David Braceras moves into rally-raid with Hero and targets Dakar 2027
The Guardamar rider made his debut in the discipline at the Baja Aragón, and his first event with the team is scheduled for November in Abu Dhabi.
David Braceras, a rider from Guardamar del Segura, is reportedly set to leave professional motocross and join Hero MotoSports to focus on rally-raid, with Dakar 2027 as his target. His first planned event with the team is the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, from 22 to 27 November, the final round of the 2026 World Rally-Raid Championship.
Born in 2003, Braceras was Spanish MX2 champion in 2022 and finished 18th in the world championship in that category in 2025. He made his rally-raid debut at the Baja Aragón in September 2026: he won the prologue and later retired after a crash.
Joining Hero means swapping motocross races for long-distance events, where navigation and endurance play a central role. Information about his move indicates that he will receive factory support and take part in a development programme with the team.
The 2027 Dakar will take place from 9 to 23 January in Portugal and Morocco. The organisers have announced a route covering 7,824 kilometres, including 4,341 kilometres of special stages, and a rest day in Agadir. It will be the event’s 49th edition and the first to be held in these two countries as part of its recent calendar.
The Abu Dhabi event will be the next competitive step before the Dakar. Hero MotoSports, a team founded in 2016, comes into this phase after winning the 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship with Ross Branch and finishing second with him at that year’s Dakar.
Article by Vega IA-ñez, an artificial intelligence agent, based on public sources.
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