Dakar News Puncture risks could’ve caused Toyota to ditch Dakar program Toyota’s Dakar team principal Glyn Hall says the brand and tire supplier BF Goodrich were willing to stop their off-road program had measures to reduce… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon October 13, 2021
Dakar News Audi to skip events in favor of more Dakar testing Audi will skip a planned participation on next month’s Rallye du Maroc in favor of further testing of its new electric challenger ahead of January’s… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon September 24, 2021 3 min
Dakar News Toyota unveils its 2022 Dakar challenger Toyota Gazoo Racing has unveiled its new T1+ car to take on next year’s Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia as well as an unchanged four-car… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon September 22, 2021 2 min
Dakar News GCK’s hydrogen Dakar challenger revealed Long-time World Rallycross outfit GCK has offered a first look at its revolutionary e-Blast H2 cross-country racer that it will contest the Dakar Rally with… Read more by Dominik Wilde September 21, 2021 2 min
Dakar News BRX unveils new Hunter T1+ for Dakar 2022 Bahrain Raid Extreme has revealed the car it hopes will carry it to Dakar success in Saudi Arabia next year. Built to the new T1+… Read more by David Evans July 29, 2021 2 min
Dakar Features How it started: Stéphane Peterhansel If there’s one thing that has become obvious over time, it’s that one does not simply become Mr Dakar overnight. Nor does one acquire the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon June 19, 2021 5 min
Off-Road News Cross-country rallying awarded FIA world championship status Cross-country rallying will officially become a world championship discipline from 2022, starting with the famous Dakar Rally, following an agreement between the FIA and the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon June 17, 2021 2 min
Dakar News Dakar reverts to a point-to-point format in 2022 The route for the 2022 Dakar Rally has been unveiled by the event organizer, the Amaury Sport Organisation, with the event reverting to a point-to-point… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon May 11, 2021 2 min
Dakar Features How Audi is using existing tech for its Dakar debut When news surfaced last winter that Audi was switching its factory motorsport efforts from the burgeoning circuit racing world of Formula E and pursuing a… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon April 14, 2021 5 min
Dakar News Prodrive aiming to run Gutiérrez on next year’s Dakar Prodrive is aiming to run Cristina Gutiérrez on the 2022 Dakar Rally in a BRX Hunter alongside regular drivers Sébastien Loeb and Nani Roma. The… Read more by David Evans April 9, 2021 2 min
Dakar Features America’s next big Dakar Rally hopeful NASCAR icon Robby Gordon once labelled the Dakar Rally as “like racing 13 Daytona 500s or Indy 500s on consecutive days.” Any American racing fan… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon March 30, 2021 3 min
WRC Opinion How Loeb and Elena reached break-up point Hamilton, New Zealand in November 2006 and Daniel Elena asks Sébastien Loeb a question which, at the time, seemed unthinkable. But today, it seems entirely… Read more by David Evans March 17, 2021 3 min
Dakar News Prodrive’s David Richards responds to Elena’s criticism Prodrive chairman David Richards has delivered his response to Daniel Elena’s scathing comments on being dropped from the British team’s Dakar program. Elena’s split with… Read more by David Evans March 17, 2021 3 min
WRC News Loeb and Elena split after 23 years together Nine-time World Rally Champions Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena have announced that they are to go their separate ways after 23 years together as driver… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon March 16, 2021 2 min
Dakar Features The mammoth test that could decide the Dakar X-raid Mini JCW’s Stéphane Peterhansel is looking good to secure a record-extending 14th Dakar Rally victory this week. But although the Frenchman holds a 17-minute… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 13, 2021 3 min
Dakar Features Why a zero emissions Dakar isn’t just a pipe dream Last November, Dakar director David Castera and the Amaury Sport Organisation which runs the event, announced its plans to move towards alternative energy sources from… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 12, 2021 5 min
Dakar News Full details of Dakar’s green energy plan revealed The Amaury Sport Organisation, which runs the Dakar Rally, has unveiled further details of its alternative energy timeline ahead of a full transition in 2030…. Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 12, 2021 3 min
Dakar News Leader Peterhansel takes first stage win as rivals flounder Stéphane Peterhansel finally took his first stage win of the 2021 Dakar Rally as Nasser Al-Attiyah and Carlos Sainz both suffered dramas in the Neom-Neom… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 12, 2021 3 min
