Dakar News Sainz getting closer to Ford W2RC deal Carlos Sainz has told DirtFish he’s closing on an agreement with Ford to join the Blue Oval’s Dakar program later this season. The Spaniard, who… Read more by David Evans April 4, 2024 2 min
Off-Road News How the World Rally-Raid season is shaping up post-Audi Cross-country rallying and the World Rally-Raid Championship has effectively been turned on its head since the end of the Dakar Rally in January. For a… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon April 3, 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 Al-Attiyah joins Prodrive as team-mate to Loeb As expected, reigning World Rally-Raid champion Nasser Al-Attiyah has joined Prodrive as team-mate to Sébastien Loeb. Al-Attiyah, who has won both W2RC titles since the… Read more by Luke Barry October 26, 2023 2 min
Dakar News Dakar great Al-Attiyah set to leave Toyota Five-time Dakar Rally winner Nasser Al-Attiyah will leave Toyota Gazoo Racing ahead of next January’s event in Saudi Arabia. DirtFish understands that Al-Attiyah has agreed… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon July 28, 2023 2 min
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
Dakar News Why cross-country rallying is gaining from the WRC Prodrive Chairman David Richards believes the World Rally Championship needs to adopt a ‘fresh approach’ if it is to attract more manufacturers. Ahead of the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon January 16, 2023 2 min
Dakar Features Why GCK is running two Dakar programs in parallel Guerlain Chicherit is an ambitious guy, and so is his company Green Corp Konnection. For them, motorsport is their passion, their raison d’être, but you… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon September 25, 2022 5 min
Dakar News Has Audi already stolen a march on its Dakar rivals? The news that Audi will field all three of its new RS Q e-tron E2 cars on next month’s penultimate round of the World Rally… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon September 22, 2022 3 min
Off-Road News World rally-raid calendar shuffled again The Andalucía Rally, which was scheduled to hold the fourth round of this year’s World Rally Raid Championship, has been postponed until the autumn following… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon May 31, 2022 2 min
Dakar News Kazakhstan World Rally-Raid event canceled due to war The third round of the World Rally Raid Championship in Kazakhstan, which was due to take place next month, has been canceled due to the… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon March 17, 2022 2 min
Dakar News Audi shares its rally raid plan for 2022 Audi will enter one car for the second round of the World Rally Raid Championship in Abu Dhabi next month as it continues its development… Read more by Stephen Brunsdon February 9, 2022 3 min
