2024 World Rally-Raid Championship Explained

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]}

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
				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		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
			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]

Results

Round	Rally name	FIA World Rally-Raid Championship results				Report
	Rank	Ultimate	Challenger	SSV
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)
		2	Sébastien Loeb Fabian Lurquin Dacia Sandrider (14h31m44s)	Marek Goczał Maciej Marton Taurus T3 Max (15h24m02s)
		3	Guillaume De Mévius Mathieu Baumel Mini John Cooper Works (14h40m19m)	Dania Akeel Stéphane Dupre Taurus T3 Max (15h41m32s)

World Drivers' championship

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

	Driver	DAK	ABU	PRT	DES	MOR	Points
1	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Ret^18	1^49	1^45	2^44	1^46	202
2	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Ret^14	2^37	5^28	1^52	4^29	160
3	Lucas Moraes	9^40	Ret^5	3^31	5^27	14^14	117
4	Carlos Sainz Sr.	1^76		4^24		Ret	100
5	Guillaume De Mévius	2^58	Ret^4	54^3		3^35	100
6	Seth Quintero	101^5	3^30	43^4	11^16	5^26	81
7	Guerlain Chicherit	4^56	Ret^8	Ret^5		Ret^11	80
8	Rokas Baciuška	21^9	5^17	6^17	6^17	Ret	60
9	Denis Krotov	11^18	14^8	42	4^18	8^15	59
10	Martin Prokop	5^27	21^9			6^15	51
11	João Ferreira	44	DSQ	2^34		11^10	44
12	Cristian Baumgart	13^16	Ret	7^11	10^7		34
13	Austin Jones	23^7	4^19	13^7			33
14	Mathieu Serradori	10^32					32
15	Nicolás Cavigliasso	40	27	10^11	7^12	13^5	28
16	Juan Cruz Yacopini	28^11	DSQ	14^6	Ret	10^8	25
17	Sebastian Halpern				3^24		24
18	Dania Akeel	117	15^4	25^3	8^9	12^6	22
19	Saood Variawa	17^14	10^8	Ret			22
20	Marcos Baumgart	Ret	6^14	Ret^1	Ret	15^3	17
21	Yasir Seidan	29^5	8^11	Ret	Ret	30	16
22	Mattias Ekström	48^15				Ret	15
23	Eryk Goczał	DSQ				7^14	14
24	Mitch Guthrie	19^11				16^2	13
25	Stéphane Peterhansel	55^13					13
26	Sebastian Guayasamin	39	12^7	58	15^4	35	11
27	Marcelo Gastaldi	31	17^2	37	9^8	80	10
28	Pau Navarro	Ret	9^9			23	9
29	Marek Goczał	Ret				9^9	9
30	Ricardo Ramilo Suarez	64	29	19^4	13^5	Ret	9
31	Ricardo Porém	34		11^8		Ret	8
32	Rebecca Busi	104	16^3	29^2	16^3	37	8
33	Aliyyah Koloc	47	13^6	Ret		Ret	6
34	Mário Franco	95		15^5		Ret	5
35	Eugenio Amos	57^4		55		26	4
36	Sara Price	30^4	WD				4
37	Krzysztof Hołowczyc	121^3					3
38	Claude Fournier		23	45	17^2	69	2
39	Michał Goczał	DSQ				79^2	2
40	Lionel Baud	36	28	53^1		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					–
	Driver	DAK	ABU	PRT	DES	MOR	Points

Challenger Drivers' championship

	Driver	DAK	ABU	PRT	DES	MOR	Points
1	Rokas Baciuška	3^68	2^46	1^46	1^49	Ret	209
2	Nicolás Cavigliasso	9^50	7^30	3^42	2^44	4^22	187
3	Marcelo Gastaldi	7^52	5^25	18^20	4^33	23^13	143
4	Austin Jones	5^48	1^52	6^26			126
5	Dania Akeel	28^22	4^29	13^13	3^34	3^26	124
6	Mitch Guthrie	2^85				5^27	112
7	Ricardo Porém	8^32		4^32		Ret	64
8	Eryk Goczał	DSQ				1^48	48
9	Mário Franco	25^20		7^27		Ret	47
10	David Zille	29^19			10^22		41
11	Marek Goczał	Ret				2^39	39
12	Michał Goczał	DSQ				22^27	27
13	Lionel Baud					8^13	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					–
	Driver	DAK	ABU	PRT	DES	MOR	Points

SSV Drivers' championship

	Driver	DAK	ABU	PRT	DES	MOR	Points
1	Yasir Seidan	3^91	2^55	Ret^9	Ret	1^53	208
2	Sebastian Guayasamin	6^42	3^45	12^31	2^43	3^45	206
3	Rebecca Busi	22^11	4^34	5^39	3^36	4^35	155
4	Ricardo Ramilo Suarez	11^21	11^13	2^54	1^49	Ret^4	141
5	Claude Fournier		7^19	9^27	4^23	14^23	92
6	Enrico Gaspari	12^31	12^11		5^30	Ret^3	75
7	Sara Price	4^74	WD				74
8	João Ferreira	5^73	DSQ				73
9	Cristiano Bautista	7^52					52
10	Michele Antonio Cinotto		5^22				22
11	Eduardo Pons	16^16					16
12	Andre Thewessen	17^13					13
	Driver	DAK	ABU	PRT	DES	MOR	Points

External links

• • - FIA Rally-Raid
• - FIM Rally-Raid

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STATUS FOR CROSS-COUNTRY RALLYING, WITH DAKAR RALLY AS ITS CORNERSTONE; A.S.O. APPOINTED GLOBAL PROMOTER. World Rally-Raid Championship. en.
2. Web site: A.S.O. ANNOUNCED AS THE FIRST EVER FIM WORLD RALLY-RAID CHAMPIONSHIP PROMOTER. World Rally-Raid Championship. en.
3. Web site: 2023-10-19 . New terminology of FIA cross-country rallying disciplines to be used from 2024 . 2024-10-05 . Federation Internationale de l'Automobile . en.
4. Web site: This is the 2024 World Rally Championship calendar . 2024-01-11 . www.speedweek.com.
5. Web site: 2023-08-31 . W2RC – 2024 FIA World Rally-Raid Championship calendar gets green light . 2024-01-11 . Federation Internationale de l'Automobile . en.
6. Web site: FIA-FIM WORLD RALLY-RAID CHAMPIONSHIP 2024 CALENDAR: 4 CONTINENTS IN SEASON 3 - WRRC 2024 . 2024-01-11 . www.worldrallyraidchampionship.com . en.
7. Web site: 2023-12-21 . W2RC - Dakar set to kick-start 2024 FIA World Rally-Raid Championship in January with spectacular entry . 2024-01-11 . Federation Internationale de l'Automobile . en.
8. https://www.worldrallyraidchampionship.com/en/competitors-fim-fia/competitors-fia