Dakar News Loeb wins Dakar stage by over three minutes Sébastien Loeb continued his excellent Dakar Rally form by claiming his fourth stage win of the event, as Nasser Al-Attiyah maintains a comfortable overall lead…. Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 11, 2023 3 min
Dakar News Valiant Sainz forced out of Dakar Carlos Sainz is out of this year’s Dakar Rally following his heavy stage nine crash which has left his Audi RS Q e-tron E2 too… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 10, 2023 3 min
Dakar News Loeb moves onto Dakar podium, Sainz crashes again Bahrain Raid Xtreme’s Sébastien Loeb kicked off the second week of the 2023 Dakar Rally with another stage victory as Carlos Sainz rolled his Audi… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 10, 2023 3 min
Dakar News Audi: More talks needed regarding Dakar EoT regulations Team Audi Sport boss Sven Quandt says that more discussions between competitors and the FIA are needed around the Equivalence of Technology following the completion… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 9, 2023 3 min
Dakar Features What you missed on the first week of the Dakar Rally 2023 And just like that, the 2023 Dakar Rally has reached the end of its opening week of action in Saudi Arabia. The first seven days… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 9, 2023
Dakar News Peterhansel navigator injured on Dakar Stéphane Peterhansel’s navigator Edouard Boulanger suffered a broken vertebrae in the stage-six crash that ended the Audi pairing’s 2023 Dakar Rally. While attempting to reduce… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 8, 2023 3 min
Dakar Features Why are drivers blacking out on the Dakar? The old adage that “to finish first, first you must finish” has never seemed more pertinent than on this year’s Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia…. Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 7, 2023 3 min
Dakar News Al Rajhi takes stage win, Al-Attiyah maintains lead Overdrive Racing’s Yazeed Al Rajhi took his first Dakar Rally stage win of the 2023 edition, beating Vaidotas Zala’s privateer Hunter T1+ by nearly nine… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 7, 2023 2 min
Dakar Features WRC to rally-raid: How hard is it? With 108 World Rally Championship starts to his name, 37 stage wins and a solitary victory, Ola Fløene has seen his fair share of things… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 7, 2023 3 min
Dakar News Peterhansel and Sainz both crash out of Dakar Rally Audi’s Stéphane Peterhansel is out of this year’s Dakar Rally following a crash on the sixth stage which injured his navigator Edouard Boulanger. The incident… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 6, 2023 3 min
Dakar News Dakar weekend stages altered due to flooding Dakar Rally organizers have made further tweaks to the 2023 route following the flooding of the Al Duwadimi bivouac this week. Friday’s sixth stage of… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 6, 2023 3 min
Dakar News Floods force Dakar route rethink The Dakar Rally organizer, the ASO, has announced that Friday’s sixth stage of the 2023 edition will be reduced by around 100km as a result… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 5, 2023 2 min
Dakar News Al-Attiyah extends lead, Loeb crashes Nasser Al-Attiyah came out on top in a thrilling three-way scrap with Stéphane Peterhansel and Sébastien Loeb who crashed near the end to win stage… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 5, 2023 3 min
Dakar News Why Audi’s Dakar power increase isn’t controversial Around the Dakar Rally bivouac on Wednesday evening, there was the merest hint of controversy following the FIA and ASO’s joint decision to increase the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 5, 2023 3 min
Dakar News Audi to receive more power from Dakar stage five All three of Audi’s electric hybrid RS Q e-tron E2 cars will receive an increase in maximum power output from Thursday’s fifth stage of the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 4, 2023 2 min
Dakar News Loeb wins stage as team-mate retires through injury Bahrain Raid Xtreme’s Sébastien Loeb finally put an end to his run of bad luck on the Dakar Rally by taking his first stage victory… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 4, 2023 3 min
Dakar News “Curious” Mikkelsen would suit a Dakar career Andreas Mikkelsen’s former World Rally Championship co-driver Ola Fløene believes the three-time World Rally winner would be a perfect fit for rally-raid should he decide… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 4, 2023 3 min
Dakar Features The chaotic Dakar stage that washed away two victory chances It was a scene you simply do not expect to see in the desert landscape of Saudi Arabia. Two cars, each from the Red Bull… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 3, 2023 3 min
