Monster Energy Honda Rally team’s Dakar-winning team headed by Ricky Brabec will return the World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC) to challenge Hero Motosports‘ Ross Branch this week at the inaugural BP Ultimate Rally-Raid of Portugal.
José Ignacio Cornejo and Ricky Brabec led a masterful Honda showing in Stage 4 of the Dakar Rally, finishing 1–2 as Cornejo took the overall bike lead.
While Sébastien Loeb elected to hold back during Stage 5 of the Dakar Rally to avoid starting up front for the Chrono Stage, Prodrive team-mate Nasser Al-Attiyah led the way to reignite his threepeat quest.