The Return to Dakar 2024

 

Vendetta Racing UAE is a privately-run motorcycle racing team based in Dubai, competing in both local and international events, off-road and on the track. The team was formed in 2007 and has flown the UAE flag in a host of championships all over the world, from circuit racing to international rallies, Isle of Man road racing to local bajas.

 

We are arguably the largest privately-owned motorcycle racing team in the region and can lay claim to being the most successful. Vendetta competes at elite level and regularly challenges higher budget outfits and in some cases, full factory teams. 

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We have had riders competing in the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge since 2013 and over the years have brought home more than our fair share of success. In 2016 and again 2019 we came away with the team prize and our riders finished in the top ten overall. The biggest international sand event on the FIM Rally Championship calendar, the Desert Challenge has long been considered the ultimate testing ground for the world-famous Dakar Rally Although Vendetta’s riders have proven themselves time and again over the demanding dunes of Abu Dhabi’s Empty Quarter, Rub' al Khali. 

 

In 2020 We had the opportunity to compete in the toughest off-road endurance test of man and machine, entering 2 bikes in the toughest class, the 'Malle Moto'  

It was a tough fight which broke both body and machine meaning both Mabbs and Mcbride failed to reach the finish line.

 

In 2022 - The boys did it.  14 days of competing in what’s known and accepted globally as the worlds toughest off-road race…and finishing! 8404km’s of soft sand, Rocky mountain passes, stretches of tarmac as far as the eye can see. All of it ridden in every condition possible, freezing cold starts, rain, hot afternoons, starting and returning in the dark. A true testament of endurance grit and determination.

 

Dakar 2024

Entries have officially been accepted for Dave Mabbs, David McBride and Oran Kelly so we have the remaining time for extensive planning and preparation in order to get all 3 riders to the finish line.

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