Bike
HERO
HERO MOTOSPORTS TEAM RALLY
Vehicle
Rankings
2025: 9th
2024: 1st
2023: 4th
2022: 13th
2026: 8th
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)
2025: DNF (crash stage 2)
2025: 22th overall (9th RallyGP, 7th RallyGP W2RC)
2024: 5th overall (3rd RallyGP W2RC)
2023: 4th
2022: 8th
2021: 25th
2019: 9th
2024: Desafío Ruta 40 (5th)
2023: Desafío Ruta 40 (4th)
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)
2025: 11th
- Although he is now a factory Hero rider, Ross Branch was an airsafari pilot in his native Botswana for many years. He still flies part-time between rallies.
- After discovering motorcycling and rally raiding in Botswana's open spaces, he entered the Dakar Rally in 2019, finishing as the best rookie in 13th place overall. A year later, Branch continued to impress with his first stage win.
- His results earned him a place with the factory Yamaha team. However, his two Dakars with the Japanese constructor ended in retirement.
- Branch began a new chapter in his motorcycling career when he joined the Indian Hero team. It was a decision that paid off, as he competed with the best, winning five special stages and, above all, finishing second in the 2024 Dakar Rally, just 10 minutes behind the winner, Ricky Brabec.
- After winning the 2024 W2RC world championship title, last season was not his most successful. He first suffered a concussion during the previous Dakar, then had to drop out due to mechanical failure in Abu Dhabi and a crash in Portugal, and failed to make the top 10 in the South African Safari Rally (hitting a bird) nether in the Rallye du Maroc. Dubbed the ‘Ferrari of the Kalahari’ by a fan back home, Ross Branch will logically be out for revenge in 2026.
Ranking 2026
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