Dakar

Rally legend Sébastien Loeb heads back to the desert in a bid to become the first privateer since 2000 to win the Dakar Rally

Stéphane Peterhansel, Carlos Sainz and Cyril Despres will race the 2019 Dakar Rally with the X-raid MINI JCW Team.

2018 Dakar motorcycle winner Matthias Walkner will switch to four wheels for the upcoming Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup race at Austria this weekend.

After three years in the role, Marc Coma has announced his departure as sporting director of the Dakar Rally.

Tim and Tom Coronel achieved their aim of finishing the Dakar Rally, despite running the final two stages without a windscreen!

A twelfth place finish was just reward for a strong Dakar Rally for Laia Sanz, with the Spanish female rider missing out on the top ten by less than fifteen minutes.

Injury left Toby Price without any competitive outings ahead of the 2018 Dakar Rally, but he put that all aside to claim an excellent third place.

Kevin Benavides was delighted to end the 2018 Dakar Rally with a stage win in his homeland, which ensured he ended the event in second place overall.

Mistakes cost Mini dearly during the Dakar Rally, according to Team Principal Sven Quandt, but he was full of praise for fifth place finisher Jakub Przygonski.

Jakub Przygonski was the only Mini to finish the 2018 Dakar inside the top ten, with the Pole finishing an excellent fifth.

The thirteen-time Dakar winner was left to rue what might have been after losing significant time on two stages that ultimately cost him a shot at win number fourteen.

Giniel de Villiers secured the final spot on the Dakar Rally podium on Saturday by winning the fourteenth and final stage.

Four stage wins were not enough for Nasser Al-Attiyah to claim overall victory in the Dakar Rally, but the Qatari racer is already aiming to return in 2019 for another shot at becoming a three-time winner.

Chilean Quad bike rider Ignacio Casale is now a double Dakar Rally winner after dominating the 2018 event.

Austrian rider Matthias Walkner fulfilled his dream of becoming a Dakar Rally winner as he took the honours in the bikes class.