2024 World Rally-Raid Championship | |||
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The 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship was the third season of the annual competition for rally raid events sanctioned by both the FIA and FIM. The Amaury Sport Organization is in the third of a five-year contract to promote the championship. [1] [2]
A major overhaul of the class name terminology took place before the season, with the T1, T2, T3, T4, and T5 categories being renamed to the Ultimate, Stock, Challenger, SSV, and Truck categories for 2024. [3]
The calendar for the 2024 season features five rally-raid events. The prestigious Dakar Rally once again hosted the opening event, with the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, Desafio Ruta 40, and Rallye du Maroc events returning to the calendar. [4] The Portugal-based BP Ultimate Rally-Raid would be added to the schedule. [5] [6]
Round | Dates | Rally name | Format |
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1 | 5 January–19 January | Dakar Rally | Marathon |
2 | 25 February–2 March | Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge | Rally |
3 | 2–7 April | BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal | Rally |
4 | 2–8 June | Desafío Ruta 40 | Rally |
5 | 5–11 October | Rallye du Maroc | Rally |
Ultimate Teams & Drivers | |||||
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Constructor | Vehicle | Team | Driver | Co-driver | Rounds |
Audi | RS Q e-tron | Team Audi Sport | Stéphane Peterhansel | Édouard Boulanger | 1 |
Carlos Sainz | Lucas Cruz | 1 | |||
Mattias Ekström | Emil Bergkvist | 1 | |||
Ford | Raptor RS Cross Country | Orlen Jipocar Team | Martin Prokop | Viktor Chytka | 1–2 |
MD | MD Rallye Sport Optimus | JLC Racing | Jean-Luc Ceccaldi | Thomas Gaidella | 1 |
Mini | John Cooper Works Plus | X-Raid Mini JCW Team | Krzysztof Hołowczyc | Łukasz Kurzeja | 1 |
Pau Navarro | Gonçalo Reis | 1 | |||
Andreas Schulz | 2 | ||||
Prodrive | Hunter T1+ | Nasser Racing | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Mathieu Baumel | 1 |
Édouard Boulanger | 2–5 | ||||
X Rally | Marcos Baumgart | Kleber Cincea | All | ||
Cristian Baumgart | Alberto Andreotti | All | |||
Revo+ | Red-Lined Revo+ | Buggyra ZM Racing | Aliyyah Koloc | Sébastien Delaunay | 1–3 |
Toyota | Hilux Overdrive | Overdrive Racing | Yazeed Al-Rajhi | Timo Gottschalk | All |
Juan Cruz Yacopini | Daniel Oliveras | 1–2 | |||
Guerlain Chicherit | Alex Winocq | 1–3, 5 | |||
Denis Krotov | Konstantin Zhiltsov | All | |||
Guillaume De Mévius | Xavier Panseri | 1–3, 5 | |||
Lionel Baud | Lucie Baud | 1–3 | |||
GR DKR Hilux | Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa | Lucas Moraes | Armand Monleón | All | |
Seth Quintero | Dennis Zenz | All | |||
Saood Variawa | François Cazalet | 1–3 | |||
Challenger Teams & Drivers | |||||
Constructor | Vehicle | Team | Driver | Co-driver | Rounds |
Can-Am | Maverick XRS Turbo | Can-Am Factory Team | Rokas Baciuška | Oriol Vidal Montjiano | All |
Austin Jones | Gustavo Gugelmin | 1–3 | |||
South Racing Can-Am | Nicolás Cavigliasso | Valentina Pertegarini | All | ||
David Zille | Sebastian Cesana | 1, 4 | |||
MMP T3 Rally-Raid | Ricardo Porem | Ricardo Porem | Augusto Sanz | 1, 3 | |
Taurus | T3 Max | Energylandia Rally Team | Eryk Goczał | Oriol Mena | 1 |
Marek Goczał | Maciej Marton | 1 | |||
Red Bull Off-Road Jr Team USA by BFG | Mitchell Guthrie | Kellon Walch | 1 | ||
Marcelo Tiglia Gastaldi | Marcelo Tiglia Gastaldi | Carlos Sachs | All | ||
Wevers Sport | Dania Akeel | Stéphane Dupre | All | ||
Yamaha | YXZ 1000R | Mario Franco | Mario Franco | Daniel Jordão | 1, 3 |
SSV Teams & Drivers | |||||
Constructor | Vehicle | Team | Driver | Co-driver | Rounds |
Can-Am | Maverick XRS Turbo | Andre Thewessen | Andre Thewessen | Dmytro Tsyro | 1 |
Can-Am Factory Team | João Ferreira | Filipe Palmeiro | 1 | ||
Claude Fornier | Serge Gounon | 1 | |||
FN Speed Team | Sebastian Guayasamin | Fernando Matías Acosta | 1 | ||
OnlyFans Racing | Rebecca Busi | Sergio Lafuente | 1 | ||
Ricardo Ramilo Suarez | Ricardo Ramilo Suarez | Arnau Lledo | 1 | ||
South Racing Can-Am | Eduardo Pons Sune | Juame Betriu | 1 | ||
Cristiano Bautista | Fausto Mota | 1 | |||
Sara Price | Jeremy Gray | 1 | |||
Yasir Seidan | Yasir Seidan | Adrien Metge | 1 | ||
Polaris | RZR Pro R | Michele Antonio Cinotto | Michele Antonio Cinotto | Alberto Bertoldi | 1 |
TH Trucks Team | Enrico Gaspari | Facundo Jaton | 1 | ||
Source: [8] |
The driver who records a points-scoring classification would be taken into account for the championship regardless of the categories.
