Chrono Stage News Today

After coming up short in 2023, Carlos Santaolalla and Jan Rosa Viñas and their Toyota Land Cruiser are now Dakar Classic champions.

Backed by TVS, Noah finished first in the Rally 2 category at the 2024 Dakar Rally becoming the first Indian to win overall in a category in the gruelling rally

The Kerala native set the best class time in Stage 8, a whole 1 minute 25 seconds clear of second-placed Jean-Loup Lepan

Had intervention happened sooner or the war in Gaza not escalated to begin with, Rodrigo Varela would be racing his original Maverick, stuck on a redirected ship after a Houthi attack, in the Dakar Rally right now.

Yazeed Al-Rajhi began the Dakar Rally's Chrono Stage as the overall leader. He left it with an overturned Toyota Hilux wondering what went wrong.

The top South African team is Giniel de Villiers and Dennis Murphy in the Gazoo Racing Toyota Hilux, in 11th overall after finishing 7th in Thursday's stage.

Nasser Al-Attiyah won the fifth stage of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia to go second overall behind home favourite Yazeed Al-Rajhi.

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While Sébastien Loeb elected to hold back during Stage 5 of the Dakar Rally to avoid starting up front for the Chrono Stage, Prodrive team-mate Nasser Al-Attiyah led the way to reignite his threepeat quest.

With the 2024 Dakar Rally just days away, The Checkered Flag is here with a crash course on the world of cross-country rally.