With KAMAZ-master still blocked from the Dakar Rally, boss Eduard Nikolaev stressed they’re still open and prepared should it be lifted. In the meantime, he feels the Silk Way can be a Dakar-level rally.
After solid outings in Morocco and Abu Dhabi, former Lithuanian enduro champion Mykolas Paulavičius will be heading for his maiden Dakar Rally in 2025.
Andrew Houlihan, the 2023 FIM Bajas World Cup Veterans Trophy runner-up, will run his first Dakar Rally since 2022 as a solo rider in Original by Motul.
After racing in Abu Dhabi and Morocco, Gediminas Satkus has earned his ticket to his maiden Dakar Rally in 2025.
Despite a solid outing at the 2023 Rallye du Maroc, brothers Craig and Carl Searles’ 2025 Dakar Rally applications were rejected as they need just a little more desert rally experience. They now turn to 2026.
After being turned down by the ASO for the 2024 and 2025 Dakar Rallies, including rupturing his Achilles and fracturing his tibia while trying to qualify, Matthieu Jauffraud will set his sights on 2026.
With the FIA expected to homologate the Can-Am Maverick R by 2025, 3× winner Francisco López Contardo is keen on entering it in the new side-by-side vehicle.
Tomáš Vrátný will race the 2025 Dakar Rally in a new truck dubbed the Tatra FF7 prepared by Fesh Fesh team.
Willem Avenant, Justin Gerlach, Robbie Wallace and many more will finally realise their Dakar Rally dreams in 2025 after their applications were accepted by race organisers.
T5.2 trucks, which are assistance vehicles unlike the racing T5.1 ones, will have a different route for the Chrono Stage at the 2025 Dakar Rally along with their own race director.
Dakar bike racer Charlie Herbst has created Challenger Racing Team, hoping to provide logistical and marketing support for fellow riders.
Thierry Vladikine, a paratrooper who served in the French 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment in the 1980s and raced the Paris–Dakar Rally twice during the decade, died Sunday at the age of 62.
The new Ford Raptor T1+, the Toyota GR DKR Hilux EVO T1U piloted by both driver and navigator, and the 2025 Dakar Classic-bound Audi Quattro all got to tear up Goodwood House.
Adrien Van Beveren has signed a two-year contract extension with Monster Energy Honda Rally Team, keeping him with the red and black for the 2025 and 2026 seasons.
Ford and M-Sport have pulled back the cover on the new Ford Raptor T1+ that Carlos Sainz and Nani Roma, plus 2 others, will race in Hungary, Morocco, and the 2025 Dakar Rally.
After finishing 26th in class in his début this January, Juan Santiago Rostan will have another go at the Dakar Rally next year.
The new Dacia Sandrider needs to survive in hot deserts for the 2025 Dakar Rally. Sébastien Loeb feels the car performs well so far, at least until the air conditioning malfunctions.
