AS far as Toyota is concerned everything is ready to go as far as their 2020 Dakar Rally challenge is concerned – except for the signature of Fernando Alonso.Toyota has everything, absolutely everything, ready for the Asturian to take his place in the driving seat. The Japanese team was confident that after concluding the 24 […]
Magical forest tracks, high speed sand and beautiful hills – the competitors of the Rallye Breslau Poland see the region of Miastko in all its glory, racing on two very different stages today around Dretyn and Bobolice. Going from a classic forest to a modern day wood production area the speed went up to new […]
Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah and his French co-driver Matthieu Baumel had finished second in the event last season. Bengaluru, July 2: Three-time Dakar Rally champion Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah heads a strong field for the Silk Way Rally, the annual rally raid type of off-road race which begins in Siberia on Saturday (July 6). The […]
“We went all-out today,” says Henri Verhoeven with a smile at the finish of todays’ stage. Flying with his GINAF 4×4 truck he is enjoying the fruit of hard work at home and on the racetrack, battling with Benjamin Kittler for each second on the stage today. With two fast stages today the competitors in […]
José Luis Peña Campo, the FIA 2018 Cross Country Rally World Cup Champion of the T3 category, is no stranger to gruelling off-road conditions, intense riding and harsh environments; and now the Polaris Xtreme Plus pilot will be the first ever Spaniard to enter the Silk Way Rally 2019 in the SSV category – considered […]
Starting from the city centre of Miastko for 146km of magical forest tracks the competitors of the Rallye Breslau Poland wasted no time. Right from the beginning the competition was there, with bikes and ATV’s chasing each other and strategic games among the fastest cars and SSV’s. On the first day a race is rarely […]
A win and a couple of thirds in Hard Enduro Pepson Plastics Husqvarna rider William Oosthuizen crowned a stunning weekend for the team with his fourth South African National Enduro Championship E1 class win on the trot at the IMPI Hard Enduro in Zululand over the weekend. Teammates Matthew Green also starred en route to […]
The 25th edition of the Rallye Breslau Poland is also the first edition of the new Rallye Breslau Poland, with five days of racing. The ‘Breslau’ is the oldest rally of Europe, the ‘workers rally’ accessible for everyone with a long history in both Cross Country and Extreme off-road sport. “Even though it is easy […]
Orlando ‘Orly’ Terranova and Bernardo ‘Ronnie’ Graue (both ARG) claim victory at the Italian Baja, the third round of the FIA World Cup for Cross Country Bajas, in the MINI John Cooper Works Rally. Jakub ‘Kuba’ Przygonski (POL) and Timo Gottschalk (GER) did not enjoy such good fortune, retiring after an accident on Saturday morning. […]
The South Racing Can-Am Team duo of Fedor Vorobyev and Kirill Shubin continues their impressive run of form to secure an emphatic victory in the T3 category at the Italian Baja, round three of the 2019 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas, in Pordenone on Sunday. Can-Am Maverick X3s won five of the event’s six […]
American offroad racing sensation Bryce Menzies is set for a fast-paced return to rally-raid competition. The three-time Baja 500 winner will take the wheel of Sébastien Loeb’s Peugeot 3008 DKR to race the 2019 Silk Way Rally. “I’m so excited to be back. I can’t be more excited and ready to race the Silk Way Rally.” – Bryce Menzies It will […]
Red-Lined duo win big Desert Race award Red-Lined Motoring Adventures went to the Toyota 1000 Desert Race in Botswana with one goal in mind and that was to take home the prestigious Toyota Road to Dakar award. That’s exactly what Namibian Cross Country Auto Racing rookies Jaco van Dyk and Michel Rust achieved as they […]
The Toyota Desert Race 1000, round of the South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) that took place over three days 21, 22 and 23 June, and almost a thousand kilometres at Selebi-Phikwe in Botswana this weekend, was a real test for the big and powerful cars in the Special Vehicle category with extremely tight […]
