2024 World Rally-Raid Championship

2024 World Rally-Raid Championship
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The 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship is 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]

Calendar edit

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.[3] The Portugal-based BP Ultimate Rally-Raid would be added to the schedule.[4][5]

Round Dates Rally name Format
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

FIA World Rally-Raid Championship edit

  • Entrants competing in the T1, T2, T3, and T4 classes are eligible for the overall World Championship.[6]

Entry list edit

T1 Teams & Drivers
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
  X Rally   Marcos Baumgart   Kleber Cincea 1–2
  Cristian Baumgart   Alberto Andreotti 1–2
Revo+ Red-Lined Revo+   Buggyra ZM Racing   Aliyyah Koloc   Sébastien Delaunay 1–2
Toyota Hilux Overdrive   Overdrive Racing   Yazeed Al-Rajhi   Timo Gottschalk 1–2
  Juan Cruz Yacopini   Daniel Oliveras 1–2
  Guerlain Chicherit   Alex Winocq 1–2
  Denis Krotov   Konstantin Zhiltsov 1–2
  Guillaume De Mévius   Xavier Panseri 1–2
  Lionel Baud   Lucie Baud 1–2
GR DKR Hilux   Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa   Lucas Moraes   Armand Monleón 1–2
  Seth Quintero   Dennis Zenz 1–2
  Saood Variawa   François Cazalet 1–2
T3 Teams & Drivers
Constructor Vehicle Team Driver Co-driver Rounds
Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo Can-Am Factory Team   Rokas Baciuška   Oriol Vidal Montjiano 1
  Austin Jones   Gustavo Gugelmin 1
South Racing Can-Am   Nicolás Cavigliasso   Valentina Pertegarini 1
  David Zille   Sebastian Cesana 1
MMP T3 Rally-Raid Ricardo Porem   Ricardo Porem   Augusto Sanz 1
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 1
Wevers Sport   Dania Akeel   Stéphane Dupre 1
Yamaha YXZ 1000R Mario Franco   Mario Franco   Daniel Jordão 1
T4 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:[7]

Results edit

Round Rally name FIA World Rally-Raid Championship results Report
Rank T1 T3 T4
1   Dakar Rally 1   Carlos Sainz
  Lucas Cruz
Audi RS Q e-tron (48h15m18s)
  Cristina Gutiérrez
  Pablo Moreno Huete
Taurus T3 Max (53h59m47s)
  Xavier de Soultrait
  Martin Bonnet
Polaris RZR Pro R (56h37m43m)
report
2   Guillaume De Mévius
  Xavier Panseri
Toyota Hilux Overdrive (49h35m43m)
  Mitchell Guthrie
  Kellon Walch
Taurus T3 Max (54h36m33s)
  Jérôme de Sadeleer
  Michaël Metge
Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (56h40m08s)
3   Sébastien Loeb
  Fabian Lurquin
Prodrive Hunter T1+ (49h44m30s)
  Rokas Baciuška
  Oriol Vidal Montijano
Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (54h58m34s)
  Yasir Seidan
  Adrien Metge
Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (57h42m11s)
2   Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge 1   Nasser Al-Attiyah
  Édouard Boulanger
Prodrive Hunter T1+ (16h20m09s)
  Austin Jones
  Gustavo Gugelmin
Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (17h10m50s)
2   Yazeed Al-Rajhi
  Timo Gottschalk
Toyota Hilux Overdrive (16h36m34s)
  Rokas Baciuška
  Oriol Vidal Montijano
Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (17h15m28s)
3   Seth Quintero
  Dennis Zenz
Toyota Hilux Overdrive (16h47m55s)
  Hernan Garces Echeverria
  Juan Pablo Latrach Vinagre
Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (17h57m02s)
3   BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal 1   Nasser Al-Attiyah
  Édouard Boulanger
Prodrive Hunter T1+ (10h02m57s)
2   João Ferreira
  Filipe Palmeiro
Mini John Cooper Works Plus (10h05m46s)
3   Lucas Moraes
  Armand Monleón
Toyota Hilux Overdrive (10h06m33s)
4   Desafío Ruta 40 1
2
3
5   Rallye du Maroc 1
2
3

World Drivers' championship edit

The driver who records a points-scoring classification would be taken into account for the championship regardless of the categories.

