Dakar News Dakar organizers addressing safety system failure Dakar Rally event director David Castera says that a solution ‘will need to be found this evening’ after technical issues surrounding the Sentinel proximity warning… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 4, 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 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 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
Off-Road News Al-Attiyah leads Morocco Rally but Loeb hits strife Nasser Al-Attiyah delivered a World Rally-Raid Championship stage win for Dacia in its first ever competitive rally-raid stage, winning the opening test of a flood-affected… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 7, 2024 3 min
Off-Road News Al Rajhi wins Argentina while Al-Attiyah eyes W2RC title Nasser Al-Attiyah put one hand on a third successive World Rally-Raid Championship title after finishing second to Overdrive Racing’s Yazeed Al Rajhi on the Desafío… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon June 8, 2024 5 min
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
Off-Road News Al-Attiyah’s former navigator teams-up with W2RC rival If one thing seemed a bolted-on certainty this year, it was that Nasser Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel would continue their domination of the World Rally-Raid… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon March 21, 2024 3 min
Rally News Al-Attiyah’s 18-mile journey that caused a 30-minute penalty Nasser Al-Attiyah could be forgiven for wishing he was back in 2023. Back then he won things like Dakar and the Qatar International Rally. This… Read more by David Evans February 2, 2024 2 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 The two problems Loeb faces to win Dakar Sébastien Loeb is so close that he can see it. Two stages are between him and the end of the Dakar: a first win after… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 17, 2024 2 min
Dakar News Al-Attiyah quits Dakar after refusing to drive his car further Nasser Al-Attiyah has a problem. His hopes of retaining his Dakar crown this year had already been dashed by damage from a heavy landing on… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 17, 2024 2 min
Dakar News Loeb’s strategy gambit for Dakar’s biggest test You don’t win nine world championships by just mashing a throttle pedal to the floor. Engaging grey matter is as critical as engaging first gear… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 11, 2024 3 min
Dakar News Sainz takes Dakar lead, Loeb returns to lead fight Carlos Sainz has assumed the lead of the Dakar Rally after stage two, while Sébastien Loeb recovered strongly from day one drama to assume a… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 7, 2024 2 min
Dakar News Loeb and Al-Attiyah hit trouble in Dakar opener Nasser Al-Attiyah and Sébastien Loeb, two of the favorites for Dakar Rally victory ran into trouble on the very first stage, while Guillaume de Mevius… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 6, 2024 3 min
Dakar News A taste of what’s to come from Dakar 2024 Day zero, as it were, of the Dakar Rally is behind us. The Prologue stage is done and dusted. With such an open and competitive… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay January 5, 2024 2 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