American off-road and rally racer Bryce Menzies has been forced to withdraw from the 2017 Dakar Rally as a result of a kneecap injury suffered during a long-jump world record attempt in August.Menzies crashed his Pro2 truck in a practice run but still managed to blow past the world record...

X-raid team principal Sven Quandt is confident BMW's increased commitment to cross-country rallying will be enough to take his team back to Dakar victory.BMW Motorsport director Jens Marquardt confirmed the move on Tuesday morning as part of a raft of announcements from Munich, including a return to Le Mans and...

Peugeot enters its first cross-country rally since winning the Dakar this week, with Sebastien Loeb admitting the Silk Way Rally, the world's longest endurance event, will be his biggest challenge. The Velizy team will enter three 2008 DKRs for 2016 Dakar victor Stephane Peterhansel, Loeb and Cyril Despres.Carlos Sainz, the...

Stephane Peterhansel's 2016 Dakar Rally status remains uncertain after the X-raid team appealed a stewards' decision to reject a protest it had lodged against the Peugeot driver.Mini squad X-raid, which has won the event for the past four years, argued that Peterhansel had refueled illegally in a neutral zone on...

Eleven-time Dakar Rally winner Stephane Peterhansel will join Carlos Sainz and Cyril Despres in Peugeot's lineup for the car maker's return to the event in 2015.Peugeot, which dominated the Dakar in the 1980s with four victories with its 405 T16, announced earlier this year that it is returning to the...