Dakar News Sainz wins Dakar stage one, Loeb punctures early X-raid Mini JCW’s Carlos Sainz has taken the early lead of the Dakar Rally following a titanic battle with team-mate Stéphane Peterhansel on the opening… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 3, 2021 3 min
Dakar News Al-Attiyah draws first blood in Dakar prologue Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Nasser Al-Attiyah will be the first car to start the 2021 Dakar Rally after setting the pace in the Jeddah prologue, with… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 2, 2021 2 min
Dakar Features Seven editions that shaped the Dakar Rally Returning as a defeated competitor on the Abidjan-Nice Rally having been rescued from the desert after getting lost, Thierry Sabine was an inspired man in… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 2, 2021 5 min
Dakar News Loeb: Prodrive has potential to fight for win on Dakar debut Nine-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb reckons he has the potential to take the victory fight to Toyota and Mini X-raid with his new team… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 1, 2021 3 min
Dakar News Adapting to Dakar from WRC “huge challenge” for Meeke Dakar Rally rookie Kris Meeke says he faces a “huge challenge” to get up to speed as preparations for next week’s classic rally raid event… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 30, 2020 3 min
Rallycross Features How to get an international rallycross career started How hard is it for ambitious drivers to get on the rallycross career ladder? Not very, provided they have the necessary money to complement the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 29, 2020 5 min
Dakar News Roma forced into last-minute Dakar co-driver change Bahrain Raid Xtreme’s Nani Roma has been forced into a last-minute change of co-driver for next week’s Dakar Rally after Dani Oliveras tested positive for… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 28, 2020 1 min
Dakar Features When WRC drivers tackled the Dakar Rally Often seen as poles apart, the WRC and the Dakar Rally have, in fact, a long history of convergence and next year’s 43rd running of… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 26, 2020 5 min
Dakar News Dakar still on for now as travel exception set to be granted The 2021 Dakar Rally is still currently going ahead as planned next month as the Saudi Arabian government is set to grant an exemption to… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 22, 2020 2 min
Dakar News Loeb’s XE team-mate Gutierrez to do Dakar as Red Bull junior X44 Extreme E driver Cristina Gutierrez will contest the 2021 Dakar Rally as part of the Red Bull Off Road Junior Team, driving an Overdrive… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 18, 2020 2 min
WRC News What Ogier thinks about Latvala becoming his boss Sébastien Ogier could have been forgiven for feeling a little uncomfortable at the news of his former Volkswagen team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala becoming the newly crowned… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 18, 2020 3 min
Rally Features The €20 training ground which breeds WRC champions Recently crowned seven-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Ogier’s journey to the top followed the sort of path well trodden by many of his predecessors and… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 15, 2020 10 min +
Dakar News Al-Attiyah beats Sainz in Ha’il Baja Dakar Rally warm-up Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Nasser Al-Attiyah kicked off the final Dakar Rally preparations with a hard-fought victory in the Ha’il Baja, the fourth round of the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 12, 2020 3 min
Dakar News Audi recruits X-raid boss Quandt for Dakar 2022 effort Audi has announced that it will partner with Q Motorsport, headed by current X-raid team boss Sven Quandt, ahead of its Dakar Rally debut in… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 12, 2020 2 min
Extreme E News Loeb joins Extreme E with Hamilton’s X44 team Nine-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb will contest the inaugural Extreme E season next year alongside Cristina Gutierrez for X44, the team founded by Formula… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 10, 2020 3 min
Dakar News Ekström to contest 2021 Dakar Rally Mattias Ekström will make his Dakar Rally debut in January after announcing he will compete in the rally raid classic at the wheel of a… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 9, 2020 2 min
World RX Features The 10 best World RX races The World Rallycross Championship has produced some of the best off-road action in the six years since its inaugural season. From the early dominance of… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 9, 2020 5 min
Dakar News Audi announces electric Dakar Rally program for 2022 Audi will enter the Dakar Rally for the first time as a factory team in 2022 with an electric prototype, after the company announced a… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon November 30, 2020 3 min
