Region | Morocco |
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Inaugural season | 2000 |
Official website | rallyemaroc |
The Rallye du Maroc is a rally-raid which is held each year in Morocco from 2000. [1] [2] The event is part of both the World Rally-Raid Championship co-sanctioned by the FIA and FIM, after previously being overseen separately by the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies and FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship.
In 2017, the organization of the Rallye du Maroc was officially ceded to the ODC company, represented by the rally driver David Castera, sports director of the Dakar for 10 editions, who is in charge of the rallye since the 2018 edition. [3]
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