With the 2023 World Rally-Raid Championship now wrapped up, opponents can start making use of for the 2024 season from Thursday, 19 October by way of Friday, 15 December at 12:00 Paris Time.
Signing up for the championship will make a crew eligible to obtain factors within the driver’s, co-driver’s, and producer’s standings, however they have to register for every race individually. Championship registration covers your entire season for the FIA and RallyGP lessons, whereas Rally2 and Quad riders could join both a single race or the total calendar. Rally3, which solely appeared on the last three rounds of 2023, is free as long as it’s obtainable.
The producer’s title is open for T1 and RallyGP. Marques who apply for the championship are required to run at the least 4 races to stay eligible or threat shedding their factors. BAIC ORV realized this the arduous method in 2023 after they entered simply three rounds and was third following their last begin earlier than being dropped to final with a goose egg within the factors column.
Entry charges, that are paid for every car, differ by class. The charges listed beneath don’t embody VAT:
The costs are barely larger than in 2023. For this previous season, T1 entrants had been required to pay €15,000, whereas T3 and T4 charges had been respectively €10,000 and €6,000. On two wheels, RallyGP riders paid €10,000 whereas Rally2 and Quad both coughed up €500 per race or €2,000 for the season. T1 producers had been on the hook for €40,000, and RallyGP and T4 had €20,000.
The T5 class for vehicles needed to pay €10,000 for 2023, although the charges shall be dropped to a round-only foundation in 2024 as the category will not have a W2RC championship. That is already the case for T2, which solely seems on the Dakar Rally and season-ending Rallye du Maroc.
Groups could change drivers or co-drivers with out cost.
The entry price can both be paid in full prior to fifteen December, or half may be given at the moment and the remaining fifty % by February if a crew has a number of vehicles in the identical class. The latter technique may be of use amongst outfits targeted on the Dakar Rally, which takes place in January simply three weeks after the registration deadline. Staff face a €1,000 effective in the event that they miss the second deadline, particularly as stewards present frequent e-mail reminders all through January.
The 15 December deadline is three weeks previous to the beginning of the 2024 Dakar Rally. The 2024 W2RC season is 5 rounds lengthy.
