Driver Antanas Juknevičius and co-driver Darius Vaiciulis finish Stage 4 of the 2018 Dakar Rally with only front tires remaining. The Dakar Rally has been tough on race vehicles this year. Earlier this week American team Bryce Menzies and Peter Mortensen were taken out of the rally when their X-Raid John Cooper Works MINI Buggy […]
“We know there’s still a lot of racing to come. All we can do for now is to keep the pressure on the leading Peugeots, and allow the race to come to us.” Glyn Hall, Team Principal: Toyota Gazoo Racing SA LA PAZ, BOLIVIA – Another long day saw the Dakar Rally move from Peru […]
TOBY Price continued to edge closer to the leaders on a wet Stage 6 of the Dakar Rally.The Australian moved into the top five overall after finishing tied for second on a test won by KTM teammate Antoine Meo, but it’s Honda rider Kevin Benavides who now holds the overall lead. In the car category, […]
Carlos Sainz Sr. took his first stage victory of the 2018 Dakar Rally to edge himself slightly closer to Peugeot Sport team-mate Stephane Peterhansel on Thursday, but the Frenchman still holds a considerable advantage heading into Friday’s rest day. The days running took the competitors from the starting point in Arequipa in Peru to the […]
Mini driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi had to be pulled from the Pacific Ocean during the fifth stage of the Dakar Rally, losing almost two hours as his Mini was almost washed out to sea. Having been one of the front-runners during the early part of the fifth stage, Al-Rajhi dropped significant time thanks to a bizarre […]
AREQUIPA (PERÚ): South Racing Can-Am Team’s Reinaldo Varela left the demanding sand dunes of Peru beyond him on a positive note by recording the quickest time on the fifth 268km special stage between San Juan de Marcona and Arequipa and that enabled him to snatch the outright lead in the SxS category. Varela and navigator […]
TreasuryOne Motorsport crew Hennie de Klerk and Gerhard Schutte enjoyed a consistent day in the office to bring the TreasuryOne Amarok home 36th on the day to pick up two positions on day 4 of the Dakar. The Dakar rookies overcame their Tuesday challenges to sit 32nd overall Wednesday evening, following Wednesday’s run down from […]
“If today proved anything, it is that the Dakar is still far from over.” Glyn Hall, Team Principal: Toyota Gazoo Racing SA AREQUIPA, PERU – After the disappointment of Stage 4, which saw both Giniel de Villiers/Dirk von Zitzewitz and Nasser Al Attiyah/Mathieu Baumel lose significant time, Toyota Gazoo Racing SA really needed a […]
Peugeot’s French Dakar superstar Stefan Peterhansel maintained the overall lead of Dakar 2018 for the third day on the trot by winning the fifth stage on Wednesday, but all was not well with his Peugeot teammates. Sebastien Loeb lost two and three-quarter hours stuck in the sand and Carlos Sainz lost over 18 minutes on […]
Stephane Peterhansel was fastest on day five of the 2018 Dakar Rally, as fellow Peugeot driver Sebastien Loeb retired from the event according to a report on motorsport.com.The nine-time WRC champion, first on the road after recording his 10th Dakar stage win on Tuesday, came to a halt just five kilometres into the 266km timed […]
7TH STAGE – MAURITANIA : CHAMI / CHAMI : 508 KM The 2nd Mauritanian day launched the famous marathon stage of the 10th edition of the Africa Eco Race. In the first part of this event, the competitors could enjoy a 486 kilometers leg. A day off for the mechanics who does not have the […]
Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas has been admitted to hospital after crashing out of the Dakar Rally on Tuesday, ending his first attempt at the legendary cross-continent race. The 40-year-old motorsport enthusiast suffered an accident during the fourth stage of the rally when his Toyota Hilux hit a sand dune, with the former Spurs […]
Toyota drivers Nasser Al-Attiyah and Giniel de Villiers have both blamed a regulation prohibiting them for using an on-board tyre inflation/deflation system for their tough fourth day on the Dakar. Both of the Hilux drivers struggled through the soft sand on the fourth stage, with a combination of punctures and stoppages putting huge dents in […]