Pos. Driver DAK
 
ABU
 
PRT
 
DES
 
MOR
 
Points
1   Nasser Al-Attiyah Ret18 149 145 112
2   Carlos Sainz Sr. 176 424 100
3   Yazeed Al-Rajhi Ret14 237 528 79
4   Lucas Moraes 940 Ret5 331 76
5   Guerlain Chicherit 456 Ret8 Ret5 69
6   Guillaume De Mévius 258 Ret4 543 65
7   Rokas Baciuška 219 517 617 43
8   Seth Quintero 1015 330 434 39
9   Martin Prokop 527 219 36
10   João Ferreira 44 DSQ 234 34
11   Austin Jones 237 419 137 33
12   Mathieu Serradori 1032 32
13   Cristian Baumgart 1317 Ret 711 28
14   Denis Krotov 1118 148 42 26
15   Saood Variawa 1714 108 Ret 22
16   Juan Cruz Yacopini 2811 DSQ 146 17
17   Yasir Seidan 295 811 Ret 16
18   Marcos Baumgart Ret 614 Ret1 15
19   Mattias Ekström 4815 15
20   Stéphane Peterhansel 5513 13
21   Nicolás Cavigliasso 40 27 1011 11
22   Mitch Guthrie 1911 11
23   Pau Navarro Ret 99 9
24   Ricardo Porém 34 118 8
25   Sebastian Guayasamin 39 127 58 7
26   Dania Akeel 117 154 253 7
27   Aliyyah Koloc 47 136 Ret 6
28   Mário Franco 95 155 5
29   Rebecca Busi 104 163 292 5
30   Eugenio Amos 574 55 4
31   Sara Price 304 WD 4
32   Ricardo Ramilo Suarez 64 29 194 4
33   Krzysztof Hołowczyc 1213 3
34   Marcelo Gastaldi 31 172 37 2
35   Lionel Baud 36 28 531 1
-   Jean-Luc Ceccaldi 99 0
Drivers ineligible for championship points
  Sébastien Loeb 3
  Giniel de Villiers 7
  Mansour Al Helei 7
  Benediktas Vanagas 8
  Hernan Garces Echeverria 11
  Christian Lavieille 12
  Romain Dumas 14
  Laia Sanz 15
Pos. Driver DAK
 
ABU
 
PRT
 
DES
 
MOR
 
Points

T3 Drivers' championship edit

Pos. Driver DAK
 
ABU
 
PRT
 
DES
 
MOR
 
Points
1   Rokas Baciuška 368 246 146 160
2   Austin Jones 548 152 626 126
3   Nicolás Cavigliasso 950 730 342 122
4   Marcelo Gastaldi 752 525 1820 97
5   Mitch Guthrie 285 85
6   Ricardo Porém 832 432 64
7   Dania Akeel 2822 429 1313 64
8   Mário Franco 2520 727 47
9   David Zille 2919 19
10   Michał Goczał DSQ18 18
-   Eryk Goczał DSQ -
Drivers ineligible for championship points
  Cristina Gutiérrez 1 10
  Hernan Garces Echeverria 3
  Francisco López Contardo 4
  Saleh Alsaif 6
  Annett Quandt 6
  Puck Klaasen 8
  Pál Lonyai 9
  Paul Spierings 10
Pos. Driver DAK
 
ABU
 
PRT
 
DES
 
MOR
 
Points

References edit

  1. ^ "FIA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STATUS FOR CROSS-COUNTRY RALLYING, WITH DAKAR RALLY AS ITS CORNERSTONE; A.S.O. APPOINTED GLOBAL PROMOTER". World Rally-Raid Championship.
  2. ^ "A.S.O. ANNOUNCED AS THE FIRST EVER FIM WORLD RALLY-RAID CHAMPIONSHIP PROMOTER". World Rally-Raid Championship.
  3. ^ "This is the 2024 World Rally Championship calendar". www.speedweek.com. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  4. ^ "W2RC – 2024 FIA World Rally-Raid Championship calendar gets green light". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2023-08-31. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  5. ^ "FIA-FIM WORLD RALLY-RAID CHAMPIONSHIP 2024 CALENDAR: 4 CONTINENTS IN SEASON 3 - WRRC 2024". www.worldrallyraidchampionship.com. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  6. ^ "W2RC - Dakar set to kick-start 2024 FIA World Rally-Raid Championship in January with spectacular entry". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2023-12-21. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  7. ^ https://www.worldrallyraidchampionship.com/en/competitors-fim-fia/competitors-fia

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