2024 BP Ultimate Rally-Raid: From The Checkered Flag’s Newsroom

For the first time since the inaugural season in 2022, the World Rally-Raid Championship raced in Europe as the inaugural BP Ultimate Rally-Raid took the series from Portugal to Spain and back.

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Pre-race stories

9 June 2023: W2RC to add Iberian round in 2024 9 October 2023: Road to Dakar returns for 2024 29 December 2023: BP Ultimate Rally Raid to run through Alentejo, Ribatejo, Extremadura 26 January: TCF‘s 2024 Dakar Rally newsroom 5 March: TCF‘s Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge newsroom 7 March: 1,827 kilometres from Portugal to Spain and back 19 March: Mathieu Baumel joins Guerlain Chicherit for Portugal 19 March: Toby Price, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing part ways 20 March: Funding woes prevent Sara Price from racing rest of W2RC, to return in Morocco 20 March: José Ignacio Cornejo departs Monster Energy Honda 21 March: ParaBaja Step by Step celebrating 10-year anniversary by supporting full CERTT, W2RC 23 March: João Ferreira to race Mini at BP Ultimate Rally-Raid 23 March: Joaquim Rodrigues stepping away from racing 26 March: 169 on entry list 2 April: Sponsor obligations sideline Ricky Brabec 2 April: Andreas Hölzl: Budget, media factor into KTM’s W2RC absence 3 April: ASO pulls plug on Quads for 2025 Dakar Rally

Mid-race stories

5 April: Audi withdraws W2RC appeal, back on hook for fine

Stage winners

Stage	Date	Overall Cars Winner	Overall Bikes Winner	Recap
Prologue	3 April	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Tosha Schareina	Recap
Stage #1	3 April	Guerlain Chicherit	Tosha Schareina	Recap
Stage #2	4 April	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Sebastian Bühler	Recap
Stage #3	5 April	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Tosha Schareina	Recap
Stage #4	6 April	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	António Maio*	Recap
Stage #5	7 April	Lucas Moraes	Adrien Van Beveren	Recap

* – Not competing in World Rally-Raid Championship

Overall winners

Class	Number	Competitor	Team	Time	Recap
Ultimate	201	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Nasser Racing	10:02:57	Recap
Challenger	300	Rokas Baciuška	Can-Am Factory Team	10:23:30	Recap
SSV	405	João Monteiro*	South Racing Can-Am	10:50:31	Recap
Stock	500	Carlos Jorge Mendes*	Carlos Jorge Mendes	21:37:32	Recap
RallyGP	68	Tosha Schareina	Monster Energy Honda Rally Team	10:01:15	Recap
Rally2	40	Bruno Santos*	Momento TT Motos	10:11:42	Recap
Junior Trophy	69	Edgar Canet*	Xraids Experience	10:38:23	Recap
Veteran Trophy	32	David Casteu*	David Casteu	11:16:15	Recap
Rally3	50	Gonçalo Amaral*	Gonçalo Amaral	11:13:57	Recap
Quad	177	Kamil Wiśniewski	ORLEN Team	12:05:22	Recap
Open	700	Johan Senders*	Johan Senders	11:59:20	Recap
National	706	Bernardo Sousa* #	Benimoto Racing	3:11:51	Recap

# – Race ended after Stage #2