2024 Rallye du Maroc: Alex Haro, Mirko Brun step up for co-driver relief duties

Eryk Goczał and Martin Koloc will likely be with out their co-drivers for the Rallye du Maroc as a consequence of last-minute emergencies. Goczał’s ordinary navigator Oriol Mena is staying dwelling in Spain to take care of a household matter, whereas Koloc’s associate David Schovánek opted to take a seat out the race citing what Koloc stated was “acute well being problems.”

Álex Haro has been entrusted with calling the pictures for Goczał within the #307 Taurus T3 Max, whereas Mirko Brun will make his debut in a T1+ automotive because the navigator for Koloc’s Crimson-Lined REVO+ GT-R.

Haro has labored as a navigator for over a decade, with the 2024 Dakar Rally marking his tenth begin within the occasion when he was the co-driver for Nani Roma. The Spaniard has two Dakar stage wins to his identify, each with Giniel de Villiers. In April, he linked up with X-raid Workforce to work with Dakar winner Carlos Sainz on the BP Final Rally-Raid, ending fourth.

“I need to actually greet Oriol’s father, as a result of sadly in Rallye du Maroc Oriol is not going to be driving with me, he can not,” Goczał instructed Cross-Nation Rally Information. “Though I will likely be joined within the crew by Álex Haro, a T1 co-driver, which I believe additionally provides me an important alternative to get a step additional into the T1 world, to study extra.

“I really can not say how pleased I’m to be again racing after the Dakar. I believe we’re far more ready than the Dakar and we’ll give all of it we’ve acquired.”

Brun received the 2022 FIA European Baja Cup within the SSV class because the navigator for Amerigo Ventura. The 2 cut up after a tough 2023 marketing campaign however each managed to land on their toes since, with Brun successful his dwelling nation’s Italian Baja in July in a Toyota Hilux Overdrive pushed by Manuele Mengozzi. He’s additionally a two-time SSV nationwide champion.

The Italian Baja was his second time doing a world cross-country rally exterior of a side-by-side after navigating for Abdullah Al-Haydan on the 2022 Ha’il Rally in a Nissan Patrol, ending third within the T1N class.

Koloc’s REVO+ GT-R meets FIA T1+ regulation however has not been homologated for competitors within the conventional Final class, and is thus entered as an Open automotive. Mengozzi’s Hilux was a T1.1.

“It was a little bit of a rush, however luckily I used to be free,” commented Brun. “I’m actually trying ahead to it and it will likely be an honour to be a part of the Buggya ZM Racing crew.”

The Rallye du Maroc begins Sunday.