2024 World Rally-Raid Championship

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]

Calendar

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
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

Entrants competing in the Ultimate, Challenger, and SSV classes are eligible for the overall World Championship.^[7]

Entry list

Ultimate 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
			Pau Navarro	Andreas Schulz	2
Prodrive	Hunter T1+	Nasser Racing	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Mathieu Baumel	1
		Nasser Racing	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Édouard Boulanger	2–5
		X Rally	Marcos Baumgart	Kleber Cincea	All
		X Rally	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
		Can-Am Factory Team	Austin Jones	Gustavo Gugelmin	1–3
		South Racing Can-Am	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Valentina Pertegarini	All
		South Racing Can-Am	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
		Energylandia Rally Team	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
		Can-Am Factory Team	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
Polaris	RZR Pro R	TH Trucks Team	Enrico Gaspari	Facundo Jaton	1
Source:^[8]

Results

Round	Rally name	FIA World Rally-Raid Championship results				Report
Round	Rally name	Rank	Ultimate	Challenger	SSV	Report
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)	Mansour Al Helei Khalid Alkendi Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (17h42m37s)
		2	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk Toyota Hilux Overdrive (16h36m34s)	Rokas Baciuška Oriol Vidal Montijano Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (17h15m28s)	Yasir Seidan Adrien Metge Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (17h45m19s)
		3	Seth Quintero Dennis Zenz Toyota Hilux Overdrive (16h47m55s)	Hernan Garces Echeverria Juan Pablo Latrach Vinagre Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (17h57m02s)	Sebastian Guayasamin Fernando Matías Acosta Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (18h18m49s)

3	BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah Édouard Boulanger Prodrive Hunter T1+ (10h02m57s)	Rokas Baciuška Oriol Vidal Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (10h23m30s)	João Monteiro Nuno Morais Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (10h50m31s)
		2	João Ferreira Filipe Palmeiro Mini John Cooper Works Plus (10h05m46s)	Armindo Araújo Pedro Ré Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (10h31m14s)	Ricardo Ramilo Suarez Fausto Mota Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (11h03m50s)
		3	Lucas Moraes Armand Monleón Toyota Hilux Overdrive (10h06m33s)	Nicolás Cavigliasso Valentina Pertegarini Taurus T3 Max (10h31m52s)	Rui Sepra Rui Pita Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (11h14m08s)

4	Desafío Ruta 40	1	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk Toyota Hilux Overdrive (17h38m21s)	Rokas Baciuška Sebastien Delaunay Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (18h54m59s)	Ricardo Ramilo Suarez Fausto Miguel de Almeida Mota Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (20h35m43s)
		2	Nasser Al-Attiyah Édouard Boulanger Prodrive Hunter T1+ (17h39m01s)	Nicolás Cavigliasso Valentina Pertegarini Taurus T3 Max (19h03m48s)	Sebastian Guayasamin Fernando Matías Acosta Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (20h47m45s)
		3	Sebastian Halpern Bernardo Graue Mini John Cooper Works Plus (18h24m37s)	Dania Akeel Stéphane Dupre Taurus T3 Max (19h16m43s)	Rebecca Busi Sergio Lafuente Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (20h47m50s)

5	Rallye du Maroc	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah Édouard Boulanger Dacia Sandrider (14h26m34s)	Eryk Goczał Alex Haro Taurus T3 Max (15h14m11s)	Yasir Seaidan Michaël Metge Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (17h19m00s)
		2	Sébastien Loeb Fabian Lurquin Dacia Sandrider (14h31m44s)	Marek Goczał Maciej Marton Taurus T3 Max (15h24m02s)	Alexandre Pinto Bernardo Oliveira Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR (17h29m38s)
		3	Guillaume De Mévius Mathieu Baumel Mini John Cooper Works (14h40m19m)	Dania Akeel Stéphane Dupre Taurus T3 Max (15h41m32s)	Sebastian Guayasamin Fernando Matías Acosta Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo (17h44m38s)