Tuesday’s fourth day was the most severe yet of what is turning out to be among the toughest Dakars yet, with leaders running into trouble and only 51 cars of the 75 that started having reached the finish of the stage by midnight local time in Peru last night (7am SA time). The TreasuryOne Amarok […]
SAN JUAN DE MARCONA (PERÚ): South Racing Can-Am Team’s Reinaldo Varela and Leonel Larrauri were firmly back on track through the demanding fourth special stage in the Peruvian deserts around San Juan de Marcona after a dramatic opening three days of the Dakar Rally for the new team. Varela and navigator Gustavo Gugelmin had […]
Today’s Dakar Rally action started on the beach, but this was no relaxed day out for the brave competitors left in the race. As stage four left Peru’s Pacific Ocean shoreline it delved deep into the desert for a section of sand dunes totalling 100km. It was in this extreme terrain that many of the […]
“If anyone still had any doubts about how tough this year’s Dakar would be, Stage 4 put those to rest.” Glyn Hall, Team Principal: Toyota Gazoo Racing SA SAN JUAN DE MARCONA, PERU – Stage 4 of Dakar 2018 will long be remembered as one of the toughest stages ever served up by the world’s […]
Provisional wrap by Motorsportmedia.com The day’s fourth day of Dakar 2018 proved a dramatic one with key competitors running into trouble on several fronts. The stage that started with a spectacular beach getaway in waves of 15 bikes and four cars starting side by side and blasting up the long sandy strand before veering into […]
Yamaha’s Adrian van Beveren has taken the lead of the 2018 Dakar Rally in the bikes category after winning a stage that claimed defending champion Sam Sunderland. KTM rider Sunderland had to be evacuated by helicopter after suffering an accident on Tuesday’s 330km San Juan de Marcona test, having held a lead of over four […]
Hennie de Klerk and Gerhard Schutte kept their cool to emerge relatively untroubled from a testing third day of Dakar 2018. The duo started the day 32nd in the TreasuryOne Amarok following a meteoric rise through the field from 58th at the start on Day 2 and maintained position for most of the day, but […]
We’re now three days down at the 2018 Dakar Rally and we’re deep into the deserts of Peru. What is shining through as bright as the South American sun are those competitors who have seen and done it all before. The bike, car, truck and quad races are all being led by previous winners of […]
SAN JUAN DE MARCONA, PERU – It was arguably the first opportunity for Toyota Gazoo Racing SA to measure its performance on Dakar 2018. The opening stage was too short, with lots of strategy at play; while Stage 2 saw Nasser Al Attiyah/Mathieu Baumel open the road, with the French navigator falling ill mid-stage. Bernhard […]
Toyota driver Nasser Al-Attiyah picked up his second stage win of the 2018 Dakar Rally, as Mikko Hirvonen joined his fellow X-raid Mini buggy drivers in dropping out of contention.Hirvonen was the highest-profile entrant to hit trouble in the 296km timed special of the Pisco–San Juan de Marcona stage, as the Finn was forced to […]
Sam Sunderland has retaken the lead of the 2018 Dakar Rally in the bikes category after winning the third stage, as overnight leader Joan Barreda lost considerable time. Defending champion Sunderland picked up his second win of the rally – and the fourth of his Dakar career – on the 296km Pisco-San Juan de Marcona test, […]
PISCO (PERÚ): Racing for the new South Racing Can-Am Team, the Brazilian duo of Reinaldo Varela and Gustavo Gugelmin put first stage delays firmly behind them to set the fastest time in the new SxS category of the 2018 Dakar Rally on the demanding 267km special stage that looped through the deserts and sand […]
The second stage of the 2018 Dakar Rally brought with it some of the biggest challenges of the year and dealt knockout blows to a few high-profile contestants. Taking each one of the Peruvian dunes in their stride were defending car race champions Team Peugeot Total as they locked out the stage two podium. Opening […]
TreasuryOne lads up from 58th to 30th South Africa’s TreasuryOne Motorsport Dakar rookies, Hennie de Klerk and Gerhard Schutte delivered a heroic drive on the second day of the 2018 race when the duo vaulted the TreasuryOne Amarok from 58th at the start Sunday morning to bring it home 30th on the day’s stage by […]
