The Ultimate Challenge

Solar Challenge Morocco is an alternative to the cancelled Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. For this first time ever, Dutch rally organisation Classic Events joined forces with several solar teams to prepare a new challenge.

The more than 2,500-kilometer long race under the Moroccan sun demands the utmost from the solar cars and from the teams. Solar Challenge Morocco will be a legendary rally of five stages spread over five days in which the cars may only use solar energy. The race starts and ends in the port city of Agadir and mainly leads through the southern part of Morocco, at the foot of the Atlas Mountains and the edge of the Sahara. The team that completes the total distance fastest wins. The set-up therefore differs from the now well-known race in Australia. In the World Solar Challenge (3,000 kilometres), the teams start at the point where they finished the previous day. In Morocco, there are stages with a fixed start and finish. The concept is similar to the Dakar Rally. Teams from Groningen (NL), Delft (NL), Aachen (GE), Leuven (BE) and Gothenburg (SW) also participate in the race.

General planning
22 October – Static scrutineering
23 October – Static scrutineering
24 October – Dynamic scrutineering & qualifying
25 October – Stage 1, start at Stade Adrar in Agadir
26 October – Stage 2
27 October – Stage 3
28 October – Stage 4
29 October – Stage 5, finish and ceremony at Stade Adrar in Agadir

The Route

Solar Challenge Morocco consists of five stages. Each stage has a different route. Between the stages, teams are staying in bivouacs near the stage finish.