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
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
Off-Road News Dakar faces cancellation as Saudi Arabia shuts borders January’s Dakar Rally is thought to be under threat by revised Saudi Arabian government policy which could limit the movement of people into the country… Read more by DirtFish Media December 21, 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
Dakar News Loeb’s Dakar 2021 livery revealed The Bahrain Raid Xtreme team that Sébastien Loeb and Nani Roma will drive for on next month’s Dakar Rally has revealed the look of its… Read more by Ida Wood December 18, 2020 1 min
WRC Features Six times Loeb shone on his motorsport debuts Sébastien Loeb’s deal to drive for Lewis Hamilton’s X44 Extreme E team means the nine-time World Rally Champion will add another string to his bow… Read more by DirtFish Media December 13, 2020 5 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
WRC Opinion Why I miss Volkswagen Motorsport, by David Evans If I was ever going to have a rock-and-roll moment, that was probably it. I’d just ditched Carlos Sainz’s Race Touareg in a lake –… Read more by David Evans 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
Dakar News Ex-Hyundai WRC man Abbring to demo electric Dakar car Former Hyundai Motorsport driver and 2017 Ypres Rally winner Kevin Abbring will be the man behind the wheel of the electric GCK e-Blast 1 car… Read more by Ida Wood 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
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
Dakar News The force behind Dakar’s sustainable hope Regardless of whether Dakar runs in the Middle East, South America or back in its native Africa, there’s a mountain that remains to be conquered…. Read more by David Evans November 25, 2020 3 min
Dakar News Dakar Rally 2021 route and entry list finalized The final itinerary and entry lists for the 2021 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia have been released by the event’s organizer, the ASO. Dakar director… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon November 25, 2020 3 min
Dakar News Meeke to make Dakar debut with ex-Citroën WRC team Ousted World Rally Championship star Kris Meeke has confirmed he will compete in the 2021 Dakar with PH Sport in the event’s SSV class. Meeke,… Read more by Luke Barry November 18, 2020 2 min