Dakar News Ford’s Dakar 2025 challenger unveiled Chichester is a long way from the Empty Quarter; the driveway at the bottom of the Duke of Richmond’s garden is some distance from the… Read more by David Evans July 12, 2024 3 min
Dakar News Dacia completes initial tests of Dakar car Suggested title: Dacia completes initial testing phase of Dakar car Subhead: No major issues for Sandrider after cumulative eight-day test in UK and France Dacia has undergone… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon June 6, 2024 3 min
Dakar News All you need to know about the 2025 Dakar There are few motorsport events in the world, especially those celebrating a 47th birthday in 2025, that have been able to merge tradition with innovation in… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon May 25, 2024 5 min
Dakar Features Why Ford and M-Sport signed Sainz It would have been shortly before his 10th birthday. Quite possibly standing in the kitchen at home in Cumbria. Matthew Wilson knew then. And he… Read more by David Evans May 10, 2024 5 min
Dakar News Sainz confirmed for Ford’s Dakar assault Carlos Sainz’s sensational return to Ford has been confirmed, with the four-time Dakar winner joined by countryman Nani Roma. The two Spaniards represent half of… Read more by David Evans May 10, 2024 3 min
Dakar News First glimpse of Ford’s 2025 Dakar car From what I can see, which, I’ll admit, is not a lot, M-Sport and Ford have won their first battle. This thing is truly bad-ass…. Read more by David Evans May 3, 2024 1 min
Dakar News Sainz getting closer to Ford W2RC deal Carlos Sainz has told DirtFish he’s closing on an agreement with Ford to join the Blue Oval’s Dakar program later this season. The Spaniard, who… Read more by David Evans April 4, 2024 2 min
Women in motorsport Features The new team principal tasked with getting Loeb’s first Dakar win Tiphanie Isnard has been involved in rallying for the best part of 20 years, but even she can’t help getting a little excited about the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon March 8, 2024 5 min
Dakar Features Dacia’s anti-Audi approach to Dakar Sébastien Loeb could only look on in envy as Audi’s three musketeers banded together to shepherd Carlos Sainz home to victory. On the penultimate stage,… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 31, 2024 5 min
Dakar News Dacia reveals Loeb’s 2025 Dakar challenger Dacia has taken the virtual covers off its new rally-raid prototype – the car with which it will make its Dakar debut in 2025. Christened… Read more by James Bowen January 30, 2024
Dakar News Price reflects on the true cost of Dakar The disappointment was as obvious as it was understandable. Having run second and talked of the potential for a dream Dakar win for the previous… Read more by David Evans January 20, 2024 3 min
Dakar News Could Sainz be heading for a third term at M-Sport? It’s the end of 1995 again. Or maybe late 1999. The date might have changed, the whispers haven’t: “Carlos Sainz to M-Sport…” It would be… Read more by DirtFish Media January 20, 2024 2 min
Dakar News The “crazy idea” that Sainz’s victory made reality Everything was turned upside down at the dawn of the current decade. When Covid-19 ground everything to a halt, it gave some of us in… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 19, 2024 3 min
Cars News Loeb loses out as Sainz chases Dakar glory for Audi Carlos Sainz is within touching distance of a dream Dakar farewell victory for his Audi team. The Spaniard has arrived in Yanbu after 3,000 miles… Read more by David Evans January 18, 2024 3 min
Dakar News The American star who’s taken Dakar by storm It takes time. Sara Price climbs from her Can-Am, high-fives her crew, makes sure the Monster Energy cap is straight and then coughs. It comes… Read more by DirtFish Media January 17, 2024 2 min
Dakar News The two problems Loeb faces to win Dakar Sébastien Loeb is so close that he can see it. Two stages are between him and the end of the Dakar: a first win after… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 17, 2024 2 min
Dakar News Al-Attiyah quits Dakar after refusing to drive his car further Nasser Al-Attiyah has a problem. His hopes of retaining his Dakar crown this year had already been dashed by damage from a heavy landing on… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 17, 2024 2 min
Dakar News Why Loeb has dropped back in Dakar lead fight Carlos Sainz has hit back in Dakar’s battle of the former team-mates – the Spaniard pulling six minutes out of his former Citroën colleague Sébastien… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 15, 2024 2 min