Bahrain Raid Xtreme also known as BRX is a

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team that participates in the

World Rally-Raid Championship The World Rally-Raid Championship (officially abbreviated as W2RC) is a rally raid series co-sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA and Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM and promoted by the Amaury Sport ...

(W2RC) and the

Dakar Rally The Dakar Rally () or simply "The Dakar" (), formerly known as the Paris–Dakar Rally (), is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO). It is an off-road endurance event traversing terrain much tougher than convent ...

History

On June 15, 2020, the

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's plans for launching the team were revealed. The team was founded by the Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat Holding Company, which entered a partnership with the British team

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and together they established Prodrive International in a joint venture. BRX is directed by David Richards and Gus Beteli is the team principal.

2021

BRX made their debut at the 2021 Dakar Rally with Drivers

Sébastien Loeb Sébastien Loeb (; born 26 February 1974) is a French professional rally, racing and rallycross driver. He is the most successful driver in the World Rally Championship (WRC), having won the world championship a record nine times in a row. He ho ...

and

Nani Roma Joan "Nani" Roma Cararach (born 17 February 1972) is a rally racing driver from Folgueroles, Barcelona, Spain. He won the Dakar Rally riding a motorcycle in 2004. Since then, he has entered the car category, taking the win in the 2014 edition ...

, driving the

BRX Hunter. Loeb did not finish the event while Roma was 5th in the T1 cars Category.

2022

BRX made their debut in the inaugural

(W2RC). At the

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Loeb finished 2nd while Terranova finished 4th and Roma finished 21st. Fighting for points in the W2RC, Loeb participated in the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge and took the points lead at 112 points from

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at a 111 points.

2023

BRX continued their participation in the

(W2RC), fielding updated Hunters for Sebastien Loeb and Orlando Terranova. The team also operated a Hunter for Guerlain Chicherit, entered into the W2RC under the GC Kompetition banner. Vaidotas Žala was also added as a customer for the 2023 Dakar under the Teltonika Racing banner. At the 2023 Dakar, Loeb finished 2nd and Chicherit ended up 10th overall. Terranova retired after aggravating an earlier back injury, while Zala was forced to exit with mechanical issues. Loeb won 7 stages and set a record for the most consecutive stage wins in

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history, with 6 stage wins from stage 8 to stage 13 and Chicherit added to the tally with 2 stage wins. However, the Hunter was beset by a propensity for punctures - with heavy time losses for all Hunter crews on the rocky stage 2 - and many mechanical issues throughout the rally, prevented a proper shot at the top step of the podium, with Loeb's final deficit to the

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being 1 hour, 20 minutes & 49 seconds.

Results

Complete World Rally-raid Championship results

( key) *Season still in progress Roma withdrew from the 2022 World Rally-Raid Championship due to health issues. Terranova retired from the

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due to aggravating an earlier back injury. Chicherit's Hunter is operated by BRX, but is entered under the GCK Motorsport banner.

Complete Dakar Rally results

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Fabian Lurquin , * , 3* , - , rowspan="2" , X Rally , 242 , align="left " style="border-left:0px" , Marcos Baumgart
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Wang Yicheng , * , 0* , - , 252 , align="left " style="border-left:0px" , Sun Ping
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External links

Bahrain Raid Xtreme Website

References

date=March 2022 Bahraini auto racing teams Auto racing teams established in 2020