Twelve of 36 competing SSVs are registered for the 2024 W2RC.
João Ferreira is the top seed alongside co-driver Filipe Palmeiro in the official Can-Am Factory Team Maverick.
But main competition for the experienced Portuguese racer comes from defending World Cup Baja SSV champion Cristiano de Sousa Batista of Brazil and his experienced South Racing colleague Eduardo Pons.
American racer Sara Price drives the third of the South Racing Can-Am Mavericks.
The Xtreme Plus Team is running a Polaris RZR Pro R for the Italian duo of Michele Cinotto and Alberto Bertoldi, while Enrico Gaspari teams up with Argentina’s Facundo Jaton to drive a second Polaris entered by the TH-Trucks Team.
Talented local racer Yasir Seaidan, the experienced French veteran Claude Fournier, the FN Speed Team duo of Sebastian Guayasamin and Rebecca Busi, Dutchman Andre Thewessen and Spaniard Ricardo Ramilo round off the registered W2RC contenders in the SSV group.
Non-registered drivers likely to challenge for overall SSV honours include Spaniard Gerard Farres in a South Racing Can-Am, former Yamaha factory rider Xavier de Soultrait at the helm of a Sébastien Loeb Racing-Bardahl Team Polaris and Brazil’s Rodrigo Varela in a Team BBR Can-Am.