The Cartier Cheich watch presented to those who won their class back-to-back at the Dakar Rally in the 1980s, which was only achieved once by Gaston Rahier, went for €1.03 million in auction.
Buggyra Racing and Aliyyah Koloc have withdrawn their NASCAR Whelen Euro Series entry for the rest of 2022 to prepare for the 2023 Dakar Rally.
As the highest finishing rookies in the T4 and Moto categories respectively at the Rallye du Maroc, Toomas Triisas and Stefano Caimi have been guaranteed entry into the 2023 Dakar Rally.
Despite fully recovering from bladder cancer, Nani Roma will not run the 2023 Dakar Rally as there is not enough time for him and his Bahrain Raid Xtreme team to prepare an entry.
Despite all signs pointing to him not taking part, Nikita Mazepin thinks there is still a chance he can run the 2023 Dakar Rally if he latches on with the right team.
It was to be expected since their parent company supplies vehicles for the Russian military, but KAMAZ-master has officially withdrawn their plans to take part in the 2023 Dakar Rally.
Anastasiya Nifontova, the first Russian woman to run the Dakar Rally on a bike and now an SSV racer, won’t sign the FIA’s condemnation of her country’s invasion of Ukraine and will skip the 2023 race.
WRC champion co-driver Julien Ingrassia hoped to run the 2023 Dakar Rally with Mika Pisano, but has dropped out as he currently does not feel ready for the rally raid.
Polish SSV team Kamena Rally Team, led by Tomasz Białkowski and Dariusz Baśkiewicz, has announced a Dakar Rally pursuit.
Due to a right palm injury that resulted in ligament damage and inflammation, Yasir Seaidan will sit out the remainder of the 2022 season. His 2023 Dakar Rally plans are also in doubt.
While Sergei Kariakin—a staunch Putin supporter—refuses to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a condition to let him run the Dakar Rally, Konstantin Zhiltsov sees no issue with switching to an Israeli licence to take part.
Guerlain Chicherit and GCK Motorsport are the next outfit to race with the Prodrive Hunter 4WD T1+, doing so for the 2023 Dakar Rally and World Rally-Raid Championship
Ignacio Casale, a three-time Dakar Rally Quad champion, has left Buggyra Racing after two years. The team oversaw his switch to the Truck category in 2021.
Part of the Africa Eco Race runs through Western Sahara, disputed between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, which sparked calls from the SADR to avoid the region or face consequences.
KAMAZ-master’s head Vladimir Chagin is talking with Dakar Rally organisers to see if the team would be allowed to take part in the 2023 race.
Luis Díaz Soza and Stanley Sherrington have punched their tickets to the 2023 Dakar Rally by topping the T4 category at the Atacama Rally.
Dakar Rally racer Artur Ardavichus is under criminal investigation by his native Kazakhstan for embezzled funds. EVM and Team de Rooy, who fielded trucks for him, were raided last week by Dutch authorities.
