Dakar News De Villiers wins stage five, Peterhansel extends lead Toyota’s Giniel de Villiers claimed his first stage win of this year’s Dakar Rally as Stéphane Peterhansel extended his lead in the overall classification over… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 7, 2021 3 min
WRC News Neuville moots moving Monte to end of season Wednesday’s regional government meeting boosted the World Rally Championship opening Monte Carlo Rally’s chances of going ahead as scheduled later this month, but it’s still… Read more by David Evans January 7, 2021 1 min
WRC News Monte Carlo Rally edges closer to getting green light DirtFish understands that this month’s Monte Carlo Rally has been given a green light to proceed following a regional government meeting in Gap on Wednesday… Read more by David Evans January 6, 2021 2 min
Dakar News Loeb blasts Dakar “incompetence” after five-minute penalty Bahrain Raid Xtreme’s Sébastien Loeb has been handed a five-minute penalty for exceeding the speed limit during the fourth stage of the Dakar Rally, a… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 6, 2021 3 min
WRC News Does WRC need a COVID calendar buffer? As the World Rally Championship waits for decisions on the potential re-organization of its first two rounds, Sébastien Ogier has praised the deployment of a… Read more by David Evans January 6, 2021 2 min
WRC News Decision looming for Arctic Rally to join WRC calendar The fate of the World Rally Championship’s winter rally will be known within a week as the governing body of Finnish motorsport and the organizers… Read more by David Evans January 6, 2021 2 min
Dakar News Al-Attiyah carves into Peterhansel Dakar lead Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Nasser Al-Attiyah has taken his third successive Dakar Rally stage win to reduce the gap to the event leader Stéphane Peterhansel to… Read more by Joshua Suttill January 6, 2021 2 min
Dakar News The 100mph roll that stopped a Dakar frontrunner Overdrive Racing’s Bernhard Ten Brinke and Tom Colsoul were forced to abandon the Dakar Rally towards the end of the third stage on Tuesday, as… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 6, 2021 2 min
WRC News Greensmith to lead M-Sport line-up, Suninen only part-time Gus Greensmith will contest a full World Rally Championship program with the M-Sport Ford team this season, with a sister factory Fiesta WRC to be… Read more by David Evans January 6, 2021 5 min
Cars News Singer reveals Porsche-inspired off-road racer Los Angeles-based automotive engineering firm Singer Vehicle Design, famed for its ‘reimagined’ Porsche 911s, has created its first off-road machine. The racer, dubbed the All-terrain… Read more by Dominik Wilde January 5, 2021 2 min
Historic News WRC homologation specials being auctioned in Arizona Homologation specials are brilliant, aren’t they? They give us normal folk a chance to own (the closest thing to) a real competition car – so… Read more by Dominik Wilde January 5, 2021 3 min
Dakar News Sainz ships half an hour after navigation error X-raid Mini’s Stéphane Peterhansel continues to lead the Dakar Rally after the third stage but team-mate Carlos Sainz’s victory hopes took a blow as a… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 5, 2021 3 min
Rally News Neuville’s firm to supply CrossCars for FIA Rally Star Thierry Neuville will play an active role in finding his own replacement – along with helping to source the next Sébastien Ogier and an all-new… Read more by David Evans January 4, 2021 5 min
WRC News WRC teams likely to get more 2022 engine development time The final homologation date for the 2022 Rally1 engines looks set to be delayed until July 1, with the FIA hosting an e-vote on Monday… Read more by David Evans January 4, 2021 2 min
WRC News Monte Carlo Rally decision on Thursday Anybody laboring under the misapprehension that a new year would mean a new page in the ongoing COVID-19 drama was disarmed of that opinion just… Read more by David Evans January 4, 2021 3 min
Dakar News Al-Attiyah gives Toyota first stage win as Sainz loses lead Stéphane Peterhansel has taken the lead of the Dakar Rally from X-raid Mini JCW team-mate Carlos Sainz following the second stage of the event, won… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 4, 2021 3 min
Dakar News Loeb explains hellish start to Dakar Rally return Bahrain Raid Xtreme driver Sébastien Loeb has described his return to the Dakar Rally as ‘hell’ after suffering three punctures on the opening Jeddah-Bisha stage…. Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 3, 2021 2 min
Dakar News Al-Attiyah: I knew I would lose time as first on the road Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Nasser Al-Attiyah believes that he will enjoy better fortunes on the second stage of the Dakar Rally after a difficult start to… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 3, 2021 2 min
