The Desafío Ruta 40 returns to the World Rally-Raid Championship in 2024 because the penultimate spherical, albeit two months sooner than final yr because it takes place in June. The race will span roughly 3,213 kilometres complete with 2,085 km being Selective Sections.
Córdoba’s Complejo Ferial Córdoba will function the rally’s base of operations, marking its first time racing within the eponymous province. The second largest metropolis in Argentina, Córdoba beforehand hosted legs of the Dakar Rally when it ran by means of South America, together with being the end in 2018.
After a sixteen-kilometre Prologue, longer than the 9 in 2023, the primary race begins with a 466-km loop across the metropolis. Stage #2 takes opponents to San Juan, which hosts a loop of its personal for Stage #3. San Juan beforehand welcomed the Dakar from 2010 to 2012 and 2014 to 2018. San Juan’s bivouac can be based mostly at Circuito San Juan Villicum, a race observe visited twice yearly by Argentina’s Turismo Carretera and previously by the Superbike World Championship.
Stage #4, the longest with over 500 kilometres in timed sections, heads to La Rioja. Boasting six Dakars to its identify, La Rioja was additionally the location of the opening stage for the 2023 DR 40. The bivouac is at Estadio Superdomo de La Rioja, a basketball enviornment and live performance venue.
The race returns to Córdoba on the ultimate day.
Scrutineering will happen on 1 June adopted by the Prologue a day later, with a stage day by day till it wraps up on 7 June. The rally was initially scheduled for two–8 June earlier than being moved up a day to assist followers travelling. In 2023, the race ran from late August to early September.
Nasser Al-Attiyah and Tosha Schareina are the defending winners.
