2024 World Rally-Raid Championship

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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 Saudi Arabia Dakar Rally Marathon
2 25 February–2 March United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge Rally
3 2–7 April Portugal BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal Rally
4 2–8 June Argentina Desafío Ruta 40 Rally
5 5–11 October Morocco 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 Germany Team Audi Sport France Stéphane Peterhansel France Édouard Boulanger 1
Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Lucas Cruz 1
Sweden Mattias Ekström Sweden Emil Bergkvist 1
Ford Raptor RS Cross Country Czech Republic Orlen Jipocar Team Czech Republic Martin Prokop Czech Republic Viktor Chytka 1–2
MD MD Rallye Sport Optimus France JLC Racing France Jean-Luc Ceccaldi France Thomas Gaidella 1
Mini John Cooper Works Plus Germany X-Raid Mini JCW Team Poland Krzysztof Hołowczyc Poland Łukasz Kurzeja 1
Spain Pau Navarro Portugal Gonçalo Reis 1
Germany Andreas Schulz 2
Prodrive Hunter T1+ Qatar Nasser Racing Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah France Mathieu Baumel 1
France Édouard Boulanger 2
Brazil X Rally Brazil Marcos Baumgart Brazil Kleber Cincea 1–2
Brazil Cristian Baumgart Brazil Alberto Andreotti 1–2
Revo+ Red-Lined Revo+ United Arab Emirates Buggyra ZM Racing Seychelles Aliyyah Koloc France Sébastien Delaunay 1–2
Toyota Hilux Overdrive Belgium Overdrive Racing Saudi Arabia Yazeed Al-Rajhi Germany Timo Gottschalk 1–2
Argentina Juan Cruz Yacopini Spain Daniel Oliveras 1–2
France Guerlain Chicherit France Alex Winocq 1–2
Kyrgyzstan Denis Krotov Konstantin Zhiltsov 1–2
Belgium Guillaume De Mévius France Xavier Panseri 1–2
France Lionel Baud France Lucie Baud 1–2
GR DKR Hilux South Africa Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa Brazil Lucas Moraes Spain Armand Monleón 1–2
United States Seth Quintero Germany Dennis Zenz 1–2
South Africa Saood Variawa France François Cazalet 1–2
T3 Teams & Drivers
Constructor Vehicle Team Driver Co-driver Rounds
Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo Can-Am Factory Team Lithuania Rokas Baciuška Spain Oriol Vidal Montjiano 1
United States Austin Jones Brazil Gustavo Gugelmin 1
South Racing Can-Am Argentina Nicolás Cavigliasso Argentina Valentina Pertegarini 1
Argentina David Zille Argentina Sebastian Cesana 1
MMP T3 Rally-Raid Ricardo Porem Portugal Ricardo Porem Argentina Augusto Sanz 1
Taurus T3 Max Energylandia Rally Team Poland Eryk Goczał Spain Oriol Mena 1
Poland Marek Goczał Poland Maciej Marton 1
Red Bull Off-Road Jr Team USA by BFG United States Mitchell Guthrie United States Kellon Walch 1
Marcelo Tiglia Gastaldi Brazil Marcelo Tiglia Gastaldi Brazil Carlos Sachs 1
Wevers Sport Saudi Arabia Dania Akeel France Stéphane Dupre 1
Yamaha YXZ 1000R Mario Franco Portugal Mario Franco Portugal Daniel Jordão 1
T4 Teams & Drivers
Constructor Vehicle Team Driver Co-driver Rounds
Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo Andre Thewessen Netherlands Andre Thewessen Ukraine Dmytro Tsyro 1
Can-Am Factory Team Portugal João Ferreira Portugal Filipe Palmeiro 1
France Claude Fornier France Serge Gounon 1
FN Speed Team Ecuador Sebastian Guayasamin Argentina Fernando Matías Acosta 1
OnlyFans Racing Italy Rebecca Busi Uruguay Sergio Lafuente 1
Ricardo Ramilo Suarez Spain Ricardo Ramilo Suarez Spain Arnau Lledo 1
South Racing Can-Am Spain Eduardo Pons Sune Spain Juame Betriu 1
Brazil Cristiano Bautista Spain Fausto Mota 1
United States Sara Price United States Jeremy Gray 1
Yasir Seidan Saudi Arabia Yasir Seidan France Adrien Metge 1
Polaris RZR Pro R Michele Antonio Cinotto Italy Michele Antonio Cinotto Italy Alberto Bertoldi 1
TH Trucks Team Italy Enrico Gaspari Argentina Facundo Jaton 1
Source:[7]

Results[edit]

