The Latest Breaking News from the Dakar Rally

Yarra Valley's Daniel Sanders has kicked off the 47th edition of the Dakar Rally by winning the great race's motorcycling prologue in Saudi Arabia.

Sebastien Loeb says he is 'not obsessed' with winning the Dakar Rally after coming close to clinching the top prize on several occasions.

For racing fans all over the world, the Dakar Rally just has to be one of the most epic events out there. The off-road racing event has become synonymous with resilience and endurance, and is often described as one of the most difficult motorsports events in existence.

The Dakar Rally returns to provide one of motorsport's toughest tests for human and machine in January, with Saudi Arabia again hosting the challenge. It may not be the event it once was when run through Africa to the Senegalese capital [the event's name gives it away] but the test…

Dacia Sandriders technical director Philip Dunabin has played down expectations for the team's first run at the Dakar Rally despite securing a 1-2 on its debut at the Rallye du Maroc.

Can-Am will once again tackle the grueling Dakar Rally in 2025, but this time it'll be behind the wheel of the Maverick R, which is making its debut in the T4 Side-by-Side Vehicle (SSV) Class. And while bringing any all-new vehicle to the longest, most grueling rally raid in the…

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.

Segway is probably one of the last automotive brands you'd ever think to feature in the Dakar Rally. And rightly so, as it doesn't produce a single vehicle that's remotely capable of any serious off-road riding. But that looks set to change.  The company announced that it's assembled a team…

Fernando Alonso is much more likely to return to the Dakar Rally than the Indy 500 in the future, but insisted his "only priority" is to grab a third Formula 1 world championship with Aston Martin.