Defender Rally prepares for Rallye OLA Energy du Maroc later this month
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Sep 18, 2026, 10:00 PM
Last updated Sep 18, 2026
Defender Rally is set to compete in the Rallye OLA Energy du Maroc, scheduled from September 26 to October 3. The team will enter three Defender D7X-Rs in this event, marking the FIA World Rally-Raid Championship's fourth round in Africa. Drivers Rokas Bačiuška and Oriol Vidal currently lead the Stock class standings. The race will cover 2,838 kilometers, with 1,656 kilometers against the clock, emphasizing the engineering endurance of production-derived vehicles amid challenging Moroccan terrain.
- •Defender Rally enters three vehicles in Morocco's Rallye OLA Energy du Maroc.
- •Event runs from September 26 to October 3, 2026.
- •Bačiuška and Vidal lead the Stock class standings on 199 points.
- •Race covers 2,838 kilometers with significant timed sections.
- •Challenging terrain tests the reliability of production-based vehicles.
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"Defender Rally is finally racing in Africa. The team has entered three Defender D7X-Rs in the Rallye OLA Energy du Maroc, running 26 September through 3 October, which puts the fourth round of the FIA World Rally-Raid Championship in the Moroccan desert and puts a production-derived race truck on the continent that invented this entire genre of motorsport. The driver list is the one that has been quietly taking the Stock class apart all season. Rokas Bačiuška and Oriol Vidal arrive leading the s
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