Sebastien Loeb took Bahrain Raid Xtreme to a remarkable new Dakar Rally record today when he secured a sixth successive stage victory in Saudi Arabia. With another stunning performance in their BRX Prodrive Hunter, Loeb and co-driver Fabian Lurquin eclipsed the previous best run of five Dakar stage wins in a row set by Ari … Read more
Audi’s latest innovative prototype, the Audi RS Q e-tron, made history as the first EV to win a stage during the Dakar Rally, one of the greatest internationally challenging off-road endurance events, currently taking place in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Audi’s interim tally after seven days includes one first, two second and three third … Read more
Al-Attiyah, Lopez, Sunderland and Sotnikov claim Saudi Arabian titles. After more than 4,000km of racing over treacherous Saudi Arabian terrain, the 2022 Dakar Rally has ended with the most epic adventure that motorsports has to offer seeing Nasser Al-Attiyah, Chaleco Lopez, Dmitry Sotnikov and Sam Sunderland win titles. Here is all you need to know: … Read more
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
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
Sebastien Loeb increased the pressure for Bahrain Raid Xtreme in the Dakar Rally as he slashed another seven minutes off the lead held by Nasser Al Attiyah in Saudi Arabia. Partnered by Fabian Lurquin in their BRX Prodrive Hunter, the nine-times World Rally Champion followed up his second stage win 24 hours earlier with a … Read more
Quintero impresses with another stage win as Sanders crashes out. Frenchman Sébastien Loeb gained more than five minutes on car leader Nasser Al-Attiyah after Stage 7 of the 2022 Dakar Rally as teenager Seth Quintero maintained his incredible form with another stage victory. Here is all you need to know: – Nobody was in a … Read more
Sebastien Loeb recorded a spectacular Dakar Rally stage win for Bahrain Raid Xtreme to keep alive his hopes of a first triumph in the event. The nine-times World Rally Champion in the BRX Prodrive Hunter won the 402-km seventh stage from Riyadh to Al Dawadimi by a stunning 5 mins 26secs from Nasser Al Attiyah … Read more
Mechanics work their magic during well-deserved Dakar Rest Day. The 2022 Dakar Rally convoy clocked up more than 2,000km of racing over perilous terrain before arriving at the Rest Day. As competitors took a well earned day off from the track, the mechanics got busy tuning up the race vehicles for a second week of … Read more
Six podium finishes in the daily results, reliably working electric drive systems, full competitiveness on debut and fascination with e-mobility at the world’s toughest rally: Audi already puts an exclamation mark on the first half of the Dakar Rally with its innovative strength. “What I have seen from our team up to the rest day … Read more
Karginov, Quintero and Sanders pick up valuable Stage 6 victories on Friday. One week down and one week to go at the 2022 Dakar Rally as the main category leaders fortified their advantage on Friday’s Stage 6 heading into the well deserved Saturday Rest Day, while Daniel Sanders and Seth Quintero picked up stage victories. … Read more
Orlando Terranova secured a brilliant stage victory for Bahrain Raid Xtreme today as the Dakar Rally reached the half way point in Riyadh. The Argentinian driver, partnered by Spain’s Dani Oliveras in their BRX Prodrive Hunter, was fastest by 1 mins 6 seconds from Sweden’s Mattias Ekstrom on the 348-km sixth special as he continued … Read more
Petrucci claims maiden Dakar stage win as teenager Quintero triumphs again. Frenchman Sébastien Loeb gained nearly three minutes on car leader Nasser Al-Attiyah after Stage 5 of the 2022 Dakar Rally as former MotoGP rider Danilo Petrucci picked up his maiden Dakar stage win and teenager Seth Quintero triumphed again. Here is all you need … Read more