2021 Dakar Stage 12 was the final leg of the 43rd edition of the world's longest off-road race. The route from Yanbu to the finish line in Jeddah consisted of a 200 km timed section that included several large [...]

2021 Dakar Stage 11 was the penultimate competitive leg of the 43rd edition of the famous off-road race. Today’s route from Al-Ula to Yanbu was supposed to include a 511 km timed section but that was shortened to 460 [...]

2021 Dakar stage 10 moved away from the ocean that provided a spectacular back-drop to stage nine (read our stage 9 report here) and back into the mountains. The total distance of the stage from Neom to Al-Ula was [...]

The second week of the 2021 Dakar Rally has already proven to be tougher than week one. The overnight news after stage eight was the retirement of Sebastien Loeb (read our stage 8 report here). The nine-time WRC champ [...]

The seventh stage of the 2021 Dakar Rally was a tricky one for many of the teams. Without overnight support from the service crews teams had to look after their own machinery (as explained in the video at the [...]

2021 Dakar Stage 7 took place today after the traditional rest day at the halfway point of the rally. A 453 km timed section made up the competitive part of the event, which took place after 284 km that [...]

2021 Dakar Stage 6 was supposed to be a 448 km special between Al Qaisumah and Ha'il. Due to a large number of competitors struggling on stage 5 (read our report here) the stage was shortened by 100 km [...]

Stones and dunes awaited the competitors on 2021 Dakar Stage 5. The stage from Riyadh to Al Qaisumah was considered by many to be the most difficult of the 43rd edition of the Dakar Rally. 456 km of timed special [...]

2021 Dakar Stage 4 ran from Wadi Ad-Dawasir to Riyadh. The 813-km long marathon is the longest on the 2021 edition of the off-road race. Only 337 km of the total was set aside for racing. Click here to [...]