The 2019 Toyota 1000 Desert Race will long be remembered as one of the toughest on record, thanks partly to the move to the area around Selebi-Phikwe, in eastern Botswana, which played a key roll in the outcome of the race. In the end it was Chris Visser and navigator Phillip Herselman who took the […]
Oosthuizen leads the way to Zululand Pepson Plastics Husqvarna heads to what is traditionally one of the toughest rounds of the South African National Enduro Championship rounds every season at the IMPI Hard Enduro through the heart of Zululand from Eshowe to Nkandla 27-29 June. William Oosthuizen is however looking to make it four E1 […]
The South African Cross Country Series (SACCS) shifts across the border and to a new venue from 21 to 23 June with the annual Toyota 1000 Botswana Desert Race – the longest and toughest event on the calendar, and one that the Ford Castrol Cross Country Team relishes after a string of wins and podium […]
After the first two rounds of the 2019 South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS), the standings in the Production Vehicle Championship are too close for comfort and the Toyota 1000 Desert Race (TDR 1000), that takes place over three days on 21, 22 and 23 June in Botswana, could be a turning point for […]
The Toyota Botswana 1000 Desert Race (TDR 1000), round three of the South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) that takes place on 21, 22 and 23 June from Selebi Phikwe in Botswana, will pose a huge challenge for teams in the Special Vehicle category as almost a thousand kilometres await them. It will, however, […]
After a gap in the calendar of over three months, Qatar’s Adel Abdulla returns to action in the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas at this weekend’s Italian Baja, round three of the eight-event series.The experienced Doha-based driver will again team up with French co-driver Jean-Michel Polato as he attempts to add a maiden FIA […]
Adventure trio ready for Botswana Red-Lined Motorsport heads to the third and fourth rounds of its 2019 South African Cross Country racing adventure with its three FIA Class Nissan Navara T1 race pickups focused on continuing with their unbroken run of race finishes at Botswana’s Toyota 1000 Desert Race 21-23 June. The team has had […]
Valtteri Bottas describes his poor weekend at the Canadian Grand Prix as “a wake-up call” if he wants to fight for the drivers’ championship this year. Mercedes finished one-two in each of the first five races, before Bottas had to settle for third in Monaco after picking up a puncture in pit lane contact with […]
Consistency has been the name of the game for the leaders in the Special Vehicle Championship as well as the Side x Side National Championship in the 2019 South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS). With the season reaching the halfway mark at the Toyota 1000 Desert Race (TDR 1000) on 21, 22 and 23 […]
The Toyota 1000 Desert Race, Round 3 of the 2019 South African Cross-Country Series (SACCS) is not only the premiere event on the local calendar, but this year also offers unparalleled opportunities for the Dakar Rally. As with the Dakar, which is relocating from South America to Saudi Arabia, the Toyota 1000 Desert Race (TDR […]
If the first two events of the 2019 South African National Cross Country (SACCS) season are anything to go by, hectic battles can be expected in the Production Vehicle Championship during the second half of the season. The season reaches the halfway mark at the upcoming Toyota 1000 Desert Race (TDR 1000) on 21, 22 […]
Subaru’s latest Baja racer may share a name with a pedestrian crossover, but it’s far from similar. The brand said on Wednesday it has renewed its Desert Racer program, and the Subaru Crosstrek racer will be back in action. This time, it’s wearing some legendary colors, too. Outfitted in blue and gold, the latest Crosstrek […]
The ninth and final stage of the 2019 Taklimakan Rally, stretching between Keryia and Hotan, did not upset the overall ranking. Christian Lavieille / Jean-Pierre Garcin (BAIC) in the car category, and Armand Monleón (KTM) in the motorcycles, win the 2019 Taklimakan Rally. The start of the last special stage of the Taklimakan Rally occurred […]
The South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) will reach the halfway mark of the 2019 season with the annual Toyota 1000 Desert Race (TDR 1000) in Botswana and this year another angle will be added to the challenge when this marathon event relocates to Eastern Botswana. The TDR 1000, round three of the SACCS […]
