- bp Ultimate Adventure Team in the Top 10 of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge
- Martim Ventura on the Rally 2 podium in a World Rally-Raid Championship event
The bp Ultimate Adventure Team continued its good performance in the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, with Martim Ventura taking 10th place overall on a day in which he also achieved a podium place in Rally2 at the end of the fourth and penultimate stage of this demanding competition taking place in the desert of the United Arab Emirates. The young Portuguese driver has thus consolidated his 12th place in a race where he is also second in the Junior Classification and fifth in the Rally2 category.
“This fourth stage of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge went very well. I've managed to progress and achieve my best classification in the rally so far and I feel I'm achieving the goals I set myself. Today was a day with a lot of dunes and difficult navigation, but I've overcome the difficulties. I feel my rhythm is more fluid and faster and I'm very happy with the results I've achieved. I'm very close to achieving my goal of finishing the race and qualifying for the Dakar 2026 and I couldn't be happier with this incredible experience. Thank you very much to everyone who is supporting me,” said Martim Ventura after completing today's 300-kilometer stage between Al Qua'a, where the competitors camped halfway through the marathon stage, and Mezaira'a.
The young rider from the bp Ultimate Adventure Team, who is competing in the 34th edition of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge on a Husqvarna, will now face the final stage of a race that is his first participation in a race on desert tracks, where he is aiming to secure access to the 2026 Dakar Rally. The stage will cover 167 timed kilometers between Mezeer'Ah and Abu Dhabi, where the closing ceremony of this second round of the W2RC (World Rally Raid Championship) will take place.
Automatic translation of the Portuguese version
Source: bp Ultimate Adventure Team / A2Comunicação
