Dakar Rally roared into life Friday with the high-speed Prologue stage, featuring 29km/18 miles against the clock around the Start Camp in Bisha, Saudi Arabia. In the Ultimate class, Henk

Factory Toyota driver Henk Lategan beat Ford rival Mattias Ekstrom to take victory in Prologue at the start of the 2025 Dakar Rally. The 47th edition of the world's biggest cross-country rally kicked off with a short 29km special in Bisha in the south west region of Saudi Arabia,

Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings – four-time South African Rally Raid Champions – set the fastest time in the 29km

South Africa's Henk Lategan won the Dakar Rally prologue in the cars category Friday, kicking off the sixth edition in Saudi Arabia that will stretch nearly 8,000 kilometres across 12 stages. It moved then to South America until finding a new home in Saudi Arabia since 2020.

Dakar Rally has begun, and the Prologue stage has set the pace for this year’s competition. The first day has given us a mix of good and bad news and the most notable being the performance of expected names and Hero’s podium.

Qatari driver Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah came in third place at the Dakar Rally prologue in the cars category on Friday, kicking off the sixth edition in Saudi Arabia that

Spaniard Carlos Sainz can extend his record as the Dakar Rally's oldest champion by becoming the first to win with five different car manufacturers in the two-week marathon starting in Saudi Arabia this weekend.

Carlos Sainz made his debut on the Dakar in 2006, two years after Nasser Al Attiyah. He was the first of the two to writ

Carlos Sainz believes that “tactics will be more important than ever” in this year’s running of the Dakar Rally. After claiming his fourth victory in the iconic rally raid last year with Audi, the Spaniard has switched allegiances to Ford this term as the marque enters its new Raptor developed in collaboration with M-Sport.