Dakar News Al-Attiyah gives Dacia its first Dakar stage win, then loses it Dacia Sandriders has claimed its first ever Dakar Rally stage win, as Nasser Al-Attiyah blitzed the field by 10 minutes to move back into podium… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 9, 2025 3 min
Dakar News Loeb excluded from Dakar after rollover Sébastien Loeb’s Dakar Rally is over after his Dacia Sandrider failed an FIA Technical Delegate safety inspection following his high-speed accident on stage three. Loeb… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 7, 2025 2 min
Dakar News Tactical ploys dominate Dakar opener Road opener Guillaume de Mévius understood. Dacia’s Nasser Al-Attiyah and Sébastien Loeb, they certainly understood. And by the time the Ultimate crews had left the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 4, 2025 3 min
Dakar News Will this finally be Loeb’s year? Sébastien Loeb is ‘optimistic’ that the new Dacia Sandriders have the pace to fight for overall victory in the Dakar Rally which kicks off with… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 3, 2025 3 min
Dakar Colin Clark: it’s been a storming start to Dakar Do you know what? Between January 19, that final, glorious day of last year’s Dakar and the middle of November, I’d not really had the… Read more by Colin Clark January 2, 2025 5 min
Dakar Features Dakar 2025 Data + Form Guide Dakar 2025 Data + Form Guide The 2025 Dakar will be the sixth time the event has been held in Saudi Arabia, and promises to… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 2, 2025 10 min +
Dakar News Sainz: Dakar 2025 will be the closest ever If the final round of the 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC) season in Morocco told us anything, it’s that Nasser Al-Attiyah and Edouard Boulanger hold… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon October 14, 2024 3 min
Dakar News Dacia delivers dream Dakar dress rehearsal Dacia’s preparations for a first assault on the Dakar got off to a perfect start on Rally Morocco, with Nasser Al-Attiyah and Sébastien Loeb sealing… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 11, 2024 2 min
Dakar News Loeb’s “live rehearsal” to secure elusive first Dakar win He’s the man who dominated the World Rally Championship for a decade. He re-wrote records seemingly for fun and won everything in sight. And those… Read more by David Evans October 1, 2024 3 min
Dakar News Where does Dacia stand with its Dakar project? In the middle of the Moroccan desert, Dacia is embarking on the first meaningful test of its Sandrider T1U with which it will take on… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon September 17, 2024 5 min
Dakar News Dacia completes initial tests of Dakar car Suggested title: Dacia completes initial testing phase of Dakar car Subhead: No major issues for Sandrider after cumulative eight-day test in UK and France Dacia has undergone… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon June 6, 2024 3 min
Women in motorsport Features The new team principal tasked with getting Loeb’s first Dakar win Tiphanie Isnard has been involved in rallying for the best part of 20 years, but even she can’t help getting a little excited about the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon March 8, 2024 5 min
Dakar Features Dacia’s anti-Audi approach to Dakar Sébastien Loeb could only look on in envy as Audi’s three musketeers banded together to shepherd Carlos Sainz home to victory. On the penultimate stage,… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 31, 2024 5 min
Dakar News Dacia reveals Loeb’s 2025 Dakar challenger Dacia has taken the virtual covers off its new rally-raid prototype – the car with which it will make its Dakar debut in 2025. Christened… Read more by James Bowen January 30, 2024
Dakar News Dacia signs Al-Attiyah for Dakar 2025 Five-time and defending Dakar Rally winner Nasser Al-Attiyah will drive for Dacia in 2025, where he will partner nine-time World Rally champion Sébastien Loeb and… Read more by James Bowen December 12, 2023 2 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
