Dakar News History-making Dakar racer Price to drive Defender American off-road star Sara Price has signed to drive for Defender as the British brand builds towards its maiden Dakar entry in January. Price is… Read more by David Evans May 16, 2025 3 min
Dakar Features Why none of M-Sport’s drivers are pursuing W2RC glory The 2025 World Rally-Raid Championship resumes in just over a week for the third round of the season, the inaugural South African Safari Rally (May… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon May 8, 2025 5 min
Dakar News Defender signs Dakar’s most decorated driver Mr Dakar’s back. Everything makes sense again. When Audi pulled the plug on its Dakar program last year, there was plenty of speculation about Stéphane… Read more by David Evans May 7, 2025 3 min
Dakar News Wilson: What the WRC should learn from W2RC It wasn’t so long ago that the World Rally Championship seemed to be entering a new golden age. The regulation change ahead of the 2017… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon May 6, 2025 3 min
Dakar News The debate at the center of Dacia’s start to rally-raid World Rally-Raid Championship newcomer Dacia has been riding the crest of a wave since its competitive debut in Morocco last season. Two wins from three… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon April 15, 2025 5 min
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
WRC News Loeb makes yet more motorsport history Sébastien Loeb has made yet more motorsport history by becoming the most successful driver in Race of Champions history. With four previous victories in the… Read more by Luke Barry March 8, 2025 2 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 Baumel aims for Dakar return after losing his leg Four-time Dakar Rally winner Mathieu Baumel is determined to make the start of next year’s event, despite losing his right leg in a road traffic… Read more by Luke Barry February 16, 2025 2 min
Dakar Podcast Colin Clark’s Dakar and Saudi Arabia experience For those of us who’ve never been, the Dakar is a challenge impossible to understand. A gruelling, two-week onslaught where human endurance and performance is… Read more by Luke Barry February 1, 2025 10 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
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