Andy McMillin is celebrating his second big race victory of the year after winning the 51st edition of the SCORE Baja 500. McMillin started first on the grid due to his San Felipe 250 victory earlier in the year and he steered his Chevy Trophy Truck to another win in Mexico. The third Baja 500 triumph […]
It was a hard-fought race, but in the end Toyota Gazoo Racing SA’s Nasser Al Attiyah (Qatar) and navigator Mathieu Baumel (France) took the honours in Kazakhstan. The Toyota Hilux crew finished 5:21 ahead of MINI’s Stephane Peterhansel and his wife Andrea; and nearly 48 minutes clear of Jakub Przygonski and Timo Gottschalk (MINI) in […]
Nasser Al Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel today claimed victory on Rally Kazakhstan, the third event in the FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies.The Toyota Hilux Overdrive crew took the win by five minutes and 21 seconds over the husband and wife MINI duo of Stéphane and Andrea Peterhansel with Jakub Przygonski and Timo Gottschalk […]
Jordan Motorsport has confirmed that the Jordan Baja will be the seventh round of the 2019 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas on September 19-21, according to the Jordan Baja Media Service. The Kingdom’s brand new addition to an official FIA series marks the return to the higher echelons of the motor sporting calendar for […]
Anyone care to join the fun? Last week we learned Audi plans to kill off its TT coupe and convertible in the relatively near future. Internal combustion will be out and full-on electrification will be in. Perhaps its future successor will still bear the TT nameplate, only with an all-electric powertrain. But let’s not shed too […]
Four stages have been completed in Rally Kazakhstan, round 4 of the 2019 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, and for the fourth time in this race, a Toyota Hilux has won the stage of the day. This time round the honour went to Yazeed Al Rajhi and Dirk von Zitzewitz, driving a South African-built […]
It was another victory for Toyota Gazoo Racing SA’s Nasser Al Attiyah and navigator Mathieu Baumel, making it three on the trot, in Rally Kazakhstan on Wednesday, May 29th. The Qatari Toyota Hilux driver, together with French navigator Baumel, drove a faultless stage, setting a time of 3:09:11 over the 328 km-long test. “Today was […]
Epic Spanish debut of Ultra4 Europe’s 2019 championship. The BF Goodrich King of Spain les Comes was one of the toughest and most intense races ever. Jim Marsden is the winner of the KOS. After an anxious wait, the Ultra4 Europe 2019 season began with the new Spanish location that led the best European teams […]
Stage 2 of the grueling Rally Kazakhstan saw Toyota Gazoo Racing SA’s Nasser Al Attiyah (Qatar) and navigator Mathieu Baumel (France) dominate once again, despite being the first car on the road. The Toyota Hilux crew set a time of 3:42:14 over the 414 km-long looped stage, which started and ended in the Caspian coastal […]
It was the perfect start to the 2019 Rally Kazakhstan for Toyota Gazoo Racing SA’s Nasser Al Attiyah (Qatar) and French navigator Mathieu Baumel. The pair started their assault on the race, Round 3 of the 2019 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, in fine style – completing the 280 km-long opening stage in a […]
The project literally started out as a joke,” says Spanish design house Bengala’s general manager Shoghi Saeidnia. That’s what we like to hear. “We thought we’d give the ultimate, luxury 4×4 a raw, stealthy, off-road finish. So, we designed a concept and shared it online with a few of our closest customers. “It all became real […]
A demanding and spectacular race welcomed the participants of the 2019 Rali TT ROX do Dande held in the province of Bengo in Angola. The route featured many different types of terrain, in a mix of fast and slow section with sand, mud and rocks. The motorbike class keeps improving in numbers and competitiveness. João […]
The track at Estero Beach is notoriously tough to tame. Though it lacks some of the big features of the other tracks on the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series schedule, the deceptively simple Ensenada track has wrecked its share of race vehicles in its five-year history. So when someone conquers it, and wins races […]