Rally Raid Dakar 2006: Team Dakar USA - Rest day
American racer Robby Gordon`s attempt to win the famed Dakar Rally in his first try as a team owner/driver came within half an hour of becoming a reality before

Volkswagen at the Dakar Rally 2006
Wolfsburg (8 January 2006). The comments of Volkswagen Motorsport Director Kris Nissen, Team Manager Peter Utoft and the five works drivers and co-drivers at the half-way-stage

Dakar : Team Gauloises Racing - Leg 8
After yesterday`s triumphant orange day with three KTM Repsol riders in the leading positions of the special and the overall, today`s stage heading from Atar to Nouakchott crowned

Rally Raid Dakar 2006: Kwik Power - Rest Day
From Portugal to Morocco, from Morocco to Mauritania: Ellen Lohr and Kwikpower Mercedes-Benz have covered nearly 5.000 kilometres; it`s halftime in the 2006 Dakar Rally.

Rally Raid Dakar 2006: Mitsubishi Motors - Rest Day
The Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart Team made its final preparations for the final week of the 28th Dakar Rally at the official rest day in Nouakchott, Mauritania,

Rally Raid Dakar 2006: Volkswagen Motorsport
Three stage victories and five days leading the field, and, on occasion, first, second and third, but also bitter setbacks on the seventh and eighth stages characterise

Dakar : Team Nissan Dessoude - Leg 8
568 kilometres including 508 of timed stage were on the menu for this eighth leg, which took place in Mauritania. It was not the longest stage, but might well have been one of

Dakar : Team Nissan Aventure - Leg 8
A totally different day for Benoît Rousselot and Team Nissan Aventure. After a perfect day yesterday, today was full of problems from start to finish. Benoît lost the Production

Dakar : Team Gauloises Sperrer - Leg 8
The Gauloises Team Raphael Sperrer ended day eight of Dakar 2006 nineteenth fastest reaching the legendary stage of Nouakchott. After a difficult Friday, Sperrer and Floene

Dakar : Team Galp Energia - Leg 8
Carlos Sousa, with his Nissan Navara, is continuing to move up the field. Setting the 8th fastest time on the special stage between Atar and Nouakchott, he has gained another two

Dakar : Volkswagen Motorsport - Leg 8
The Volkswagen works team defended third and fifth places at the half-way stage during on one of the most bitterly fought Dakar Rally`s very. Giniel de Villiers improved from

Race engineer, Volkswagen Motorsport
Three questions to race engineer René Verbist.
What happens on the rest day during the Dakar Rally on 8 January in Nouakchott?
"It will be a busy working weekend for

Dakar : Mitsubishi Motors - Leg 8
The Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart Team remained firmly on course to defend its Dakar Rally title after the punishing eighth 508 kms special stage between Atar and Nouakchott in Mauritania,

Dakar : KTM - Leg 8
For the 7th stage the competitors left Tan Tan very early in the morning. Around 02:00 PM the first riders were at the bivouac of Atar. But the stage was not ended. At midnight about 50 pilots

Dakar : Leg 8 - Finish
Thierry Magnaldi captured his second special victory of the Dakar after wining in Zouerat. The French Schlesser-Ford driver clocked the fastest time enjoying a 6`52" lead on Peterhansel and

Dakar : Leg 8 - First news
Huge surprise at CP2 (km 371), Cyril Despres has the fastest time so far. The Frenchman with his badly injured shoulder has a 5`20" lead on team mate Isidre Esteve, 8`56" on Marc Coma,

Dakar : Leg 8 - News from CP 1
Still suffering from is shoulder injury, Cyril Despres made it to CP1 well behind his main rivals. The Frenchman is 11`39" adrift. At refulleing after CP1, Cyril Despres admitted that

Dakar : Team Dakar USA - Leg 7
American racer Robby Gordon`s effort to win the famed Dakar Rally may have come to an abrupt end in the vast sand dunes of the North African desert today. Gordon and Navigator Darren

Dakar : Team Nissan Aventure - Leg 7
After their misadventures of the day before, Benoît Rousselot and Sylvain Poncet, in their Team Nissan Aventure Nissan Pathfinder, regained the lead of the T2 category this evening.

Dakar : Team Gauloises Racing - Leg 7
The bikes started in reverse order this morning to allow the privateers as much daylight as possible – though it didn`t stop the factory riders from finishing well before everybody