Luciano Benavides will not be able to defend the Rally Raid world championship due to the loss of the KTM group, which consists of Husqvarna, a brand of which the Argentine pilot is a part.
With the start of Dakar 2024, the news shook the camp, because the KTM team (consisting of Husqvarna and Gas Gas), decided not to register its drivers as part of the maximum Raid Rally competition, which will begin in January with the Dakar Rally 2024. It will be impossible for Luciano Benavides to maintain the world championship achieved in Motorcycles.
The Argentines who will compete in the 2024 Dakar Rally, one by one
Motorcycles
- Diego Gamaliel Llanos
- Kevin Benavides
- Juan Santiago Rostan
- Sebastian Alberto Urquía
Quadricycles
- Francisco Moreno Flores
- Manuel Andujar
Cars: (pilot/copilot)
- Juan Cruz Yacopini – Dani Oliveras (Esp)
- David Zille – Sebastian Cezana
- Nicolas Cavigliasso – Valeria Pertegarini
- Ricardo Porem (Por) – Augusto Sanz
- Javier Vélez (Col) – Gastón Ariel Mattarucco
- Sebastián Guayasamin (Ecu) – Fernando Matías Acosta
- Cristina Giampaoli (Ita) – Ricardo Adrián Torlaschi
- Enrico Gáspari (Ita) – Facundo Jaton Polaris
Classic: (pilot/copilot)
- Jorge Pérez Companc – José María Volta
Source: Tycsports
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