Bike
HERO
HERO MOTOSPORTS TEAM RALLY
Vehicle
Rankings
2024: 1st
2023: 4th
2022: 13th
2025: Ab. stage 6
2024: 2nd (2 stage wins)
2023: 26th (2 stage wins)
2022: Ab. Stage 8
2021: Ab. Stage 9
2020: 21st (1 stage win)
2019: 13th (best rookie)
2025: Ab. stage 3
2023: 4th (2nd RallyGP)
2023: 5th
2022: 13rd
2024: 7th overall (5th RallyGP W2RC)
2024: 5th overall (3rd RallyGP W2RC)
2023: 4th
2022: 8th
2021: 25th
2019: 9th
2024: Desafío Ruta 40 (5th)
2023: Sonora Rally (7th), Desafío Ruta 40 (4th)
2021: Silk Way Rally (10th)
2019: Merzouga Rally (2nd)
Hot record : 3-time South-African cross-country champion, Botswana 1000 Desert Race (7 victories), Motocross African champion (6 times)
- Although he is now a factory rider for the Hero team, Ross Branch used to earn his living as an airline pilot back home in Botswana. It's a job he continues to pursue part-time between rallies.
- After discovering motorcycling and rally-raid in the wide-open spaces of his native country, he set off on the 2019 Dakar, finishing as best rookie in 13th place overall. A year later, Branch continued to impress with his first stage victory.
- His results led him to join the factory Yamaha team. But his two Dakars in ‘blue’ ended in retirement.
- Branch began a new chapter in his motorcycling life when he joined the Hero team in India. It was an option that paid off, as he competed against the best, winning five special stages and finishing second in the last Dakar, just 10 minutes behind winner Ricky Brabec.
- The 2024 season was a new turning point in the 38-year-old rider's career, as he clinched the W2RC title at the end of the Rallye du Maroc. Nicknamed the ‘Ferrari of the Kalahari’ by a Botswanan fan, Ross Branch is among the favourites for 2025.
Ranking 2025
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