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UAE: New Night-Time Rally Spectacle Added to Dubai International Baja

The Dubai International Baja has added an exciting night-time prologue stage at Dubai Festival City on November 10 as competitors race over 2km against the spectacular backdrop of the Dubai skyline.

The Dubai International Baja, which concludes the 2023 FIA and FIM World Cup series, will offer a unique opportunity for Dubai motorsport fans to experience the heart-pounding sights and sounds of Baja off-road cars, bikes and quads in all their forms the night before the competitors head into the Al Qudra desert for legs one and two on Saturday and Sunday.

This is the second year that Dubai Festival City has been the event hub for the competitors.

The Emirates Motorsport Organisation (EMSO) event kicks off on Friday with the prologue immediately after the opening ceremony at 6:20pm, which will present all of the competitors on the start ramp in Festival Bay, overlooking the fountain. The cars, bikes and quads will then go straight into the 2km prologue over a specially designed route next to the mall, on the waterfront.

The floodlit stage route set against the lights from the city is sure to make for a memorable and unique occasion in off-road motorsport, as well as establishing the early classification and the starting order for Saturday’s Leg 1.

The entry list among the cars is headed by two-time FIA World Rally-Raid Champion and 18-time Middle East Rally Champion Nasser Al Attiyah with his new Prodrive Hunter facing the challenge of the last year’s winner Yazeed Al Rajhi of Saudi Arabia and his Toyota Overdrive teammate, Argentina’s Juan Cruz Yacopini.

The motorcycle entry features a fascinating three-way competition for FIM Bajas World Cup Honours between the UAE’s local hero Mohammed Al Balooshi (Yamaha) and Portuguese riders David Megre (Kawasaki) and Pedro Bianchi Prata (Honda).

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