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Dakar organizer ASO announced the switch in 2019, saying a new chapter of the grueling race's history would be written in the "mysterious and vast deserts" of the land.

AL-HOFUF, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia will continue to be the home of the Dakar Rally for the next few years with race director David Castera telling AFP “we still have so many deserts to explore.”Castera was speaking after Saturday’s penultimate stage with Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah poised for his fifth title.“I’m very happy we’re staying here, with so many deserts still to

RIYADH: France’s Stephane Peterhansel, a record 14-time winner of the Dakar Rally, crashed out of the 2023 edition on Friday as Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah won the sixth stage in his Toyota. The 57-year-old Peterhansel, whose nickname is ‘Mr Dakar’ after eight car victories and six on a motorbike, “had an accident after 212km of the day’s special,” organizers said. “His co-pilot

On the eve of the 2023 Dakar Rally start in Saudi Arabia, organisers have updated the rules dishing out time bonuses for fastest riders on the special stages, rewarding instead of penalising those at the front, decided paper (not digital) roadbooks are here to stay and mirrored or dual routes are canned...

The rally track for this year consists of an introductory stage, and 14 regular stages, as the drivers start the rally with an introductory trip from the sea camp in the northwestern mountainous regions before heading to the far southeast, passing through Al-Ula, Hail, Dawadmi, Haradh, the Empty Quarter, Shaybah, Hofuf, and Dammam.

JEDDAH: The details of the fourth edition of Saudi Dakar Rally in 2023 were announced by the Dakar Rally Organizing Committee in a virtual press conference on Thursday. Present during the press conference were Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal, chairman of the board of directors of the Saudi Federation of Motors and Motorcycles as well as of the Saudi Motorsports

"Be Afraid" is the cry for the 2023 Dakar Rally, the fourth to be held in Saudi Arabia, as organisers promised Thursday it would be the most challenging with a lot of sand dune racing.Fifteen days of racing comprises a prologue and 14 stages, including a four-day excursion into the as yet unexplored desert of the vast Rub' al-Khali, or Empty Quarter, in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula."This gigantic zone in which sand is king, especially in its most majestic form: ...

The Rallye du Maroc kicks the 2022 Rally Raid World Championship back into life this week, October 1-6, with Sam Sunderland leading a list of full-factory riders heading to this historic pre-cursor to the Dakar.

The fourth edition of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia is promising to be revolutionary with 70% new tracks and the introduction of “random roadbooks” and new time bonuses for riders opening the stage. Enduro21 digest the biggest changes.

JEDDAH: Nasser Al Attiyah stretched his Dakar Rally lead to 48 minutes on Friday with Saudi Arabia’s Yazeed Al...