Dakar News Loeb crashes again, new young star emerges on W2RC Abu Dhabi Barely four weeks after the completion of the Dakar Rally, the World Rally-Raid Championship returned to action for round two of the 2025 season, the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon February 28, 2025 5 min
Dakar News How does M-Sport rate its first Dakar? A year ago, M-Sport founder Malcolm Wilson was an interested spectator, keen to keep an eye on what his company was about to embark on… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 20, 2025 5 min
WRC Features How Dakar’s new champion vanquished his illustrious rivals When Francis Bacon coined the phrase “knowledge is power”, he wasn’t wrong. Because whoever had it would gain name, fame and strength. After coming through… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 19, 2025 3 min
Dakar News Al-Attiyah closes on Ekström for Dakar podium The battle for third place in the 2025 Dakar Rally intensified on stage eight as Dacia’s Nasser Al-Attiyah reduced the gap to the M-Sport Ford… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 13, 2025 3 min
Dakar News The positives M-Sport’s taking from Sainz’s crash Sunday’s been a long day for Carlos Sainz. And it’s not done yet. Tonight, there’s no restaurant, no room service. He’s got a Raptor to… Read more by David Evans January 5, 2025 3 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 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 +
Off-Road Features Why an Audi legend chose Ford as his new home As he sits on the start line for the final round of the World Rally-Raid Championship in Morocco next week, new Ford Performance recruit Mattias… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon October 4, 2024 3 min
Dakar News Ford signs Ekström to complete its 2025 Dakar line-up Ford Performance has completed its driver line-up with which it will tackle next year’s Dakar Rally, with Audi exile Mattias Ekström joining the previously unveiled… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon October 1, 2024 3 min
Cars News Loeb fires warning shot as Dakar race hots up The second half of motorsport’s greatest marathon has only just begun and the event is at fever pitch. Audi’s Carlos Sainz still leads, but Sébastien… Read more by David Evans January 14, 2024 3 min
Dakar Features Why the next week will shape modern history for Audi Audi has a habit of revolutionizing motorsport. Quattro permanently changed rallying; the days of two-wheel drive at the top level were banished to the history… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 13, 2024 3 min
Dakar Features Everything you need to know about Dakar 2024 The beginning of a new year can only mean one thing in the world of off-road motorsport. It’s Dakar time. The 46th edition of the… Read more by James Bowen January 4, 2024
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
World RX News Ekström takes on surprise World RX role 2016 World Rallycross champion Mattias Ekström has become the new sporting director of Rallycross Promoter – the subsidiary of WRC Promoter which owns the rights to World… Read more by Luke Barry February 8, 2023 2 min
Rally News Ekström on fire for fourth Race of Champions win Seeing the center console on fire, Mattias Ekström kept his right foot buried, but took his right hand off the wheel to put extinguish the… Read more by David Evans January 29, 2023 3 min
Dakar News Loeb wins stage as team-mate retires through injury Bahrain Raid Xtreme’s Sébastien Loeb finally put an end to his run of bad luck on the Dakar Rally by taking his first stage victory… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 4, 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
