Star drivers and pioneering new hybrid cars delivered a high-voltage introduction to the 2022 FIA World Rally Championship in Austria on Saturday evening. The WRC’s ground-breaking new Rally1 cars from the three manufacturers gathered for the first time in Salzburg’s Hangar-7 as the 2022 season was launched five days before the opening round at Rallye Monte-Carlo (January 20-23). Here is all you need to know: (more…)
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Dust settles on 2022 Dakar Rally after more than 4,000km of racing
After more than 4,000km of racing over treacherous Saudi Arabian terrain, the 2022 Dakar Rally has ended with the most epic adventure that motorsports has to offer seeing Nasser Al-Attiyah, Chaleco Lopez, Dmitry Sotnikov and Sam Sunderland win titles. Here is all you need to know:
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Gearing up for a first look at the new WRC hybrid era
Stars of the FIA World Rally Championship’s ground-breaking new hybrid era will rip the wrapping from the 2022 season at a spectacular launch in Austria this weekend. For the first time, the WRC’s dramatic new-generation Rally1 cars from the three manufacturer teams will be together in Salzburg’s Hangar-7 museum as the series’ new-look sustainable future is unveiled on Saturday, January 15. Here is all you need to know: (more…)
Dune surfers rule supreme on Dakar 2022’s penultimate stage
Stage 11 of the 2022 Dakar Rally took the convoy of remaining competitors on a 345km loop around the Bisha bivouac. Here is all you need to know: (more…)
Peterhansel, Price and Quintero star on a scorching Dakar Stage 10
American teenager Seth Quintero made Dakar Rally history as he equaled the record for stage wins in a single Dakar after claiming his 10th T3 stage win during Stage 10 of the race, while Stéphane Peterhansel also claimed his first stage win of this year’s edition. Here is all you need to know:
Everything still to play for at Dakar Rally after Stage 9 twists
Teenager Seth Quintero is on the verge of making Dakar Rally history after he picked up his ninth 2022 edition win in Saudi Arabia as South African Giniel De Villiers picked up a Tuesday stage win and Austrian Matthias Walkner claimed the bike lead. Here is all you need to know: (more…)
Ekström claims maiden Dakar Rally stage victory over longest race day
Mattias Ekström claimed his maiden Dakar Rally stage win at Monday’s Stage 8 in his Audi RS Q e-tron as Briton Sam Sunderland reclaimed the bike lead with victory and teenager Seth Quintero moved one step closer to making Dakar history. Here is all you need to know: (more…)
Dakar Rally 2022: Sébastien Loeb triumphs to keep pressure on car leader Nasser Al-Attiyah
Frenchman Sébastien Loeb gained more than five minutes on car leader Nasser Al-Attiyah after Stage 7 of the 2022 Dakar Rally as teenager Seth Quintero maintained his incredible form with another stage victory. Here is all you need to know: (more…)
Dakar Rally 2022: Star performers from the first week of action in Saudi Arabia
The 2022 Dakar Rally convoy clocked up more than 2,000km of racing over perilous terrain before arriving at the Rest Day. As competitors took a well earned day off from the track, the mechanics got busy tuning up the race vehicles for a second week of intense off-road action.
Tomorrow they depart from Riyadh with a further 2,000km to navigate, spread across six desert stages. Before the action gets back underway we’ve picked out some star performers and rounded up the latest results. Here is all you need to know: (more…)
Dakar: Briton races through iconic landmarks to stand on top of Jumeirah Mina A’Salam
Sam Sunderland is making another bid for his second Dakar Rally title in Saudi Arabia with the British biker preparing for his quest by returning to his Dubai training grounds to race through iconic landmarks and stand on top of the highest building in the world. Here is all you need to know:
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