Dakar News Carlos Sainz Jr tries his dad’s Ford Raptor T1+ Black suit. White, open-face helmet and a door to close. Williams Formula 1 star Carlos Sainz is searching for his comfort zone. He’s not about… Read more by David Evans October 1, 2025 5 min
Dakar Features Inside Defender’s game-changing rally program It’s late. Maybe it’s early. Either way, an advancing fleet of Defender 110s make for an impressive – if slightly gangster – sight. Sweeping up… Read more by David Evans October 1, 2025 5 min
Dakar News The ignored team order within Toyota’s unprecedented success It’s the biggest call a crew can make. Thirty years ago Colin McRae tried and failed, but Toyota driver Lucas Moraes wasn’t for moving in… Read more by David Evans September 29, 2025 3 min
Dakar News Loeb and Al-Attiyah swap navigators Dacia World Rally-Raid drivers Sébastien Loeb and Nasser Al-Attiyah have swapped navigators for the remainder of the 2025 season, as well as the 2026 Dakar… Read more by Luke Barry September 17, 2025 2 min
Dakar News Baumel to make first start since leg amputation Five-time Dakar Rally winner Mathieu Baumel will make his cross-country rallying comeback next weekend, just seven months after losing his right leg following a road… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon September 5, 2025 2 min
Dakar Features A new W2RC rival for Loeb and Al-Attiyah? The World Rally-Raid Championship title battle breathed new life last weekend as Dakar Rally runner-up Henk Lategan stormed to his maiden W2RC victory on home… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon May 28, 2025 5 min
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
