The Baja Morocco is not going to solely be Gonçalo Guerreiro‘s first time racing within the desert, however his first in a Challenger-class car. On Friday, he introduced he’ll race a Taurus T3 Max within the occasion for BBR Motorsport with Enio Bozzano as his navigator.
“I’m tremendous excited to announce this new problem alongside with BBR construction, driving the Taurus by BBR,” mentioned Guerreiro. “It marks a totally new chapter for me, with a unique automobile than what I’m used to drive however I’m wanting ahead to adapt my driving to abandon and enhance daily.”
Guerreiro is without doubt one of the high drivers within the Portuguese Cross-Nation Championship (Campeonato Portugal de Todo-o-terreno), successful the T4 (SSV) title in 2022. He’s at the moment second within the standings with 56 factors, trailing João Monteiro by thirty with back-to-back wins on the Baja TT de Lagos and Baja TT Norte de Portugal. Nonetheless, he’ll skip the upcoming Baja TT Sharish Gin on 19–22 September to concentrate on Morocco, even at the price of a second championship.
In April, he made his first World Rally-Raid Championship début when the collection got here to his dwelling nation for the BP Final Rally-Raid. He gained the Prologue however was compelled to retire after three levels with a mechanical failure.
He crossed over into neighbouring Spain in late July for the Baja España Aragón, a part of the FIA World Baja Cup, and gained the SSV class. Two weeks prior, he introduced his entry for Baja Morocco.
Guerreiro usually races a Polaris RZR Professional R Sport for JB Racing, whereas the Taurus is a step up because it races within the larger Challenger class for race purpose-built SSVs. The Taurus is without doubt one of the high Challenger automobiles in the present day, successful its class on the Dakar Rally in January.
“I’m very blissful to welcome Gonçalo to the staff for the Baja SSV Morocco,” mentioned BBR supervisor Loic Bonnevie. “We’re going to have an amazing race and I consider that he is without doubt one of the future high drivers in off-road racing.”
The Baja Morocco will happen on 23–27 September.
