The SA Safari Rally might be held for the primary time from Could 18-24.
It’s the third spherical of the World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC), the brand new collection co-sanctioned by each the Fédération Internationale de l’Vehicle (FIA) and the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), the governing our bodies for automotive and motorbike sports activities.
The W2RC changed the FIA World Cup for Cross-Nation Rallies and FIM Cross-Nation Rallies World Championship because the premier collection of rally raid, and is promoted by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), directors of quite a few sporting occasions together with the Dakar Rally.
The inaugural W2RC race was hosted in Morocco again in 2022.
The SA occasion is offered along with Toyota Gazoo Racing SA (TGRSA) and primarily based on the Solar Metropolis resort within the North West Province, with an worldwide contingent of famend drivers anticipated to settle Dakar scores.
Qatari star, Dakar legend and reigning W2RC champion Nasser Al-Attiyah is competing, whereas Dakar veteran and former works Toyota driver Giniel de Villiers is becoming a member of the privateer Group Hilux Rally Raid for the subsequent two seasons.
