Dacia heads to Morocco as leader, with Loeb and Al-Attiyah separated by just three points
Dacia Sandriders heads into the Rallye du Maroc, which begins on 29 September, leading all three World Rally-Raid Championship standings. Sébastien Loeb leads the drivers’ classification, but team-mate Nasser Al-Attiyah is only three points behind.
Of the three rounds held so far this year, Dacia has won the Dakar Rally and Rally-Raid Portugal. It finished third at Argentina’s Desafío Ruta 40, while the team’s podium streak has continued since the 2025 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.
Dacia leads the manufacturers’ standings with 315 points. Toyota Gazoo Racing has 250 points and Ford Racing 161.
Loeb and Al-Attiyah head to Morocco virtually tied
Loeb has 114 points in the drivers’ standings, compared with 111 for Al-Attiyah. Third-placed Seth Quintero has collected 101 points.
The gap is equally narrow among the co-drivers. Loeb’s partner Édouard Boulanger leads with 114 points, while Al-Attiyah’s co-driver Fabian Lurquin has 111.
Morocco has suited Dacia well so far. Al-Attiyah gave the Sandriders the team’s first victory there in 2024, while Loeb and Boulanger won in 2025.
Dacia is therefore targeting a third consecutive Rallye du Maroc victory this year.
World champion Moraes gets a new co-driver
Reigning World Rally-Raid Champion Lucas Moraes will drive the third Dacia, but Pablo Moreno will now sit alongside him. The Spaniard was previously Cristina Gutiérrez’s co-driver.
Moraes’ former partner Dennis Zenz stepped down from the role, while Gutiérrez also ended her partnership with Dacia in the summer. Dacia will therefore contest the final two rounds of the season with a partially reshuffled line-up.
Competing in Morocco:
Nasser Al-Attiyah and Fabian Lurquin Sébastien Loeb and Édouard Boulanger Lucas Moraes and Pablo Moreno Five special stages and more than 2,500 kilometres
The Rallye du Maroc starts in Agadir on 29 September and finishes in Zagora on 3 October. The five special stages total 1,575km, while the full competition route covers 2,524 kilometres.
The longest stage awaits competitors on the penultimate day, when they will cover 384km against the clock.
All three Dacia Sandriders use Aramco more sustainable synthetic racing fuel and BFGoodrich tyres.
The Moroccan round is made especially intense by Dacia’s internal battle. Loeb and Al-Attiyah have virtually equal chances of the title after the first three rounds of the season, and only one World Championship round remains after Morocco. It is an ideal situation for the team, but far less comfortable for the drivers.