World Drivers' championship

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	2⁴⁴	1⁴⁶	202
2	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Ret¹⁴	2³⁷	5²⁸	1⁵²	4²⁹	160
3	Lucas Moraes	9⁴⁰	Ret⁵	3³¹	5²⁷	14¹⁴	117
4	Carlos Sainz Sr.	1⁷⁶		4²⁴		Ret	100
5	Guillaume De Mévius	2⁵⁸	Ret⁴	54³		3³⁵	100
6	Seth Quintero	101⁵	3³⁰	43⁴	11¹⁶	5²⁶	81
7	Guerlain Chicherit	4⁵⁶	Ret⁸	Ret⁵		Ret¹¹	80
8	Rokas Baciuška	21⁹	5¹⁷	6¹⁷	6¹⁷	Ret	60
9	Denis Krotov	11¹⁸	14⁸	42	4¹⁸	8¹⁵	59
10	Martin Prokop	5²⁷	21⁹			6¹⁵	51
11	João Ferreira	44	DSQ	2³⁴		11¹⁰	44
12	Cristian Baumgart	13¹⁶	Ret	7¹¹	10⁷		34
13	Austin Jones	23⁷	4¹⁹	13⁷			33
14	Mathieu Serradori	10³²					32
15	Nicolás Cavigliasso	40	27	10¹¹	7¹²	13⁵	28
16	Juan Cruz Yacopini	28¹¹	DSQ	14⁶	Ret	10⁸	25
17	Sebastian Halpern				3²⁴		24
18	Dania Akeel	117	15⁴	25³	8⁹	12⁶	22
19	Saood Variawa	17¹⁴	10⁸	Ret			22
20	Marcos Baumgart	Ret	6¹⁴	Ret¹	Ret	15³	17
21	Yasir Seidan	29⁵	8¹¹	Ret	Ret	30	16
22	Mattias Ekström	48¹⁵				Ret	15
23	Eryk Goczał	DSQ				7¹⁴	14
24	Mitch Guthrie	19¹¹				16²	13
25	Stéphane Peterhansel	55¹³					13
26	Sebastian Guayasamin	39	12⁷	58	15⁴	35	11
27	Marcelo Gastaldi	31	17²	37	9⁸	80	10
28	Pau Navarro	Ret	9⁹			23	9
29	Marek Goczał	Ret				9⁹	9
30	Ricardo Ramilo Suarez	64	29	19⁴	13⁵	Ret	9
31	Ricardo Porém	34		11⁸		Ret	8
32	Rebecca Busi	104	16³	29²	16³	37	8
33	Aliyyah Koloc	47	13⁶	Ret		Ret	6
34	Mário Franco	95		15⁵		Ret	5
35	Eugenio Amos	57⁴		55		26	4
36	Sara Price	30⁴	WD				4
37	Krzysztof Hołowczyc	121³					3
38	Claude Fournier		23	45	17²	69	2
39	Michał Goczał	DSQ				79²	2
40	Lionel Baud	36	28	53¹		22	1
-	Jean-Luc Ceccaldi	99				Ret	0
Drivers ineligible for championship points
–	Sébastien Loeb	3		22		2	–
–	Giniel de Villiers	7					–
–	Mansour Al Helei		7				–
–	Benediktas Vanagas	8					–
–	Hernan Garces Echeverria		11				–
–	Hernan Garces				12	24	–
–	Lucas del Rio				14		–
–	Christian Lavieille	12				46	–
–	Romain Dumas	14					–
–	Laia Sanz	15					–
Pos.	Driver	DAK	ABU	PRT	DES	MOR	Points

Challenger Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	DAK	ABU	PRT	DES	MOR	Points
1	Rokas Baciuška	3⁶⁸	2⁴⁶	1⁴⁶	1⁴⁹	Ret	209
2	Nicolás Cavigliasso	9⁵⁰	7³⁰	3⁴²	2⁴⁴	4²²	187
3	Marcelo Gastaldi	7⁵²	5²⁵	18²⁰	4³³	23¹³	143
4	Austin Jones	5⁴⁸	1⁵²	6²⁶			126
5	Dania Akeel	28²²	4²⁹	13¹³	3³⁴	3²⁶	124
6	Mitch Guthrie	2⁸⁵				5²⁷	112
7	Ricardo Porém	8³²		4³²		Ret	64
8	Eryk Goczał	DSQ				1⁴⁸	48
9	Mário Franco	25²⁰		7²⁷		Ret	47
10	David Zille	29¹⁹			10²²		41
11	Marek Goczał	Ret				2³⁹	39
12	Michał Goczał	DSQ				22²⁷	27
13	Lionel Baud					8¹³	13
Drivers ineligible for championship points
–	Cristina Gutiérrez	1	10				–
–	Armindo Araújo			2			–
–	Hernan Garces Echeverria		3				–
–	Francisco López Contardo	4					–
–	Alexandre Pinto			5			–
–	Hernan Garces				5		–
–	Saleh Alsaif	6					–
–	Annett Quandt		6				–
–	Lucas del Rio				6		–
–	Nadia Lafuente				7		–
–	Puck Klaasen		8				–
–	Joao Dias			8			–
–	Juan Carlos Cerda Araya				8		–
–	Pál Lonyai		9				–
–	Oscar Santos				9		–
–	Paul Spierings	10					–
Pos.	Driver	DAK	ABU	PRT	DES	MOR	Points

SSV Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	DAK	ABU	PRT	DES	MOR	Points
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
Pos.	Driver	DAK	ABU	PRT	DES	MOR	Points

References

^ "FIA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STATUS FOR CROSS-COUNTRY RALLYING, WITH DAKAR RALLY AS ITS CORNERSTONE; A.S.O. APPOINTED GLOBAL PROMOTER". World Rally-Raid Championship.
^ "A.S.O. ANNOUNCED AS THE FIRST EVER FIM WORLD RALLY-RAID CHAMPIONSHIP PROMOTER". World Rally-Raid Championship.
^ "New terminology of FIA cross-country rallying disciplines to be used from 2024". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2023-10-19. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
^ "This is the 2024 World Rally Championship calendar". www.speedweek.com. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
^ "W2RC – 2024 FIA World Rally-Raid Championship calendar gets green light". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2023-08-31. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
^ "FIA-FIM WORLD RALLY-RAID CHAMPIONSHIP 2024 CALENDAR: 4 CONTINENTS IN SEASON 3 - WRRC 2024". www.worldrallyraidchampionship.com. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
^ "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.
^ https://www.worldrallyraidchampionship.com/en/competitors-fim-fia/competitors-fia

External links

Official website
Official website - FIA Rally-Raid
Official website - FIM Rally-Raid

[FIAASO-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] "New terminology of FIA cross-country rallying disciplines to be used from 2024". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2023-10-19. Retrieved 2024-10-05.

[4] "This is the 2024 World Rally Championship calendar". www.speedweek.com. Retrieved 2024-01-11.

[5] "W2RC – 2024 FIA World Rally-Raid Championship calendar gets green light". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2023-08-31. Retrieved 2024-01-11.

[6] "FIA-FIM WORLD RALLY-RAID CHAMPIONSHIP 2024 CALENDAR: 4 CONTINENTS IN SEASON 3 - WRRC 2024". www.worldrallyraidchampionship.com. Retrieved 2024-01-11.

[7] "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.

[8] ttps://www.worldrallyraidchampionship.com/en/competitors-fim-fia/competitors-fia

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