In the middle of the sea camp, in front of the bonfire leading the bivouac and before the press conference before the start of the Dakar, the FIA and the FIM presented the second World Cup Rally-Raid W2RC which will be held in 2023 and will certainly start this Saturday with the Dakar prologue, the first event marking the contest. In front of the participants and the press, in the middle of the sunset on the coast of red seathe two international federations and representatives of the 5 events that will make up the championship, highlighted the excellent first year the championship experienced and the development they hope will continue in the academic year of 2023.
In 2022, this new car world FIA and motorcycles FIM It was released with a calendar of 4 events: Dakar, Abu Dhabi Desert Callenge, Rally of Morocco and Rally Andalusia. In this new course, the Andalusian test is not in the list of up to 5 appointmentswhich will lead to Rally-Raid up to three different continentsa symptom of the great growth of this sport, which has many prospects for the future worldwide.
Dakar (December 31 to January 15) and Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge (from February 25 to March 3, in the United Arab Emirates) will be repeated as the first two races. Later, two new tests will come: the Sonora Rally (22 to 28 April)in the desert of Mexico located on the border of the United States, and the Route 40 Challenge (from August 26 to September 1), in Argentina. And finally, the W2RC World Championship will end with a dispute rally of morocco (from October 12 to 18) which promises very strong emotions.
“At the Rally of Morocco we will return to more famous places like Zagora. There will be lots of sand in the desert, stages in more classic areas: sand and lots of sand. There will be a multipurpose field, where we will try to put everything in order to finish the World Championship season well. Starting in February there will be more information and announcements,” said David Castera, director of the Rally of Morocco and director of the Dakar Rally. The Morocco Rally will continue to be a great introduction to the Dakar and as such, it will have the perfect route for the competitors and their cars to test themselves before facing the next edition of the Dakar.
In this new event, Audi will be added to the list of participating brands in the car category. It is in the second year of creating its new electric motorization project with the Audi RS Q e-Tron E2. Peterhansel, Sainz, Ekström (Audi) and other drivers such as Chicherit join the W2RC World Championship entry list, along with current champion Al Attiyah, runner-up Loeb and Al Rajhi, although it remains to be seen whether they will participate Carlos in all so that they can choose for a new scepter of the World Cup. After two wins in the World Rally Championship, he could face the chance to win a new crown, the first in Rally-Raid. Carlos will now try to win another crown, the Dakar, which will be his fourth overall victory in the world’s toughest race.
Source: La Verdad
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