X-raid Mini driver Guillaume de Mevius takes stage 1, completing an epic comeback for his co-driver that exemplifies the indomitable spirit of Dakar winners.

The second week of the Dakar Rally started with a good day for America's Ricky Brabec (pictured), who claimed his first stage win of this year's rally on his Monster Energy Honda by 23s over teammate Adrien van Beveren as the event resumed following the rest day. Brabec moved up...

Sebastien Loeb believes he made great strides on his second cross-country rally despite a penalty costing him a shot at beating Peugeot teammate Cyril Despres to Silk Way Rally victory.Despres, a five-time Dakar winner in the motorcycle category, controlled the majority of the epic Moscow-Beijing rally to secure his first...

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...

Sebastien Loeb took the lead of his first Dakar Rally by winning the first full stage of the 2016 event on Monday.After Sunday's stage was canceled due to poor weather, continued heavy rain meant the competitive element of Monday's run from Villa Carlos Paz to Termas de Rio Hondo was...

The Dakar Rally's Prologue was halted by an accident involving four spectators on Saturday evening. The bystanders were struck by the X-raid Mini of Chinese Dakar debutant Guo Meiling when it went off the road just past the halfway point.Organisers neutralized the rest of the stage while emergency crews attended...

Dutch driver Bernhard Ten Brinke took a surprise early Dakar Rally lead by topping the event's new Prologue stage on Saturday.The primary purpose of the seven-mile test near Buenos Aires was to set the starting order for when the proper stages begin on Sunday, although the Prologue times still count...

Three former World Rally Championship regulars could be reunited on the 2016 Dakar Rally, with Sebastien Loeb and Petter Solberg now tipped to join Mikko Hirvonen in the event.Hirvonen announced earlier this month that he will drive an X-raid Mini on the Dakar next January, and finished third on his...

Former World Rally Championship runner-up Mikko Hirvonen will join the X-raid Mini team for next year's Dakar Rally. Ahead of the South American marathon, the Finn will contest Baja Aragon in Spain at the end of next week.Hirvonen, who retired from the WRC at the end of last season, agreed...