After a month off, the World Rally-Raid Championship roared again to life this previous week with the Abu Dhabi Desert Problem.
Missed The Checkered Flag‘s day by day protection? We’ve acquired you coated with a nifty archive of our tales under.
Pre-race tales
7 March 2023: TCF‘s 2023 Abu Dhabi Desert Problem newsroom
9 October 2023: Highway to Dakar returns for 2024
29 November 2023: 2024 Abu Dhabi Desert Problem to characteristic “revamped format”
6 December 2023: CFMOTO Thunder Racing Group to run almost full 2024 W2RC
22 December 2023: Kamil Wiśniewski to overlook 2024 Dakar Rally, plans return for W2RC
27 December 2023: CFMOTO Thunder Racing Group skipping Abu Dhabi Desert Problem amidst Purple Sea delivery disaster
26 January: TCF‘s 2024 Dakar Rally newsroom
29 February: Michael Docherty on observe to recuperate for Abu Dhabi
5 February: Gustavo Gugelmin stepping away from racing
8 February: Michaël Metge joins Yasir Seaidan for remainder of 2024 W2RC
11 February: Aliyyah Koloc doing triple responsibility in W2RC, Center East Baja, 24H Sequence
13 February: Nasser Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel cut up
13 February: 1,902 km in whole from Al Dhannah to Abu Dhabi
14 February: Audi drops out of W2RC, ending rally raid programme early
16 February: 101 on entry checklist
20 February: Benavides, Van Beveren enter Enduro del Verano over Abu Dhabi Desert Problem
26 February: Laia Sanz a last-second challenger in Challenger
Mid-race tales
27 February: Audi fined for no-show
28 February: João Ferreira, already retired, disqualified as effectively
1 March: Juan Cruz Yacopini disqualified for Stage 3 crew help
