Dakar Features Slaying Dakar demons by making rally-raid history Dania Akeel was not going to make the same mistake again. This time it would be a different outcome. Having hit the lowest of the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon March 10, 2025 3 min
Dakar News Loeb crashes again, new young star emerges on W2RC Abu Dhabi Barely four weeks after the completion of the Dakar Rally, the World Rally-Raid Championship returned to action for round two of the 2025 season, the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon February 28, 2025 5 min
Off-Road News Sainz on sidelines as W2RC heads to Abu Dhabi Four-time Dakar Rally winner Carlos Sainz will sit out the second round of the 2025 World Rally-Raid Championship in Abu Dhabi as M-Sport Ford carries… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon February 20, 2025 5 min
Dakar News Dakar winner Baumel seriously injured in road traffic collision Four-time Dakar Rally winning navigator Mathieu Baumel has been seriously injured in a road traffic collision in northern France. According to reports from La Provence,… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 31, 2025 2 min
Dakar Features What we learned from the 2025 Dakar This year’s Dakar Rally was always going to be something of a leap into the unknown. Newcomers Dacia Sandriders and M-Sport Ford were taking on… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 21, 2025 3 min
Dakar News How does M-Sport rate its first Dakar? A year ago, M-Sport founder Malcolm Wilson was an interested spectator, keen to keep an eye on what his company was about to embark on… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 20, 2025 5 min
WRC Features How Dakar’s new champion vanquished his illustrious rivals When Francis Bacon coined the phrase “knowledge is power”, he wasn’t wrong. Because whoever had it would gain name, fame and strength. After coming through… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 19, 2025 3 min
Dakar News Al-Rajhi wins Dakar for the first time Overdrive Racing’s Yazeed Al Rajhi has won the Dakar Rally for the first time, after coming through the final 61km stage in Saudi Arabia’s vast… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 17, 2025 3 min
Dakar News Dakar lead changes hands again with one stage to go Overdrive Racing’s Yazeed Al Rajhi is within touching distance of becoming the first Saudi Arabian driver to win the Dakar Rally after moving back ahead… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 16, 2025 3 min
Dakar News Tactics come to the fore as Dakar lead changes again Amid the raging battle for the 2025 Dakar Rally victory, there’s a game of poker being played at the front. Tactics have been in force… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 15, 2025 3 min
Dakar News Dakar lead changes hands with just three days to go Overdrive Racing’s Yazeed Al Rajhi has moved into the lead of the 2025 Dakar Rally with three stages remaining after overhauling Toyota Hilux stablemate Henk… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 14, 2025 3 min
Dakar News Al-Attiyah closes on Ekström for Dakar podium The battle for third place in the 2025 Dakar Rally intensified on stage eight as Dacia’s Nasser Al-Attiyah reduced the gap to the M-Sport Ford… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 13, 2025 3 min
Dakar News Dakar leader fumes at organizers’ road book decision It was a decision that was always going to divide opinion. On one side, the rally leader has seen an over-seven-minute lead almost completely evaporate;… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 12, 2025 5 min
Dakar News Road book error blows Dakar wide open As the storm clouds gathered over the Al Duwadimi bivouac, it became clear that stage seven of the 2025 Dakar Rally was going to be… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 12, 2025 3 min
Dakar Features Dakar’s unexpected leader faces an uphill struggle Amid all the drama of the opening week of the 2025 Dakar Rally, perhaps the biggest surprise of the 47th edition has been that a… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 10, 2025 3 min
Dakar News What you missed from Dakar’s first week The 2025 Dakar Rally has had perhaps as much drama and twists in one week than there have been in the last few years combined…. Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 10, 2025 5 min
Dakar Features How Dakar’s ‘water carrier’ role works, and why it’s used The opening week of the 2025 Dakar Rally has produced more than its fair share of drama and incident. Two of the pre-event favorites, Dacia’s… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 10, 2025 5 min
Dakar News Al-Attiyah gives Dacia its first Dakar stage win, then loses it Dacia Sandriders has claimed its first ever Dakar Rally stage win, as Nasser Al-Attiyah blitzed the field by 10 minutes to move back into podium… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 9, 2025 3 min
