The World Rally Championship has a new young hero – and just in the nick of time. At 24, Oliver Solberg can now boast two wins from his first two starts in a Toyota GR Yaris Rally1, following a histor

The sixth Dakar Classic, in Saudi Arabia from 3-17 January, was the longest yet, at 7281km (more than 4500 miles) across the prologue and 13 stages. The rally started and finished in Yanbu, on the Red

The Dakar Rally bivouac is a vast, sprawling, transient community, a ragtag collection of vans, trucks and tents sprouting from the hardscrabble Arabian Desert. Walking through the camp is like steppi

Heavy downpours make for challenging conditions and the wettest LE JOG on record

ASK ANYBODY, CAR ENTHUSIAST OR NOT, to name two famous rallies and it’s a safe bet the Monte Carlo and Dakar will be on the list. Steeped in history (124 years of it in the Monte’s case), they remain

I was 30 when reality hit me, sitting across from a disinterested LMP2 team owner in a workshop office: I’d toured Europe to find sponsors; convinced, coerced, trained and performed. How did he know t