happy with the final length.
Christian Lavieille, a veteran of the premier classes, will hop into a side-by-side in Morocco when he drives the new Can-Am Maverick R prepared by BTR.
Now retired from the Dakar Rally, Erik Van Loon will race the Dakar Classic for the first time in 2025 in an Audi S1. Before that, he will test his new ride in Morocco, then take over South Racing’s new Can-Am Maverick R at the Rallye du Maroc.
After three Dakar Rallies and a Malle Moto win, Charan Moore will be doing something else in 2025.
In a surprise development, Guillaume de Mévius has left Overdrive Racing and signed with X-raid Team to drive a Mini JCW Rally Plus, Overdrive boss Jean-Marc Fortin told Auto Hebdo.
After running the last nine Dakar Rallies in a car, Vaidotas Žala will make the switch to a truck in 2025 when he races an IVECO for Team de Rooy.
Eight months after winning the Dakar Classic, Carlos Santaolalla and Jan Rosa’s Toyota Land Cruiser HDJ80 added another vintage rally raid trophy in Morocco when they won the RallyClassics Africa.
With a victory at the Baja TT Sharish Gin, João Ferreira bolstered his edge over Fernando Miguel Barreiros and João Dias in the FIA European Baja Cup with one race to go while passing Dias for the Portuguese Cross-Country Championship lead.
Challenger star Mitch Guthrie will move up to the Ultimate category in 2025 when he teams up with Carlos Sainz and Nani Roma to drive the Ford Raptor T1+ from M-Sport.
MM Technology has pulled the cover back on their latest rally truck, which team owner and defending Dakar Rally winner Martin Macík Jr., Mitchel van den Brink, and a to-be-named third driver will pilot at the 2025 race.
Oriol Vidal’s quest to win the 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship Challenger co-drivers’ title as Rokas Baciuška’s navigator has come to an abrupt end.
Before heading to Morocco to close out the 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship, Tosha Schareina and Honda locked up the FIM E-Xplorer World Cup in Switzerland in their début season.
The full transcript of The Checkered Flag’s second interview with Justin Gerlach.
223 Historic Racing Cars, 159 Historic Sports Regularity Vehicles, and 5 Legends, driven by the likes of Jos Verstappen and John Buffum, make up the near-400 vintage rally cars that will race the Tour de Corse Historique.
Alongside the returning Rallye Breslau and Fenix Rally, RBI Sport will host The ROCK Trophy and Baja Europe in 2025. The ROCK is an Extreme category race in Romania, while Baja Europe will be for Cross-Country classes in Poland.
Reigning Baja 1000 winner Carter Klein, one of the current SCORE Pro Moto Unlimited points leaders and the younger brother of Mason Klein, plans to race the Rallye du Maroc in October.
