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Dakar 2025, Stage 5: Al-Attiyah stretches muscles to take first win, Lategan holds overall lead

Dacia driver Nasser Al-Attiyah bounced back from mechanical issues to win the fifth stage of the 2025 Dakar Rally on Thursday and climb up to fourth in the overall standings.

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Dakar 2025, Stage 5: Al-Attiyah stretches muscle to take first win, Lategan holds overall lead

Dacia driver Nasser Al-Attiyah bounced back from mechanical issues to win the fifth stage of the 2025 Dakar Rally on Thursday and climb up to fourth in the overall standings.

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Dakar 2025, Stage 4: Al-Rajhi strikes back to win, disaster for Al-Attiyah

Yazeed Al-Rajhi claimed an emphatic victory in Stage 4 of Dakar Rally to move to second in the overall standings behind Henk Lategan, as Nasser Al-Attiyah hit trouble.

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Why the jury is still out on the Dakar's route shake-up risk

Anyone who assumed the Dakar Rally had become too easy since leaving its spiritual home in Africa was taken aback by the first few days of the 2025 event in Saudi Arabia. The strategic decision to place the 48-hour stage near the very beginning caused havoc, taking out several heavyweights…

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Dakar 2025, Stage 3: Toyota stays dominant as Lategan extends overall lead

Toyota driver Saood Variawa scored a first career stage win in Tuesday’s third test of the 2025 Dakar Rally, as team-mate Henk Lategan cemented his position in the overall standings.

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Dakar 2025, Stage 2: Al-Rajhi wins 48h test, Lategan takes lead and Sainz loses time

Yazeed Al-Rajhi came out on top in the 48-hour chrono stage at the Dakar Rally as Henk Lategan took the overall lead.

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Sainz still in contention for 2025 Dakar win despite rollover, says Ford

Ford insists Carlos Sainz Sr still has all to play for in the 2025 Dakar Rally despite losing heaps of time in a crash during the 48-hour chrono stage on Sunday.

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Sainz still in contention for 2025 Dakar win despite rollover – Ford

Ford insists Carlos Sainz Sr still has all to play for in the 2025 Dakar Rally despite losing heaps of time in a crash during the 48-hour chrono stage on Sunday.

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Dakar 2025, Stage 2A: Al-Rajhi storms into lead as Sainz and Loeb hit trouble

Toyota privateer Yazeed Al-Rajhi moved into the lead of the Dakar Rally after the first half of the 48-hour chrono stage on Sunday, with Dacia’s Nasser Al-Attiyah in hot pursuit in second.

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Dakar 2025: Toyota edges out Ford and Dacia as Lategan wins Prologue

Factory Toyota driver Henk Lategan beat Ford rival Mattias Ekstrom to take victory in Prologue at the start of the 2025 Dakar Rally.

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The leading contenders for victory at the 2025 Dakar Rally

The 2025 Dakar Rally promises to be one of the most exciting in recent history, with several manufacturers and drivers capable of winning the famous Touareg trophy.

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Ekstrom willing to devote next 15 years to winning Dakar Rally

Mattias Ekstrom has said he is willing to contest the Dakar Rally for the next 15 years if that is what it takes to win the world’s most prestigious rally-raid.

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Race of Champions: What is the famous motoring event?

Australia will make its debut hosting the historic Race of Champions in 2025 as the motorsport event will head to Sydney’s Accor Stadium.

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Ekstrom joins Ford’s Dakar team for 2025 after Audi exit

Mattias Ekstrom will join Ford’s factory programme in the Dakar Rally in 2025 after ending a 23-year stint with Audi.

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Audi splits with ex-DTM and rallycross star Mattias Ekstrom after two decades

Audi has announced that it has parted ways with two-time DTM champion Mattias Ekstrom to bring an end to a 23-year partnership.

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Audi splits with ex-DTM and rallycross champion Ekstrom after two decades

Audi has announced that it has parted ways with two-time DTM champion Mattias Ekstrom to bring an end to a 23-year partnership.

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Hamilton's X44, Ganassi teams depart Extreme E

It has also been announced that Chip Ganassi Racing will depart the series.

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Hamilton's X44 team departs Extreme E

X44 was run by Prodrive for the first two seasons of the off-road series that began in 2021 and captured the drivers' title in 2022 with Sebastien Loeb and Cristina Gutierrez after the duo had finished runner-up the year before. Management of the programme switched to Rodin Carlin in 2023…

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How Audi's Dakar win shows its F1 ambitions shouldn't be underestimated

Audi has faced heavy backlash over the way its motorsport division has been managed over the last few years. The decision to phase out all its sportscar racing programmes and go all-in on Formula 1 has aggrieved even the most loyal fans of the German marque. Even former teams and…

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Ferrari F1 driver Sainz on father's Dakar win: He was smarter than everyone

Sainz Sr led nearly the entirety of the 12-stage, two-week marathon in Saudi Arabia to score his fourth career victory in Dakar, cementing his position as one of the greatest rally drivers of all time.

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Dakar 2024: Sainz clinches historic win for Audi, Loeb third

Sainz led almost the entire way in the 46th edition of Dakar in Saudi Arabia, eventually claiming the overall victory by 1hr20m25s over the Overdrive Toyota of Guillaume de Mevius.

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Dakar 2024, Stage 9: Loeb strikes back to win, Sainz remains in lead

Nine-time World Rally champion Loeb led throughout the 417km test between Ha’il and Al-’Ula on Tuesday to take his fourth stage victory of 2024, beating the Audi of Sainz by 4m14s.

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Dakar 2024, Stage 8: Sainz rebuilds lead as Ekstrom heads Audi 1-2

Following up on his third stage win at this year’s event, Loeb looked set to carve more time out of Sainz’s overall advantage as he led the Spaniard by three minutes, and nearest rival Ekstrom by one minute, entering the final 100km of the Al Duwadimi to Ha’il stage.

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Dakar 2024, Stage 6B: Loeb wins 48-hour test, disaster for Al-Attiyah

As the 549km test around Shubaytah resumed on Friday, Loeb sat third in the order behind Audi duo Carlos Sainz Sr and Mattias Ekstrom, with 5m19s to make up and only a third of the distance remaining.

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Dakar 2024, Stage 6A: Sainz retakes lead after Al-Rajhi's retirement

Al-Rajhi dropped out of the fight for victory when he crashed into a dune at the start of the 48-hour chrono stage, suffering severe damage to his Toyota Hilux.

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