Wednesday saw the 2023 Dakar Rally take on a short timed section with Kevin Benavides, Rokas Baciuška and Sébastien Loeb pushing hard ahead of the crucial two-part Marathon Stage – The 2023 race has reached the business end in the Empty Quarter with 2021 Dakar winner Benavides hitting the front of the bike race by … Read more
Sebastien Loeb completed a superb hat-trick of stage wins for Bahrain Raid Xtreme today as the Dakar Rally ventured into the Empty Quarter in Saudi Arabia for the first time. Loeb and Fabian Lurquin took their BRX Prodrive Hunter to a third successive victory on the 114km tenth stage from Haradh to Shaybah, with a … Read more
Tuesday saw the 2023 Dakar Rally return from a much needed rest day with Sébastien Loeb, Lucas Moraes, Toby Price and Rokas Baciuška all shining at the epic rally-raid adventure. – With the Rest Day disappearing in the rearview mirror, Stage Nine arrived at the edge of the Empty Quarter desert with changes to the … Read more
Sebastien Loeb is ready to lead another charge by Bahrain Raid Xtreme in the Dakar Rally, with a prized Al Nassr shirt carrying the name of superstar signing Cristiano Ronaldo safely tucked away. The shirt was presented to Loeb by Rudi Garcia, manager of Ronaldo’s new Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr, when he paid … Read more
Sébastien Loeb secured a second stage victory at the 2023 Dakar Rally on Sunday but it was Nasser Al-Attiyah who had plenty of reasons to smile as he remains more than an hour ahead of his nearest rival in the car race after eight gruelling stages through Saudi Arabia. – Despite hostile weather conditions throughout … Read more
Lithuanian Vaidotas Zala and Frenchman Guerlain Chicherit secured two top three finishes for Bahrain Raid Xtreme in the Dakar Rally today as Saudi Arabia’s Yazeed Al Rajhi won the seventh stage from Riyadh to Al Duwadimi. Partnered by Portuguese co-driver Paulo Fiuza, Zala was second fastest to Al Rajhi’s Toyota on the day, as Chicherit … Read more
January 6 | Stage 6 | Ha’il – Riyadh | Distance – Total/Special: 560km/358km – Stage Six required the field to think on their feet over the shortened special stage and huge liaison route to Riyadh – changed due to heavy flooding in the Al Duwadimi region of Saudi Arabia – as car leader Al-Attiyah … Read more
Sebastien Loeb’s bid for a second successive Dakar Rally stage win was frustrated by another late setback for Bahrain Raid Xtreme today as Nasser Al Attiyah stretched his overall lead in Saudi Arabia. After a thrilling victory 24 hours earlier in his BRX Prodrive Hunter, Loeb was locked in an epic battle with Al Attiyah … Read more
Frenchman Guerlain Chicherit presented Bahrain Raid Xtreme with a brilliant comeback victory in the Dakar Rally today as rain and poor visibility cut short the third stage in Saudi Arabia. Chicherit and Alex Winocq in their Prodrive Hunter recorded a memorable stage win by 3 mins 26 secs from the Toyota of South African Henk … Read more
Nasser Al-Attiyah, Daniel Sanders and Mitch Guthrie excelled over Stage Two’s dangerous boulders at the 45th edition of motorsport’s toughest test of endurance, the Dakar Rally. Here is all you need to know: January 2 | Stage 2 | Sea Camp – Aluha | Distance – Total/Special: 589.07km/430 km – Over 400km on Monday’s Stage … Read more