Carlos Sainz will complete this week an extensive test program in Morocco at the wheel of the RS Q e-tron, the electric off-road vehicle with which the German firm Audi aims to win the Dakar desert race in 2022. However, the vehicle will not participate in the Rally of Morocco which will take place in October.
The 30th edition of the famous Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles, exclusively reserved for women, and which takes place every year in Morocco, has been postponed again. The fault lies with the health crisis due to the Coronavirus.
The Morocco rally has been canceled this year. It has been replaced by the Andalusia rally due to the resurgence of new coronavirus infections in the kingdom.
The Morocco Rally scheduled to be held at the beginning of October has been canceled due to the coronavirus. The organizers have invited the competitors to the Andalusia rally, which will take place even if the conditions are particular due to the global health crisis.
The double Formula 1 world champion, the Spaniard Fernando Alonso, will participate in the next edition of the Rally of Morocco, which will take place from October 3 to 9 in Fez .
As last year, the Polisario has just threatened to violate the Guerguarat buffer zone in anticipation of the passage of the Africa-Eco Race international rally-raid that is to reach Mauritania, then Senegal via southern Morocco.