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