Loeb also retires
After his role in the third stage, the roll cage of the Dacia Sandrider appeared to be damaged with Sébastien Loeb. One day after Carlos Sainz, the next title candidate had to give up in the Dakar Rally. Loeb was...
Variawa youngest stage winner in the cars, Loeb rolls into trouble
With his stage win in the first stage, Seth Quintero entered the record books as the youngest stage winner ever. Two days later, he lost that record to Saood Variawa. The 19-year-old South African won the third stage of the...
BREAKING: Sainz out of the Dakar Rally
The Dakar Rally organization has just announced that the 2024 Dakar winner is withdrawing from the rally. Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz are giving up after yesterday’s crash and several setbacks today. The car is too heavily damaged to continue....
UPDATE: Baciuska wins second stage after time penalties
Rokas Baciuska wins his first stage in the Ultimate category. The young Lithuanian made the switch from the challengers to the Toyota Overdrive team. As a result of the win, that team occupied the entire top three, number four was...
Al Rajhi wins battle of attrition in 48h Chrono, Spierings wins Challenger class
The decision by several top drivers to avoid opening the second stage proved to be a wise one. Yazeed Al Rajhi won the stage after nearly 11 hours behind the wheel of his Toyota Hilux. Henk Lategan finished second, also...
Problems for top tontenders in 48H Chrono, success in sight for Spierings
Carlos Sainz’s decision to start at the front today turned out to be a poor choice in hindsight. The Spaniard crashed his Ford Raptor in the dunes, losing approximately an hour on the first day of the 48-hour stage of...
48h Chrono in Dakar: How Does It Work?
Last year, the 48h Chrono was introduced in the Dakar Rally—a new concept allowing participants 48 hours to complete a single stage. In 2024, this challenge took place in the second week of the rally, but for the 2025 edition,...
Quintero wins first stage of Dakar 2025
That opening a stage takes time is widely known. But the fact that today’s entire top five did not include a driver who started as one of the first 15 drivers is pretty special. Seth Quintero (started 26th) won the...
Lategan wins Dakar prologue, rookies win at challengers and ssv’s
The Dakar Rally officially began today with a 29-kilometer prologue. There Henk Lategan was fastest with the Toyota Hilux. The South African was 1 second faster than Mattias Ekström (Ford) and 20 seconds faster than Nasser Al-Attiyah (Dacia). The top...
The cards have been shuffled for the cars for Dakar 2025
Can a lot change in the cars of the Dakar Rally in a year? Yes, absolutely! The winning brand of the previous edition, Audi, is not there and there are many new and improved cars and brands at the start....