Land Rover Defender D7X-R Prototype Starts Testing
Early this year Land Rover announced that it will enter the 2026 Dakar Rally. The British firm has now unveiled the Land Rover Defender D7X-R Prototype. The production-based machine will compete in the 2025 W2RC, which has implemented [...]
Giniel de Villiers – Dakar Man [Gallery]
Giniel de Villiers has completed nearly two dozen Dakar Rally events. The Capetonian started competing in 2003 with Nissan and moved on to the works Volkswagen Motorsport effort. In 2009, he claimed the German outfit's first win. He [...]
How Much Does A Dakar Entry Cost in 2025?
The 2025 Dakar Rally is currently taking place in Saudi Arabia. The Dakar Rally is considered the most challenging race in all of motorsport. Competitors are faced with varied terrain, including sand dunes, mountains, and rugged off-road sections. [...]
2025 Dakar Stage 4 Results – Loeb KO’d
2025 Dakar Stage 3 saw another leading player roll his race machine. You can read about and watch Sebastien Loeb's accident at this link. The FIA deemed that the Frenchman's Dacia Sandrider sustained too much damage to continue. [...]
2025 Dakar Stage 3 Results – Big Names Falter [w/videos]
2025 Dakar Stage 2 was a complete mixed bag with drama aplenty for some of the bigger teams (read more here). The massive overnight news coming in ahead of 2025 Dakar Stage 3 was the retirement of Carlos [...]
2025 Dakar Stage 2 Results – 48 Hr Chrono Ends
2025 Dakar Stage 2 started on Sunday and only concluded today. Race organisers set a monster second stage that was a 967-km loop to and from Bisha. Competitors had to run as far into the stage as possible. [...]
2025 Dakar Stage 2a Report – 48 Hr Chrono [w/video]
The opening stage of the 2025 Dakar Rally was won by Toyota driver Seth Quintero, as you can read at this link. Race organisers were not playing around as the second stage was a 967-km loop to and [...]
2025 Dakar Stage 1 Results – Start the Clock
The 2025 Dakar Rally started with a short, 29-km prologue, which was led by SA driver Henk Lategan (Toyota Gazoo Racing), as you can read at this link. The short timed section was used to determine [...]
2025 Dakar Prologue – Toyota Draws First Blood
The 2025 Dakar prologue was the start of the 47th edition of the famous rally raid. The prologue is, typically, a short loop that is held to determine the starting order of the race proper, which takes place [...]