Round Rally name FIA World Rally-Raid Championship results Report
Rank T1 T3 T4
1 Saudi Arabia Dakar Rally 1 Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Lucas Cruz
Audi RS Q e-tron (48h15m18s)
Spain Cristina Gutiérrez
Spain Pablo Moreno Huete
Taurus T3 Max (53h59m47s)
France Xavier de Soultrait
France Martin Bonnet
Polaris RZR Pro R (56h37m43m)
report
2 Belgium Guillaume De Mévius
France Xavier Panseri
Toyota Hilux Overdrive (49h35m43m)
United States Mitchell Guthrie
United States Kellon Walch
Taurus T3 Max (54h36m33s)
Switzerland Jérôme de Sadeleer
France Michaël Metge
Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (56h40m08s)
3 France Sébastien Loeb
France Fabian Lurquin
Prodrive Hunter T1+ (49h44m30s)
Lithuania Rokas Baciuška
Spain Oriol Vidal Montijano
Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (54h58m34s)
Saudi Arabia Yasir Seidan
France Adrien Metge
Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (57h42m11s)
2 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge 1 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah
France Édouard Boulanger
Prodrive Hunter T1+ (16h20m09s)
United States Austin Jones
Brazil Gustavo Gugelmin
Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (17h10m50s)
2 Saudi Arabia Yazeed Al-Rajhi
Germany Timo Gottschalk
Toyota Hilux Overdrive (16h36m34s)
Lithuania Rokas Baciuška
Spain Oriol Vidal Montijano
Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (17h15m28s)
3 United States Seth Quintero
Germany Dennis Zenz
Toyota Hilux Overdrive (16h47m55s)
Chile Hernan Garces Echeverria
Chile Juan Pablo Latrach Vinagre
Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (17h57m02s)
3 Portugal BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal 1 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah
France Édouard Boulanger
Prodrive Hunter T1+ (10h02m57s)
2 Portugal João Ferreira
Portugal Filipe Palmeiro
Mini John Cooper Works Plus (10h05m46s)
3 Brazil Lucas Moraes
Spain Armand Monleón
Toyota Hilux Overdrive (10h06m33s)
4 Argentina Desafío Ruta 40 1
2
3
5 Morocco 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
Saudi Arabia
ABU
United Arab Emirates
PRT
Portugal
DES
Argentina
MOR
Morocco
Points
1 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Ret18 149 145 112
2 Spain Carlos Sainz Sr. 176 424 100
3 Saudi Arabia Yazeed Al-Rajhi Ret14 237 528 79
4 Brazil Lucas Moraes 940 Ret5 331 76
5 France Guerlain Chicherit 456 Ret8 Ret5 69
6 Belgium Guillaume De Mévius 258 Ret4 543 65
7 Lithuania Rokas Baciuška 219 517 617 43
8 United States Seth Quintero 1015 330 434 39
9 Czech Republic Martin Prokop 527 219 36
10 Portugal João Ferreira 44 DSQ 234 34
11 United States Austin Jones 237 419 137 33
12 France Mathieu Serradori 1032 32
13 Brazil Cristian Baumgart 1317 Ret 711 28
14 Kyrgyzstan Denis Krotov 1118 148 42 26
15 South Africa Saood Variawa 1714 108 Ret 22
16 Argentina Juan Cruz Yacopini 2811 DSQ 146 17
17 Saudi Arabia Yasir Seidan 295 811 Ret 16
18 Brazil Marcos Baumgart Ret 614 Ret1 15
19 Sweden Mattias Ekström 4815 15
20 France Stéphane Peterhansel 5513 13
21 Argentina Nicolás Cavigliasso 40 27 1011 11
22 United States Mitch Guthrie 1911 11
23 Spain Pau Navarro Ret 99 9
24 Portugal Ricardo Porém 34 118 8
25 Ecuador Sebastian Guayasamin 39 127 58 7
26 Saudi Arabia Dania Akeel 117 154 253 7
27 Seychelles Aliyyah Koloc 47 136 Ret 6
28 Portugal Mário Franco 95 155 5
29 Italy Rebecca Busi 104 163 292 5
30 Italy Eugenio Amos 574 55 4
31 United States Sara Price 304 WD 4
32 Spain Ricardo Ramilo Suarez 64 29 194 4
33 Poland Krzysztof Hołowczyc 1213 3
34 Brazil Marcelo Gastaldi 31 172 37 2
35 France Lionel Baud 36 28 531 1
- France Jean-Luc Ceccaldi 99 0
Drivers ineligible for championship points
France Sébastien Loeb 3
South Africa Giniel de Villiers 7
United Arab Emirates Mansour Al Helei 7
Lithuania Benediktas Vanagas 8
Chile Hernan Garces Echeverria 11
France Christian Lavieille 12
France Romain Dumas 14
Spain Laia Sanz 15
Pos. Driver DAK
Saudi Arabia
ABU
United Arab Emirates
PRT
Portugal
DES
Argentina
MOR
Morocco
Points

T3 Drivers' championship[edit]

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