PISCO, PERU – The first long stage of Dakar 2018 quickly reminded the race crews exactly why this race has the reputation of being the world’s toughest automotive event. At 267 km in length, Stage 2 comprised nothing but dunes – and a stern challenge for both the drivers and their navigators. Toyota Gazoo Racing […]
Despres wins amid on & off track challenges. Dakar 2018 got down to serious business with a bruising second day across a 263km route of dune racing around the Peruvian port of Pisco, with the event starting out cruel for some as top contenders faltered and crashed and a timing system glitch initially spat […]
Cyril Despres set the pace in the second stage of the 2018 Dakar Rally, as Peugeot locked out the top three positions. Despres prevailed in an all-Peugeot scrap for stage honours, ultimately besting teammates Stephane Peterhansel and Sebastien Loeb by 48 seconds and three minutes respectively. Cyril Despres. Image Motorsport.com Following on from Saturday’s 31km […]
PISCO, PERU – It was a perfect start to Dakar 2018 for Toyota Gazoo Racing SA, as its new Toyota Hilux showed its strength on the opening stage of the grueling event. The short opener was won by Qatar’s Nasser Al Attiyah, with French navigator Mathieu Baumel beside him. The pair completed the stage in […]
Reiigning champion Sam Sunderland topped the opening stage of the 2018 Dakar Rally in the bikes category, establishing an early lead of 32 seconds. The opening stage of the 2018 event took competitors from the start point in the Peruvian capital of Lima south towards Pisco, with 242km of liaison followed by a brief 31km […]
Rally champion Nasser Al-Attiyah has topped the opening Lima – Pisco stage of the 2018 event, as Sebastien Loeb struggled with an early brake problem. Al-Attiyah completed the timed section of the stage in 21m51s in his four-wheel-drive Hilux car, and will thus have to open the road during the first proper marathon run of […]
Toyota Gazoo Racing team principal Glyn Hall believes his outfit will stand a good chance of toppling Peugeot in the 2018 Dakar Rally if it can keep up with the French marque during the opening leg in Peru. The South Africa-based team will field the latest version of its four-wheel drive Toyota Hilux in the […]
Varela and Larrauri entered in exciting new Side-by-Side (SxS) category LIMA (PERÚ): South Racing announced a ground-breaking new collaboration with Can-Am back in May 2017 and this partnership with the off-road vehicle manufacturer will bear fruit when the team runs a pair of Can-Am Maverick X3s in the new SxS category under the South Racing […]
Peugeot Sport director Bruno Famin says a change in the Dakar regulations banning maps in the cars is “unsportsmanlike” and a ploy to derail the pre-event favourites. While previously only prohibited from carrying ‘photographic satellite maps’, a change in the road book regulations has banned ‘any kind of maps whatever the physical support (paper, electronic, […]
The toughest rally adventure in the world. An adventure so many people dream about and never do – simply because they do not really aspire to anything more than watching a Sevens Rugby game. There is one program on TV that made me think of many things, even in my life – and goodness knows […]
LIMA (PERÚ): Weeks of meticulous preparation will be put to the test when South Racing fields five cars in the 2018 Dakar Rally, which starts out of the Peruvian capital of Lima on Saturday (January 6th) and finishes in Córdoba, Argentina, on January 20th. South Racing has been hard at work preparing […]
There’s no escaping the excitement gripping Lima as the planet’s best offroad racers roll into Peru’s capital city to contest the 2018 Dakar Rally. Looking every bit a contender for first place is two-time car race winner Nasser Al-Attiyah. On bikes the Red Bull KTM Factory Team are chasing a 17th consecutive title with defending […]
Laia Sanz should consider switching to the Dakar Rally’s car category “soon”, according to the event’s only ever female winner, Jutta Kleinschmidt. Sanz, 32, has been a regular fixture of the Dakar’s bike category since 2012, and a factory KTM rider since 2016 – one year after taking her best overall finish in the South […]