The most complex race car in Audi’s history to date passed its baptism of fire at the Dakar Rally with flying colors. All three Audi RS Q e-tron cars mastered the world’s toughest off-road rally on their debut in Saudi Arabia. In total, they covered around 24,000 desert kilometers – almost three times the 8,700 … Read more
Bahrain Raid Xtreme rounded off the 44th Dakar Rally with a place in the record books as Nasser Al Attiyah secured his fourth victory in the event today. Sebastien Loeb and Fabian Lurquin took their BRX Prodrive Hunter to the fourth best time on the 164 km stage from Bisha to Jeddah to secure second … Read more
Sunderland reclaims bike lead as rally enters its final stage. Stage 11 of the 2022 Dakar Rally took the convoy of remaining competitors on a 345km loop around the Bisha bivouac. Here is all you need to know: – As is traditional, the penultimate stage represented a last chance to really shake up the leaderboards. … Read more
Bahrain Raid Xtreme secured a trio of top ten stage finishes in the Dakar Rally as Nasser Al Attiyah was left to face a tense last day test before securing a fourth triumph in the event. Sebastien Loeb initially recorded the second fastest time on the 346-km penultimate stage around the south-western town of Bisha … Read more
A third stage win for Audi, but Al-Attiyah still leads the cars. American teenager Seth Quintero made Dakar Rally history as he equalled the record for stage wins in a single Dakar after claiming his 10th T3 stage win during Stage 10 of the race, while Stéphane Peterhansel also claimed his first stage win of … Read more
Sebastien Loeb’s pursuit of a first Dakar victory will continue for at least another day as Bahrain Raid Xtreme close in on another piece of rally history in Saudi Arabia. By the end of today’s 375-km tenth, the nine-times World Rally Champion and co-driver Fabian Lurquin in a BRX Prodrive Hunter had reduced Nasser Al … Read more
Quintero closes on new stage win record as De Villiers and Walkner impress. Teenager Seth Quintero is on the verge of making Dakar Rally history after he picked up his ninth 2022 edition win in Saudi Arabia as South African Giniel De Villiers picked up a Tuesday stage win and Austrian Matthias Walkner claimed the … Read more
Sebastien Loeb remains the biggest threat to Nasser Al Attiyah as the Dakar Rally heads towards its climax after another rewarding day for Bahrain Raid Xtreme in Saudi Arabia. The nine-times World Rally Champion and co-driver Fabian Lurquin in a Prodrive Hunter were fifth fastest on the day to consolidate their second place overall, 39 … Read more
The Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) will host round two of the 2022 FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) on the slightly later dates of February 10th-12th this year. Last year’s event opened the regional rally series, but the Sultanate of Oman will kick-start the 2022 calendar at the end of January. The Qatar … Read more
Swede and T3 racer Quintero win Stage 8 as Sunderland reclaims lead. Mattias Ekström claimed his maiden Dakar Rally stage win at Monday’s Stage 8 in his Audi RS Q e-tron as Briton Sam Sunderland reclaimed the bike lead with victory and teenager Seth Quintero moved one step closer to making Dakar history. Here is … Read more