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 News Valiant Sainz forced out of Dakar Carlos Sainz is out of this year’s Dakar Rally following his heavy stage nine crash which has left his Audi RS Q e-tron E2 too… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 10, 2023 3 min
Dakar News Audi: More talks needed regarding Dakar EoT regulations Team Audi Sport boss Sven Quandt says that more discussions between competitors and the FIA are needed around the Equivalence of Technology following the completion… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 9, 2023 3 min
Dakar Features What you missed on the first week of the Dakar Rally 2023 And just like that, the 2023 Dakar Rally has reached the end of its opening week of action in Saudi Arabia. The first seven days… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 9, 2023
Dakar News Peterhansel navigator injured on Dakar Stéphane Peterhansel’s navigator Edouard Boulanger suffered a broken vertebrae in the stage-six crash that ended the Audi pairing’s 2023 Dakar Rally. While attempting to reduce… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 8, 2023 3 min
Dakar News Why Audi’s Dakar power increase isn’t controversial Around the Dakar Rally bivouac on Wednesday evening, there was the merest hint of controversy following the FIA and ASO’s joint decision to increase the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 5, 2023 3 min
Dakar News Audi to receive more power from Dakar stage five All three of Audi’s electric hybrid RS Q e-tron E2 cars will receive an increase in maximum power output from Thursday’s fifth stage of the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 4, 2023 2 min
Dakar News Al-Attiyah wins stage two as Loeb drops over an hour Toyota’s Nasser Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel claimed their first stage victory of the 2023 Dakar Rally, but Sébastien Loeb’s victory chances are all but over… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 2, 2023 3 min
Dakar News Sainz seizes top spot on Dakar opening stage Carlos Sainz has become the first leader of the 2023 Dakar Rally, outpacing Sébastien Loeb on an opening stage that looked to belong to his… Read more by Luke Barry January 1, 2023 2 min
Dakar News Dakar regs between ICE and electric “fair” – Ekström Team Audi Sport’s Mattias Ekström says the closeness of the Dakar Rally field following the Sea Camp prologue proves that the FIA’s latest regulation tweak… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 31, 2022 3 min
Dakar News Ekström sets pace in Dakar Rally prologue Audi’s Mattias Ekström and Emil Bergkvist opened their 2023 Dakar Rally account with the fastest time in the Sea Camp prologue, beating Bahrain Raid Xtreme’s… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 31, 2022 3 min
Dakar News Is Audi the clear Dakar favorite? The warning signs were clear at the end of the 2022 Dakar Rally. While it didn’t win outright following a plethora of issues for all… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 28, 2022 3 min
WRC Features Teams we’d like to see in the WRC Dear Santa. We, at DirtFish, would like this… It’s that time of year, isn’t it? The cookies have been bought, ready to be given to… Read more by DirtFish Staff December 24, 2022 5 min
Dakar News Why Sainz feels 2023 will be a “proper Dakar” Audi’s Carlos Sainz reckons the increased length of the 2023 Dakar Rally – which begins at the end of this month – will help take… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 10, 2022 3 min
Dakar News Has Audi already stolen a march on its Dakar rivals? The news that Audi will field all three of its new RS Q e-tron E2 cars on next month’s penultimate round of the World Rally… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon September 22, 2022 3 min
Dakar News Audi unveils upgraded Dakar 2023 contender Audi has unveiled the first major evolution of its electric car with which it will contest next year’s Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia. The new… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon September 1, 2022 3 min
eWRC Features The WRC manufacturers with the most 1-2-3 finishes Toyota achieved the extraordinary last weekend when all four of its GR Yaris Rally1s finished in a perfect formation on Safari Rally Kenya. A 1-2-3-4… Read more by Luke Barry July 2, 2022 5 min
Extreme E News Why Ekström isn’t returning to Extreme E Former Abt Cupra Extreme E driver Mattias Ekström has opened up about his split with the team ahead of the new season. The 2016 World… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon February 17, 2022 3 min
