Rokas Baciuska has inherited the victory on the Dakar Rally’s second stage after being given time back by the FIA.The Lithuanian had originally been classified in sixth having run as high as fourth during the marathon 48-hour Chrono stage, which had been won by Overdrive Racing team-mate Yazeed Al-Rajhi despiteContinue Reading
We take a look at the day’s highlights of Stage 2A of the 2025 Dakar Rally, sponsored by Aramco. SourceContinue Reading
Toyota privateer Yazeed Al-Rajhi moved into the lead of the Dakar Rally after the first half of the 48-hour chrono stage on Sunday, with Dacia’s Nasser Al-Attiyah in hot pursuit in second.Following a successful debut in 2024, ASO implemented the new marathon stage format again this time, with competitors facingContinue Reading
We take a look at the full day’s highlights of Stage 1 of the 2025 Dakar Rally. SourceContinue Reading
Toyota driver Seth Quintero has been promoted to first place in Saturday’s opening stage of the Dakar Rally after he stopped to help a stranded Laia Sanz.Quintero was originally classified as runner-up in the 413km test in Bisha, 50s down on provisional winner Guerlain Chicherit of X-raid Mini, after aContinue Reading
Factory Toyota driver Henk Lategan beat Ford rival Mattias Ekstrom to take victory in Prologue at the start of the 2025 Dakar Rally.The 47th edition of the world’s biggest cross-country rally kicked off with a short 29km special in Bisha in the south west region of Saudi Arabia, with aContinue Reading
Sebastien Loeb says he is ‘not obsessed’ with winning the Dakar Rally after coming close to clinching the top prize on several occasions.One of the greatest rally drivers of all time with nine titles in the World Rally Championship, Loeb has found it hard to emulate the same success inContinue Reading
Takamoto Katsuta’s biggest target for 2025 is to be more consistent with his results across a World Rally Championship campaign, which he expects will offer up a “bigger challenge”.The 31-year-old is gearing up for a sixth season with the factory Toyota squad, which will expand to four full-time entries nextContinue Reading
The number #1 will return to the World Rally Championship for the first time since 2022 with new champion Thierry Neuville set to adopt the number for the 2025 campaign.The Hyundai driver in recent years has become synonymous with the #11 – a number which he first utilised in theContinue Reading
Kalle Rovanpera says he’s learned “many things” in 2024 and is hopeful his new found circuit racing skills can help him on asphalt World Rally Championship events in 2025.The two-time world rally champion will make a full-time return to the WRC in 2025 after a year where he expanded hisContinue Reading