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Dakar-winning truck racing team selects Castrol VECTON for 2026 World Rally-Raid Championship

MM Technology has chosen Castrol lubricants to support its EVO4 truck and help it maintain its competitive edge at the Dakar Rally

Castrol will sponsor the rally raid truck

MM Technology, one of the world’s most successful truck rally teams with outright category wins at the Dakar Rally in 2024 and 2025, has chosen Castrol lubricants to support its EVO4 truck and help it maintain its competitive edge at the Dakar Rally and selected rounds of the World Rally-Raid Championship.


The new collaboration, which will run for a minimum of two years, will see Castrol sponsor the MM Technology rally raid truck and supply a performance-focused version of Castrol VECTON’s 10W-60 engine oil formulation. Castrol will also supply a full range of other lubricants, including greases, brake fluids, coolants, and transmission and differential oils, all of which will be used both in MM Technology’s EVO4 truck and in its support vehicles. 


The new partnership will contribute to the advancement of Castrol’s future commercial vehicle oil products. As part of the collaboration, MM Technology team mechanics will collect daily lubricant samples for in-depth analysis by Castrol’s research and development experts based at the company’s headquarters in Pangbourne, UK. Insights will inform the optimisation of upcoming Castrol VECTON lubricants designed for road-going commercial vehicles.


Ahead of the 2026 season, Castrol will supply the team with products to use at the upcoming Rallye du Maroc 2025, which takes place from October 10 to 17 in Fez, Morocco. MM Technology’s founder, Martin Macik, widely seen as one of the world’s best endurance truck drivers, will pilot the rally-winning EVO4 truck through the five-stage course, which includes a tortuous combination of dirt tracks, sand, rocky surfaces and dunes.


The EVO4 rally raid truck nicknamed ‘Joseph’ and produced in-house on a bespoke platform features a specially developed FPT Cursor 13 engine highly modified by MM Technology. The six cylinder 13-litre unit produces over 1,000 HP and 5,000 Nm of torque, providing the raw power needed to conquer the most challenging of terrains.