Nasser Al Attiyah stays in the overall lead, which Ricky Brabec deliberately ditches in motorcycles.

Saood Variawa claimed his second Dakar Rally stage victory – after becoming the youngest driver to win a stage in its top car class at last year’s event – on Monday when he triumphed on Stage 8.The Toyota Hilux driver took victory by just three seconds ahead of Henk Lategan...

Among the Ultimate class contenders, the Ford Raptor team coped best with the multi-faceted challenge of stage 7, proving that they remain a threat for overall honors in the six remaining stages.

While the Dakar Rally is a contest of endurance, there are times where fortune favors the bold. Wednesday's fourth marathon 452-km (281-mile) stage proved the latter for Henk Lategan, who charged to a decisive victory with his Toyota Hilux. The South African bested runner-up Nasser Al Attiyah by more than...

The 2025 Dakar Rally roared into life Friday with the high-speed Prologue stage, featuring 29km/18 miles against the clock around the Start Camp in Bisha, Saudi Arabia.In the Ultimate class, Henk Lategan led the way in his Toyota Hilux (pictured above), heading the V8-powered Ford Raptor T1+ of Mattias Ekstrom...

Salving some of the frustrations of his slow start to this year’s Dakar Rally, Sebastien Loeb took his first stage win of the year on Tuesday’s fourth leg. The French rallying legend set the quickest time of the day with his Prodrive Hunter on the 299km/186-mile trek from Al Salamiya...

The 2018 Dakar Rally really heated up on the dunes of the 184-mile special stage between Pisco and San Juan de Marcona.With everyone pushing hard and jostling for early gained minutes on the leaderboard it made for an exciting day of racing.Tuesday sees mass starts on the beach at San...

The 2018 Dakar Rally is underway after 139 bikes, 92 cars, 49 quads and 44 trucks revved their engines on the start line in Lima.Stage one out of 14 consisted of a 150-mile liaison from the Peruvian capital up the Pacific Coast to Pisco, where a 19-mile special stage took...

Following Saturday's canceled stage and Sunday's rest day, the riders and drivers were back in action on a modified 100-mile special stage.Due to the persistent bad weather, a new course – primarily on sandy terrain – was designed from Bolivian capital La Paz to Uyuni with the competitors having to...

Sport newsIn their first-ever foray into the spectacular world of cross country rallying, the three all-female crews battled against some of the toughest terrain the FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies has to offer. Throughout the five-day event, which covered 1,633.38 competitive kilometres over five punishing selective sections, they...