Dakar News BRX unveils new Hunter T1+ for Dakar 2022 Bahrain Raid Extreme has revealed the car it hopes will carry it to Dakar success in Saudi Arabia next year. Built to the new T1+… Read more by David Evans July 29, 2021 2 min
Dakar News Al-Attiyah wins Aragon Baja after final-stage Loeb heartache Sébastien Loeb was denied a sensational maiden cross country victory on the Baja España Aragón following a dramatic final stage, on which Nasser Al-Attiyah inherited… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon July 24, 2021 5 min
Dakar News Audi unveils first images of its all-electric 2022 Dakar challenger Audi has unveiled the first images of the all-electric RS Q e-tron car which it will use for its maiden assault on the Dakar Rally… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon July 23, 2021
Dakar Features How it started: Stéphane Peterhansel If there’s one thing that has become obvious over time, it’s that one does not simply become Mr Dakar overnight. Nor does one acquire the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon June 19, 2021 5 min
Off-Road News Cross-country rallying awarded FIA world championship status Cross-country rallying will officially become a world championship discipline from 2022, starting with the famous Dakar Rally, following an agreement between the FIA and the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon June 17, 2021 2 min
Dakar News Audi signs Ekström, Sainz and Peterhansel for Dakar Audi has unveiled a star-studded driver roster for its first proper assault on the Dakar Rally next year, with Mattias Ekström joining multiple winners Carlos… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon May 31, 2021 3 min
Off-Road News Loeb appoints co-driver for 2022 Dakar Rally Sébastien Loeb has selected Fabian Lurquin as his navigator for next year’s Dakar Rally, following his high-profile split with long-term co-driver Daniel Elena in March…. Read more by Stephen Brunsdon May 19, 2021
Dakar News Why Dakar is returning to the mammoth Empty Quarter The biggest news surrounding the 2022 Dakar Rally route unveiling by event director David Castera and the Amaury Sport Organisation was that, after a year… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon May 12, 2021 3 min
Dakar News Dakar reverts to a point-to-point format in 2022 The route for the 2022 Dakar Rally has been unveiled by the event organizer, the Amaury Sport Organisation, with the event reverting to a point-to-point… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon May 11, 2021 2 min
Dakar Features How Audi is using existing tech for its Dakar debut When news surfaced last winter that Audi was switching its factory motorsport efforts from the burgeoning circuit racing world of Formula E and pursuing a… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon April 14, 2021 5 min
Dakar News GCK to run bioethanol car on 2022 Dakar Rally Dakar Rally veteran Guerlain Chicherit will contest next year’s edition of the rally raid in an interim bioethanol powered car ahead of a full hydrogen… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon April 13, 2021 2 min
Dakar News Prodrive aiming to run Gutiérrez on next year’s Dakar Prodrive is aiming to run Cristina Gutiérrez on the 2022 Dakar Rally in a BRX Hunter alongside regular drivers Sébastien Loeb and Nani Roma. The… Read more by David Evans April 9, 2021 2 min
Dakar Features America’s next big Dakar Rally hopeful NASCAR icon Robby Gordon once labelled the Dakar Rally as “like racing 13 Daytona 500s or Indy 500s on consecutive days.” Any American racing fan… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon March 30, 2021 3 min
WRC News Loeb opens up on Elena split Nine-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb has opened up about his split with long-term co-driver Daniel Elena. The pair announced last week that they would… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon March 26, 2021 3 min
Dakar Features Dakar’s most successful drivers Often labelled as the last great challenge of motorsport, the Dakar Rally has attracted some of the most impressive competitors from across the world to… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon March 21, 2021 10 min +
WRC Opinion How Loeb and Elena reached break-up point Hamilton, New Zealand in November 2006 and Daniel Elena asks Sébastien Loeb a question which, at the time, seemed unthinkable. But today, it seems entirely… Read more by David Evans March 17, 2021 3 min
Dakar News Prodrive’s David Richards responds to Elena’s criticism Prodrive chairman David Richards has delivered his response to Daniel Elena’s scathing comments on being dropped from the British team’s Dakar program. Elena’s split with… Read more by David Evans March 17, 2021 3 min
WRC News Loeb and Elena split after 23 years together Nine-time World Rally Champions Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena have announced that they are to go their separate ways after 23 years together as driver… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon March 16, 2021 2 min
