Dakar News How Defender did on its first Dakar There was a familiar face on the top step of this year’s Dakar Rally, but a new badge stitched onto his overalls. Nasser Al-Attiyah conquered the world’s… Read more by Luke Barry January 20, 2026 2 min
Dakar News Dacia wins Dakar as Al-Attiyah clinches sixth title Nasser Al-Attiyah has secured a sixth Dakar victory aboard a Dacia Sandrider, resisting a rally-long challenge from the armada of Ford Raptors. Al-Attiyah had already… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 17, 2026 5 min
Dakar News Ford locking out top-five, Loeb suffers setback Ford has surged into the lead of the Dakar in 1-2-3-4-5 formation, while two key victory contenders ran into significant trouble on the rally’s third… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 6, 2026 3 min
Dakar News Baumel becomes first amputee to win a Dakar stage There would’ve been a time in his career that a Dakar stage win wasn’t news. After all, he’s a four-time winner of the famous event… Read more by Luke Barry January 5, 2026 2 min
WRC Features The Loeb-esque Dakar and Monte plan The World Rally Championship’s off-season is a short one. Just 50 days stand between the final day of Rally Saudi Arabia and the first recce… Read more by Luke Barry December 25, 2025 5 min
Dakar Features The next challenge for an eight-time world champion Few drivers in motorsport are truly worthy of the term ‘versatile’, but eight-time World Rallycross champion Johan Kristoffersson most certainly fits that description. The Swede… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon December 18, 2025 5 min
Dakar News Toyota unveils new car and driver lineup for Dakar Toyota Gazoo Racing has unveiled a heavily upgraded DKR GR Hilux, as well as a new driver lineup, for its World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC) title… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon November 19, 2025 2 min
Dakar News M-Sport’s Dakar priority the reverse of WRC When, you might wonder, was M-Sport’s finest hour? Not that difficult, is it. It has to be 2017 and a historic clean sweep of the… Read more by David Evans November 14, 2025 3 min
WRC News Al-Attiyah rejoins M-Sport for Saudi Rally1 outing Nasser Al-Attiyah will make a sensational return to the very top of the World Rally Championship for next month’s season-closing Rally Saudi Arabia. Al-Attiyah, who… Read more by Colin Clark October 13, 2025 3 min
Dakar Features Mathieu Baumel’s inspirational attitude and recovery As he lay stricken at the side of the road after being hit by a civilian vehicle, four-time Dakar winner Mathieu Baumel didn’t know if… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon October 12, 2025 5 min
Dakar Features The drive good enough to tempt a legend out of retirement Aura has entered the chat. And is sitting opposite me. Two words: Stéphane Peterhansel. Fourteen times. Mr Dakar. His time ripping up the dunes in… Read more by David Evans October 2, 2025 3 min
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 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 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 +
