Mini has revealed the new John Cooper Works Rally it will use for its 2017 Dakar Rally bid as BMW ramps up its factory involvement in the program.Run by the X-raid team, the Mini cross-country effort won the Dakar every year from 2012-'15 with Stephane Peterhansel (twice), Nani Roma and...

Tommi Makinen does not anticipate announcing Toyota's 2017 World Rally Championship driver line-up before the autumn.There was considerable speculation over Toyota's driver plans at Rally Mexico earlier this month when former Hyundai factory driver Juho Hanninen and co-driver Kaj Lindstrom completed the recce. The Finnish duo confirmed they would recce...

Stephane Peterhansel clinched his 12th Dakar Rally victory and Peugeot's first since 1990 with a calm run through the final stage on Saturday.Having been left with a massive one-hour lead as his Peugeot teammates Sebastien Loeb and Carlos Sainz encountered dramas during the second week, Peterhansel had been able to...

Former World Rally Championship driver Mikko Hirvonen claimed his first Dakar stage win on Friday, as Stephane Peterhansel drew closer to a 12th victory in the event.The outright leaders were content to again drive cautiously through the San Juan to Villa Carlos Paz stage, on which Peugeot driver Peterhansel was...

Stephane Peterhansel maintained a secure Dakar Rally lead with a cautious run through Thursday's La Rioja to San Juan stage, on which Nasser Al-Attiyah was fastest.With the dramas for Peterhansel's Peugeot team-mates Carlos Sainz and Sebastien Loeb earlier in the week handing the event legend a one-hour lead, Peterhansel was...

Stephane Peterhansel has moved into the lead of the 2016 Dakar Rally, after mechanical problems ended Peugeot teammate Carlos Sainz's push for victory.The 2010 Dakar winner, Sainz took the lead on Tuesday, but his time at the top was fleeting and ultimately cut short by a gearbox failure.The start of...

Carlos Sainz has moved into the lead of the Dakar Rally, with victory on the shortened ninth stage around Belen.After becoming the first non-Peugeot driver to win a leg of the rally on Monday, Mini's Nasser Al-Attiyah maintained that pace early on Tuesday. The Qatari led by 10 seconds at...

Sebastien Loeb retook the lead of the Dakar Rally on Saturday, while his Peugeot teammate Carlos Sainz claimed stage honors.The Uyuni-Salta stage was split into two parts, with the cars crossing the border from Bolivia to Argentina through a neutral section in the middle. At the start of the neutral...

Sebastien Loeb extended his lead in the Dakar Rally to nearly eight minutes with another stage victory on Thursday.The nine-time World Rally champion beat Peugeot teammate and fellow WRC legend Carlos Sainz by 22 seconds to win the Jujuy-Uyuni stage, but crucially for the overall standings he outpaced Stephane Peterhansel...

Stephane Peterhansel led a Peugeot lockout of the top three places on stage four of the Dakar Rally, while Sebastien Loeb retained his lead in the overall standings.Dakar legend Peterhansel made a flying start to the 266-mile Juy Juy stage, passing the first checkpoint more than one minute faster than...