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Pos. | Driver | DAK | ABU | PRT | DES | MOR | Points |
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1 | Yasir Seidan | 391 | 255 | Ret9 | Ret | 153 | 208 |
2 | Sebastian Guayasamin | 642 | 345 | 1231 | 243 | 345 | 206 |
3 | Rebecca Busi | 2211 | 434 | 539 | 336 | 435 | 155 |
4 | Ricardo Ramilo Suarez | 1121 | 1113 | 254 | 149 | Ret4 | 141 |
5 | Claude Fournier | 719 | 927 | 423 | 1423 | 92 | |
6 | Enrico Gaspari | 1231 | 1211 | 530 | Ret3 | 75 | |
7 | Sara Price | 474 | WD | 74 | |||
8 | João Ferreira | 573 | DSQ | 73 | |||
9 | Cristiano Bautista | 752 | 52 | ||||
10 | Michele Antonio Cinotto | 522 | 22 | ||||
11 | Eduardo Pons | 1616 | 16 | ||||
12 | Andre Thewessen | 1713 | 13 | ||||
Drivers ineligible for championship points | |||||||
– | Xavier de Soultrait | 1 | – | ||||
– | Mansour Al Helei | 1 | – | ||||
– | João Monteiro | 1 | – | ||||
– | Jérôme de Sadeleer | 2 | – | ||||
– | Alexandre Pinto | 2 | – | ||||
– | Rui Serpa | 3 | – | ||||
– | Ruben Jorge Rodrigues | 4 | – | ||||
– | Paul Severn | 5 | – | ||||
– | Justas Grendelis | 6 | – | ||||
– | Filipe Manuel Aniceto Lopes | 6 | – | ||||
– | Fidel Castillo | 6 | – | ||||
– | Reinaldo Varela | 7 | – | ||||
– | Alexander Toril | 7 | – | ||||
– | Gerard Farrés | 8 | – | ||||
– | Piotr Beaupre | 8 | – | ||||
– | Vítor da Silva Moutinho | 8 | – | ||||
– | Francisco Guedes | 8 | – | ||||
– | Emilija Gelažninkienė | 9 | – | ||||
– | Pietro Cinotto | 9 | – | ||||
– | Grzegorz Brochocki | 9 | – | ||||
– | Florent Vayssade | 10 | – | ||||
– | Robert Szustkowski | 10 | – | ||||
– | Adrien Choblet | 10 | – | ||||
– | Andrea Schiumarini | 10 | – | ||||
– | José Óscar Nogueira | 11 | 21 | – | |||
– | Juan Manuel Maña | 11 | – | ||||
– | Pablo Copetti | 12 | – | ||||
– | Cristina Giampaoli | 13 | – | ||||
– | Atif Alzarouni | 13 | – | ||||
– | José Morgado | 13 | – | ||||
– | Gauthier Honvault | 13 | – | ||||
– | Jorge Wagernfuhr | 14 | – | ||||
– | Martijn van den Broek | 15 | – | ||||
– | William Grarre | 15 | – | ||||
– | Bertrand Honvault | 16 | – | ||||
– | Domingo Román | 17 | – | ||||
– | Jérémie Renou | 18 | – | ||||
– | Michaël Devos | 18 | – | ||||
– | Daniel Gonzalez Reina | 19 | – | ||||
– | Aleksander Szustkowski | 19 | – | ||||
– | Shinsuke Umeda | 20 | – | ||||
– | Adrien Choblet | 20 | – | ||||
– | Sander Derikx | 21 | – | ||||
– | José Ignacio Gayoso | 22 | – | ||||
– | Benoît Lepietre | 23 | – | ||||
– | Rodrigo Varela | 24 | – | ||||
– | Grzegorz Brochocki | 25 | – | ||||
– | Jose Vidaña | 26 | – | ||||
– | Alexander Toril Boquoi | Ret | – | ||||
– | Miguel Toril Boquoi | Ret | – | ||||
– | João Paula | Ret | – | ||||
– | Jeremie Renou | Ret | – | ||||
– | Gonçalo Guerreiro | Ret | – | ||||
– | Hélder Rodrigues | Ret | – | ||||
– | Erik Van Loon | Ret | – | ||||
– | Roger Grouwels | Ret | – | ||||
– | Juan Miguel Fidel | Ret | – | ||||
– | Jérôme Daniel | Ret | – | ||||
– | Carlos Vento | Ret | – | ||||
– | Jérémie Renou | Ret | – | ||||
Pos. | Driver | DAK | ABU | PRT | DES | MOR | Points |
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