Carlos Sainz takes overall lead Dakar Rally

Carlos Sainz takes overall lead Dakar Rally

Leg three, around the bivouac in Neom, produced the first stage win of the Dakar 2020 for Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz (both ESP) in the MINI John Cooper Works Buggy. This success was sufficient to let the Spanish pair overtake the overall lead. In total, five MINI...
Carlos Sainz starts on the Dakar in third place

Carlos Sainz starts on the Dakar in third place

No fewer than five MINI race cars ended day one of the Dakar 2020, from Jeddah to Al Wajh, in the top ten! The Lithuanian pairing of Vaidotas Zala and Saulius Jurgelenas made history in their MINI John Cooper Works Rally, winning the opening leg of the first Dakar in...
VOLKSWAGEN TRIUMPHS; AL-ATTIYAH/GOTTSCHALK WIN THE DAKAR

VOLKSWAGEN TRIUMPHS; AL-ATTIYAH/GOTTSCHALK WIN THE DAKAR

Tumultuous celebration at the end of the Dakar: Volkswagen has won the race for the third time in a row. Nasser Al-Attiyah and Timo Gottschalk will be joined on the final podium in Buenos Aires by Giniel de Villiers and Dirk von Zitzewitz and Carlos Sainz and Lucas...