Nine-time world rally champion Sebastien Loeb rolled his Dacia in the Saudi desert on Tuesday as the Dakar Rally continued to take a toll of the big names after the exit of 2024 winner Carlos Sainz.

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Polaris Off Road, the leader in off-road vehicle innovation, and LOEB FrayMédia Motorsport announces a five-rider lineup for the 2026 Dakar Rally. Led by ...

One sport I always keep an eye on is motorsport; of course Formula One is top of the list, but I am almost equally fascinated by the goings-on on the rally circuit. I try to imagine what it takes to ...

Toyota's defending champion Nasser Al-Attiyah took the lead in the Dakar Rally on Tuesday after Audi's Carlos Sainz hit trouble on a shortened stage three in the Saudi Arabian desert. Spaniard Sainz ...

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Choosing to take on the Dakar Rally is not for drivers or manufacturers who are faint of heart. Dakar is challenging for many reasons, not the least of which is its 4901 miles of loose, sandy surface ...

Dacia has confirmed that it will compete in the entire 2026 World Rally-Raid Championship before bringing its project to a close at the season-ending event in Abu Dhabi – ruling out a return to the ...

The Bahrain Raid Xtreme team, which is managed by the storied Prodrive, is set to run a biofuel-powered car in the 2022 running of the Dakar, Motorsport reports. Biofuels are largely what they sound ...

Audi’s intentions to compete in the world’s toughest rally using an electric car started 15 months ago with a white sheet of paper. The company shuttered its former rally division back in the late ...

The automotive future may be all about software-defined vehicles, self-driving cars, and EVs, but Ford has been showing some refreshing, throwback attitudes toward good old-fashioned motorsports. The ...