Al-Attiyah retains lead as Price, Sotnikov and Quintero also shine at Dakar Rally. The furious early pace of the 2022 Dakar Rally was once again on display during Stage 3 with plenty packed into the 255km of racing near Al Qaisumah, despite the timed special stage being shorted by 100km due to heavy rains in … Read more
Sebastien Loeb passed another major Dakar Rally test with the Bahrain Raid Xtreme as team-mates Nani Roma and Orlando Terranova maintained their momentum on today’s tough third stage. After recording a maiden stage victory for BRX 24 hours earlier, Loeb and co-driver Fabian Lurquin in one of the three Prodrive Hunters lost a significant amount … Read more
The 2022 Jordan Baja returns to the international spotlight as the second round of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas, round one of the FIA Middle East Cup for Cross-Country Bajas and the first event in the FIM Bajas World Cup on February 17th-19th. Blessed with a slightly earlier date in the calendar – … Read more
Rally leaders put the pedal to the metal to build their early advantages. It’s only the second day of the 2022 Dakar Rally and already the leading contenders have decided that the best form of defence is full attack. Here’s what you need to know: – Top speed over the dunes paid dividends for many … Read more
Sebastien Loeb underlined his challenge for a first Dakar Rally triumph today as he delivered an historic stage victory for the Bahrain Raid Xtreme team in Saudi Arabia. The nine-times World Rally Champion, partnered by Fabian Lurquin in one of the three BRX Prodrive Hunters, was fastest on the 338-km stage from Hail to Al … Read more
Sebastien Loeb shrugged off a double puncture to give the Bahrain Raid Xtreme team an impressive second place as the 2022 Dakar Rally began in earnest today. Looping around Hail in the north of Saudi Arabia, the 333-km stage was the real start of the 44th Dakar, with Loeb and co-driver Fabian Lurquin producing an … Read more
Wild weather descends on Saudi Arabia challenging even the most veteran racers. It did not take long for the 2022 Dakar Rally to take a serious bite out of its convoy of competitors. On the very first long stage of the rally, there were some serious time losses as the desert dunes showed no mercy. … Read more
The 2022 Dakar Rally gets under way in Saudi Arabia on Saturday with an appetiser of the main action to follow over two weeks, and Sebastien Loeb believes he can add to his remarkable winning record with the Bahrain Raid Xtreme (BRX). The nine-times World Rally Champion, along with 2014 Dakar winner Nani Roma and … Read more
Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah set the fastest time on the short final stage of the Hail Cross-Country Rally to secure a fifth FIA World Cup Drivers’ Championship title in emphatic style on Saturday. Mathematically, the Qatari had won the title after recording two stage wins earlier in the event, but he and French co-driver Matthieu … Read more
Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah started second on the road and managed to pass Poland’s Jakub Przygonski to claim victory on the third 249km selective section of the Hail Cross-Country Rally on Friday. Assuming that the Qatari’s Toyota Hilux passes all post-event scrutineering checks, he has already done enough to secure a fifth FIA World Cup … Read more