This weekend Extreme E, the electric off-road racing series, will host its second X Prix -- the Ocean X Prix -- in Lac Rose, Dakar, Senegal. Championship drivers and course advisors Timo Schieder and Jutta Kleinschmidt have been at the West African coastline developing the course ahead of the driving...

Demonstrating the patience and consistency have been that have been his hallmark through this year's running of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, Stephane Peterhansel added to his all-time win record at the marathon rally-raid by securing his 14th career triumph on Friday's final stage.X-Raid MINI JCW buggy driver Peterhansel,...

A pall was cast over the final day of the Dakar Rally by the announcement that bike competitor Pierre Cherpin had died from injuries suffered in a crash during the seventh stage from Ha’il to Sakaka on January 10.Doctors found the 52-year-old Cherpin unconscious when they reached the crash site...

Nasser Al-Attiyah led the way once again on Thursday's 11th stage of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, but the MINI buggy of Stephane Peterhansel was once again close on the Toyota pickup driver's heels, and holds a commanding overall lead into tomorrow's run to the finish.https://twitter.com/dakar/status/1349748113972539392?s=20Qatar's Al-Attiyah won his...

Saudi Arabia's local hero Yazeed Al-Rajhi came on strong in the closing portion of today's 10th stage of the marathon -- a 342km/213-mile run through the sand between spectacular rockpiles from Neom on the Red Sea to Al-Ula -- to take his second stage win in the car category, but...

The Dakar Rally launched its second week in Saudi Arabia with the 453km/282-mile special stage 7 from Ha'il to Sakaka consisting primarily of hard dunes and fast tracks, which produced first-time stage winners in the car and bike ranks.In the former, Saudi's own Yazeed Al Rajhi took the spoils with...

Toyota Gazoo Racing's Giniel de Villiers ended the run of three-straight stage victories by teammate Nasser Al Attiyah in Thursday's fifth stage, on a day that simmering frustrations with the complex navigational aspects of this year's route through the Saudi desert boiled over for defending champion Carlos Sainz.Despite leading home...

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Organizers of the Dakar Rally shared details about the 2021 route, which will again be based entirely in Saudi Arabia, but utilize a different course than this year's event. They also revealed that the event will include the "Dakar Classic" to pay homage to the event’s history.In parallel with the...

Maybe the most dangerous sporting event in the world, maybe not; but no question, Monster Energy Honda's Ricky Brabec overcame some formidable challenges to win one of the fiercest, most treacherous rally raids of all: Dakar.Brabec's Honda CRF450 Rally took the motorcycle class victory in last month's brutal Dakar Rally,...