Dakar News Dakar Rally a high priority for Alonso to win Winning the Dakar Rally is just as high a priority as a third Formula 1 world championship to Fernando Alonso. Alonso, who is currently third… Read more by Luke Barry September 3, 2023 2 min
Dakar News Al-Attiyah to stay with Toyota for rest of W2RC season Nasser Al-Attiyah will complete the rest of this year’s World Rally Raid Championship with Toyota Gazoo Racing racing before his expected move to the Prodrive-run… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon August 21, 2023 2 min
Dakar News Dakar great Al-Attiyah set to leave Toyota Five-time Dakar Rally winner Nasser Al-Attiyah will leave Toyota Gazoo Racing ahead of next January’s event in Saudi Arabia. DirtFish understands that Al-Attiyah has agreed… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon July 28, 2023 2 min
Dakar News M-Sport finishes seventh on its rally raid debut M-Sport’s Ford Ranger T1+ reached the finish in seventh of its maiden rally raid event, the Baja Aragón, which was won by Nasser Al-Attiyah and… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon July 22, 2023 2 min
Dakar News Ford Ranger T1+ to make competitive debut next week Ford’s Ranger T1+ will make its competitive debut at next week’s Baja Spain Aragon with Nani Roma and Gareth Woolridge confirmed to drive the two… Read more by David Evans July 12, 2023 3 min
News M-Sport’s Dakar challenger cooked and cooled to perfection For more than six months M-Sport and Neil Woolridge Motorsport have toured the planet looking for the hottest, roughest, rockiest and sandiest roads. They found… Read more by David Evans July 7, 2023 2 min
Dakar News Dacia to enter Dakar in 2025, signs Loeb Dacia will enter the Dakar Rally from 2025, and has signed nine-time World Rally champion Sébastien Loeb and Cristina Gutiérrez as its drivers. It becomes the latest manufacturer… Read more by Luke Barry July 3, 2023 2 min
Dakar News Ford to run factory Dakar effort with M-Sport Ford Performance has announced it will run a full factory program in the Dakar Rally, collaborating with M-Sport and Neil Woolridge Motorsport from 2024 onwards…. Read more by Stephen Brunsdon June 14, 2023 3 min
Dakar Opinion The new 48-hour stage will bring the true Dakar spirit back The Dakar Rally and its organizer, the ASO, have always prided themselves on innovation, of pushing the boundaries that bit further to create the most… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon June 14, 2023 5 min
Dakar News The driver set to realize a Dakar dream If you race off-road, there’s one word that’s never far from the front of your mind: Dakar. Just ask Sara Price. Price is one of… Read more by David Evans May 3, 2023 2 min
Dakar News Double Dakar winner has tested M-Sport’s Ranger Two-time Dakar Rally winner Nani Roma has tested M-Sport’s Ford Ranger T1+ with which it will make its cross-country debut on the Saudi Arabian event… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon April 10, 2023 3 min
Dakar Features Breaking down barriers on and off the stages If you want to succeed in the world of motorsport, you need to be tenacious. If you’re not, you simply won’t achieve what you set… Read more by Rob Hansford March 10, 2023 5 min
WRC Features Østberg “very tempted” by desert-based events Mads Østberg has revealed he’s “very tempted” by desert-based rallies and off-road events in the future. Østberg, the 2020 WRC2 champion and 2012 Rally Portugal winner in… Read more by Luke Barry March 5, 2023 3 min
Dakar News Ekström wants more cross-country running in Audi Audi Sport’s Dakar Rally pairing Mattias Ekström and Emil Bergkvist have called for more competitive running in the World Rally-Raid Championship this year. The Swedish… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon February 25, 2023 2 min
Dakar Features How to grab a podium on your Dakar debut As the 2023 Dakar Rally reached its conclusion after 15 long days of endurance action on the banks of the Persian Gulf in Damman, much… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 17, 2023 5 min
Dakar News Why cross-country rallying is gaining from the WRC Prodrive Chairman David Richards believes the World Rally Championship needs to adopt a ‘fresh approach’ if it is to attract more manufacturers. Ahead of the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 16, 2023 2 min
Dakar News Loeb: Finishing second in 2023 my best Dakar performance Dakar Rally runner-up Sébastien Loeb believes he has never driven better on the demanding rally raid after a blistering second week performance in Saudi Arabia…. Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 16, 2023 3 min
Dakar Opinion Why Al-Attiyah has cemented his place as a Dakar legend Sometimes in motorsport, the figures simply do not lie. Nasser Al-Attiyah’s fifth Dakar Rally victory is one which, in case there had been any doubt… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 15, 2023 5 min
