By RaceScene Publisher on Monday, 10 June 2024
Category: The Checkered Flag

2024 Desafio Ruta 40: From The Checkered Flag’s Newsroom

Round 4 of the World Rally-Raid Championship took place in Argentina with the Desafío Ruta 40 YPF INFINIA.

Didn’t follow The Checkered Flag‘s daily coverage? Here’s an archive of our stories just for you.

Pre-race stories

4 September 2023: TCF‘s 2023 Desafío Ruta 40 newsroom 9 October 2023: Road to Dakar returns for 2024 26 January: TCF‘s 2024 Dakar Rally newsroom 14 February: Desafío Ruta 40 bumped up a day 5 March: TCF‘s 2024 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge newsroom 14 March: 3,213 km through Cordoba, San Juan, La Rioja 20 March: Funding woes prevent Sara Price from racing rest of W2RC, to return in Morocco 1 April: TCF‘s 2024 BP Ultimate Rally-Raid newsroom 23 April: José Ignacio Cornejo joins Hero MotoSports 11 May: Michael Docherty skipping Argentina, hopes to return for Morocco 13 May: Injuries sideline Kevin Benavides for Desafío Ruta 40 again 16 May: Ibero-American Cross Country Rally Championship to be awarded at DR 40 28 May: 115 on entry list 30 May: Route tweaked, now 1,792 km timed 31 May: Oriol Vidal sidelined with back injury 31 May: Jerome Roussel: FIA interested in South American Baja Cup, updating Stock and SSV regulations

Mid-race stories

4 June: Luciano Benavides suffers partial femur fracture

Stage winners

StageDateOverall Cars WinnerOverall Bikes WinnerRecap
Prologue2 JuneNasser Al-AttiyahTosha SchareinaRecap
Stage #13 JuneYazeed Al-RajhiRicky BrabecRecap
Stage #24 JuneLucas MoraesAdrien Van BeverenRecap
Stage #35 JuneSeth QuinteroRicky BrabecRecap
Stage #46 JuneNasser Al-AttiyahTosha SchareinaRecap
Stage #57 JuneYazeed Al-RajhiTosha SchareinaRecap

Overall winners

ClassNumberCompetitorTeamTimeRecap
Ultimate202Yazeed Al-RajhiOverdrive Racing17:38:21Recap
Challenger300Rokas BaciuškaCan-Am Factory Team18:54:59Recap
SSV402Ricardo RamiloScuderia Ramilo20:35:43Recap
RallyGP9Ricky BrabecMonster Energy Honda Rally Team18:08:37Recap
Rally216Romain DumontierTeam Dumontier Racing18:57:19Recap
Junior Trophy69Edgar Canet*Xraids Experience19:10:36Recap
Veteran Trophy32David Casteu*Xraids Experience20:33:03Recap
Rally367John MedinaXraids Experience24:15:07Recap
Quad174Manuel Andújar7240 Team20:56:19Recap
Open Bike603Julián Sánchez Dabin*Max Clean Rally Team25:21:08Recap
Open Cars650Jeremías González Ferioli*Ferioli Racing Team20:20:41Recap
Road to Dakar657Leandro López*HV Racing22:37:03Recap
Ansenuza Moto703Ariel Budassi*Ariel Budassi22:34:26Recap
Ansenuza Quad721Juan José Alcorta*Juan José Alcorta22:07:09Recap
Ansenuza Auto742Nicolas Stratico*Nicolas Stratico243:43:04Recap
Ansenuza UTV741Jonatan Palomba*Jonatan Palomba18:29:13Recap
* – Not competing in World Rally-Raid Championship
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