Dakar Features How difficult is a Dakar car to drive? Ask anyone in the World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC) bivouac what it takes to win the Dakar Rally and you will likely hear one of two… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 13, 2024
Off-Road News Al-Attiyah hunts down Portugal W2RC win Nasser Al-Attiyah and Edouard Boulanger came out on top in the BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal to claim their second successive World Rally-Raid Championship victory of… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon April 7, 2024 5 min
Dakar News Dacia to enter Dakar in 2025, signs Loeb Dacia will enter the Dakar Rally from 2025, and has signed nine-time World Rally champion Sébastien Loeb and Cristina Gutiérrez as its drivers. It becomes the latest manufacturer… Read more by Luke Barry July 3, 2023 2 min
Extreme E News Loeb won’t defend his Extreme E title Sébastien Loeb won’t return to Lewis Hamilton’s X44 outfit to defend its 2022 Extreme E title, with DirtFish driver Fraser McConnell stepping in to replace… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon March 7, 2023 2 min
Dakar Features The chaotic Dakar stage that washed away two victory chances It was a scene you simply do not expect to see in the desert landscape of Saudi Arabia. Two cars, each from the Red Bull… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 3, 2023 3 min
Extreme E News Loeb’s savvy tactic that won yet another title Just as it had been in season one, Extreme E 2022 was looking like a Rosberg X Racing walkover. After three rounds it had two… Read more by Dominik Wilde December 6, 2022 5 min
Extreme E News X44 snatches last-gasp XE title, Abt Cupra wins Energy X-Prix The 2022 Extreme E season may have comprised five rounds over 10 months, but the final race weekend packed in a year’s worth of action… Read more by Dominik Wilde November 27, 2022 3 min
Extreme E News Extreme E title contenders roll in qualifying Extreme E title rivals Rosberg X Racing and Team X44 have both been dealt a blow in their chase for the crown after rolling out… Read more by Dominik Wilde November 26, 2022 2 min
Extreme E News X44 wins Copper X-Prix after McLaren penalty X44 has won the Copper X-Prix after a post-race penalty stripped McLaren of its maiden Extreme E victory. In a dramatic final, it was the… Read more by Dominik Wilde September 25, 2022 5 min
WRC Features ‘Tough, powerful and perfect’ – Loeb on Galmiche and Gutiérrez Sébastien Loeb couldn’t see what all the fuss was about. Why would he? Isabelle Galmiche is his co-driver. End of. After a quarter of a… Read more by David Evans March 4, 2022 3 min
Dakar News Gutierréz handed suspended DSQ for Bluetooth error Red Bull Off-Road Junior Team’s Cristina Gutierréz has been handed a suspended disqualification from this year’s Dakar Rally after it was found that her intercom… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 8, 2022 2 min
Extreme E News Rosberg X Racing wins Extreme E title against Hamilton’s X44 Rosberg X Racing has won the inaugural Extreme E championship on win countback after finishing fourth in the Jurassic X-Prix final. X44 had to hope… Read more by Rob Hansford December 19, 2021
Extreme E News Richards slams Extreme E driving standards Prodrive boss David Richards has slammed Extreme E driving standards after Team X44 was taken out of the first Island X-Prix semifinal. Cristina Gutiérrez led… Read more by Dominik Wilde October 24, 2021 2 min
Extreme E News X44’s Loeb and Gutiérrez dominate Sardinia XE day one Team X44 continued its domination of Saturdays in Extreme E by sweeping qualifying for the Island X-Prix in Sardinia. Lewis Hamilton’s team ended the opening… Read more by Dominik Wilde October 23, 2021 5 min
Extreme E News Extreme E changes format again for Arctic X-Prix Extreme E has announced further format changes ahead of the Arctic X-Prix at the end of August. After mechanical issues put several cars out of… Read more by Dominik Wilde August 17, 2021 5 min
Off-Road News X44’s Gutiérrez wins rally despite rupturing vertebrae Cristina Gutiérrez remarkably took class victory on Rally Kazakhstan last weekend despite rupturing two vertebrae while driving. The Red Bull junior, who also races for… Read more by Ida Wood June 14, 2021 2 min
Extreme E News Rosberg X Racing and JBXE win Ocean X-Prix semifinals Rosberg X Racing and JBXE shared the spoils in the semi-finals for Extreme E’s Ocean X-Prix as Team X44 and Veloce Racing also advanced to… Read more by Dominik Wilde May 30, 2021 3 min
Extreme E News X44 tops Ocean X-Prix qualifying with rapid Q2 run Team X44 consolidated its top qualifying performance by once again heading the times for Extreme E’s Ocean X-Prix in Q2. Cristina Gutierrez and Sebastien Loeb’s… Read more by Dominik Wilde May 29, 2021 3 min