Day 1 of the 48-hour marathon stage of Dakar 2024 has ended for the Challenger and SSV pilots. Despite limited timing information, the fastest in each category are known at the moment.
For the Portuguese teams, good news comes from the SSV category. João Ferreira (Can-Am Factory Team) is leading the time tables after 295km, before the mandatory break. He has a lead of over 2m40s over Florent Vayssade (Sébastien Loeb Racing Bardahl Team/Polaris). Jérôme de Sadeleer (MMP/BRP) started the stage as the overall leader and maintains that position so far.
As for the Challenger category, the more powerful of the two, Eryk Goczal (Energylandia Rally Team/Taurus) is, unsurprisingly, the fastest in the 48-hour stage up to this point. With almost 400km completed, the Polish driver has a margin of approximately 14 seconds over Cristina Gutiérrez (Red Bull Off-Road Jr. Team USA by BFG/Taurus).
