After a chaotic début in January, P-Rally hopes to have a stronger sophomore Dakar Basic in 2025. The group unveiled their programme for the upcoming Dakar at Automechanika in Frankfurt, the place they acknowledged their plans to discipline the Porsche 924 as soon as extra.
The Porsche 924 was used solely as soon as on the Paris–Dakar Rally in 1981, which Man Chasseuil and Olivier Gauvain failed to complete after their suspension broke simply three days in. Forty-three years later, P-Rally introduced two fashions dubbed the Porsche 924 Turbo to the Basic with Tomasz Staniszewski and Łukasz Zoll as drivers.
Each automobiles had been stricken by mechanical issues all through reminiscent of Staniszewski’s engine mount breaking in Stage #3 whereas electrical failures repeatedly bit at Zoll’s machine. A broken rear suspension within the sixth leg pressured Staniszewski to be towed to the end by one other competitor. By the tip, Staniszewski was forty-third total whereas Zoll was fifty-fourth outright.
After Dakar, P-Rally went again to the drafting board to determine their 2025 gameplan. They unveiled their new 1985 Porsche 924 at Automechanika, which makes use of a 2.5-litre engine with no turbo versus the two-litre turbo motor of its predecessor. The roll cage has been pushed again by ten centimetres to enhance the centre of gravity.
The cooling system was additionally fully rebuilt with what Staniszewski known as “the biggest potential radiator, with particular cutouts beneath it and particular ducts.” Two extra followers had been additionally put in to enhance air high quality. With such an emphasis on driver consolation, cooling aftermarket vendor NRF turned a cotitle sponsor for the group and dubbed them NRF DEXT P-Rally Staff, joined by Various Excessive Staff.
“The function of the co-driver through the rally is extraordinarily vital, which is why we designed our cockpit to make their work as environment friendly as potential,” defined Staniszewski.
Staniszewski is the founding father of the Enduro Rally and P-Sequence Rally races in Poland, and he had 2021 FIA Trophy for Historic Regularity Rallies champion Stanisław Postawka as his navigator on the 2024 Basic. Zoll is a rallycross driver who had brother and motocycle rider Michał Zoll by his facet, although each plan to run the principle Dakar Rally in an SSV as an alternative of the Basic.
The 2025 Dakar Basic runs concurrent with the Dakar Rally on 3–17 January.
