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Dakar Rally

Casale wins Challenger, De Soultrait takes victory after Ferioli drama in SSV

09/01/2026

Ignacio Casale has claimed his first stage victory of Dakar Rally 2026 in the Challenger category. The Chilean held off Dania Akeel by 38 seconds. In the SSV class, Xavier de Soultrait won after a dramatic finale in which Jeremías...

Dakar Rally

Zille wins Challenger after Spierings time penalty, Polaris occupies SSV podium

04/01/2026

David Zille has won the first stage in the Challenger category, but victory fell into his lap due to a time penalty for Paul Spierings. The Dutchman was fastest on the road but received a 1:10 penalty and had to...

Dakar Rally

Al Rajhi wins battle of attrition in 48h Chrono, Spierings wins Challenger class

06/01/2025

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...

Dakar Rally

Problems for top tontenders in 48H Chrono, success in sight for Spierings

05/01/2025

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...

Dakar Rally

Quintero wins first stage of Dakar 2025

04/01/2025

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...

Dakar Rally

The cards have been shuffled for the cars for Dakar 2025

25/12/2024

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....