Dacia ducks out of Dakar defense as parent company, the Renault Group pulls the plug on the World Rally Raid Championship (W2RC). This news, which has been kept rather quiet, comes off the back of the announcement that Alpine will leave the World Endurance Championship (WEC). Alpine has confirmed that it will continue its Formula […]
The 2026 Dakar Rally has ended. 2026 Dakar Stage 13 was the final of this year’s race. The final stage was contested over 105 km of timed special with a short, 33 km liaison. The stage and ended in Yanbu where this year’s event commenced. Read our Dakar 101 article here if you are still […]
The 2026 Dakar Rally nearing its conclusion. 2026 Dakar Stage 12 was the penultimate of the 48th edition of the rally classic. The stage was contested over 311 km of timed special. The stage started in Al Henakiyah and ended in Yanbu where this year’s event started. Read our Dakar 101 article here if you […]
The 2026 Dakar Rally is sliding into its final few days of competition. 2026 Dakar Stage 11 was contested over 346 km of timed special that promised to be extremely quick. The stage started Bisha and ended in Al Henakiyah. Read our Dakar 101 article here if you are still learning about the race. With […]
The 2026 Dakar Rally is heading for a thrilling conclusion with just a few days left to race. 2026 Dakar Stage 10 was contested over 420 km. The stage started at the overnight stop in the desert and ended near Bisha. Read our Dakar 101 article here if you are still learning about the race. […]
The 2026 Dakar Rally is more than 2/3rds complete. 2026 Dakar Stage 9 was contested over 410 km. The stage took place in a loop that started in Wadi ad-Dawasir and ended in the desert. Read our Dakar 101 article here if you are still learning about the race. It was the start of the […]
The 2026 Dakar Rally is now more than halfway complete. 2026 Dakar Stage 8 was the longest competitive section of the event. Read our Dakar 101 article here if you are still learning about the race. The stage took place in a loop that started at and ended in Wadi ad-Dawasir. The open-road section was […]
The 2026 Dakar Rally took its traditional, mid-race break after week of racing. Six stages were completed leading up to the rest day, which took place in the capital city of Riyadh. Crews had completed 2 297 km of special, just under half of the 2026 race total, before starting today. Read our Dakar 101 […]
It was a comment from a former racing driver, an ex-SA champ, on social media: Dakar is so exciting. Love it. That got me thinking, what is the allure of the Dakar? Dakar, of course, refers to the famous off-road race, the Dakar Rally and not the capital city of Senegal from which it takes […]
The 2026 Dakar Rally is at the end of the first week of action. 2026 Dakar Stage 5 was another dominated by Ford. Henk Lategan maintained the lead of the overall rally (as you can read here) going into stage six. Read our Dakar 101 article here if you are still learning about the race. […]
The 2026 Dakar Rally is deep into the first week of action. 2026 Dakar Stage 4 brought with it a new stage winner and overall race leader in the shape of Henk Latengan (as you can read here). Read our Dakar 101 article here if you are still learning about the race. 2026 Dakar Stage […]
The 2026 Dakar Rally started a few days ago. The start of the 48th edition of the race was especially moving for one competitor, Mathieu Baumel. The Frenchman stepped out of his X-Raid Mini onto the starting platform barely a year after suffering a life-changing accident in which he lost a leg. Follow Double Apex […]
The 2026 Dakar Rally has been a complete coin toss from the word go. 2026 Dakar Stage 3 was dominated by Ford (as you can read here). Read our Dakar 101 article here if you are still learning about the race. 2026 Dakar Stage 4 was a marathon. That means teams would race into the […]
The 2026 Dakar Rally is now in full swing. 2026 Dakar Stage 2 was totally dominated by Toyota (as you can read here). Read our Dakar 101 article here if you are still learning about the race. 2026 Dakar Stage 3 saw the rally moving north for a 421 km timed section that started in […]
The 2026 Dakar Rally is currently underway with stage one taking place on Sunday. 2026 Dakar Stage 1 had a surprise winner in the shape of the X-Raid Mini of Guillame de Mevius (as you can read here). Read our ‘Dakar 101‘ article here if you are still learning about the race. 2026 Dakar Stage […]
The 2026 Dakar Rally officially started yesterday with a prologue section (read more here). But 2026 Dakar Stage 1 was the first day of proper racing at the 48th edition of the famous rally raid. Read our ‘Dakar 101‘ article here if you are still learning about the race. Follow Double Apex on Instagram and Facebook where we share […]
The new motorsport year started with the famous Dakar Rally. The 2026 Dakar prologue was the start of the 48th edition of the famous rally raid. The prologue is, typically, a short loop that is held to determine the starting order of the race proper, which takes place tomorrow. Read our ‘Dakar 101‘ article here […]
The 2026 Dakar Rally will start later this week. This is the 48th edition of the endurance event, known as the toughest of its kind in the world. The very first event took place in 1979, starting in Paris the day after Christmas. Plenty has happened since then. We take a look at some of […]
The 2026 motorsport season starts with its traditional season opener, the Dakar Rally in just a few days. We take a closer look at what fans can expect from the most popular ‘car’ category in our 2026 Dakar Rally Preview. Motorsport fans have finally started to re-engage with their families, seen how their kids have […]
The Gymkhana series of videos were popularised by Ken Block. However, with the untimely passing of the chief hoonigan, the torch has been passed to Travis Pastrana. The latest in the series is called Gymkhana 2025: Aussie Shred. As with many of the previous videos the car is this star. In this case it’s called […]
Land Rover made the bold decision to enter the 2026 Dakar Rally, which takes place early in the new year. The company decided to compete in the ‘stock’ class, for near production vehicles. The Defender Dakar D7X-R has already been testing for some time ahead of its competition debut. Land Rover has now shown that […]
2026 is an exciting one for Formula One fans. In addition to a completely new powertrain and aero set of regulations, two new teams will be joining the grid. We’ve already written about Cadillac, as you can read here. The other is Audi, which has shown the Audi R26 Concept F1 car as a precursor […]
Earlier this week, we jokingly said that new hypercars are launched at a rate of one a week. (Original article here.) Well, make that two a week as another new player has entered the market. Say hello to the Capricorn 01 Zagato. This is the end result of a joint effort between leading motorsport outfit […]
When Porsche conceived the 959 program the aim was to stretch the 911 platform to its ultimate form. Group B racing, in full effect at the time, was the guiding principle behind the creation of the Porsche 959. Led by Helmut Bott, the engineering team designed a twin‑turbocharged flat‑six engine, cutting‑edge all‑wheel‑drive, active suspension and […]
The FIA World Motor Sport Council recently met in Macau and made a few vital decisions regarding the top echelons of the sport. Among the decisions that were ratified include 2025 calendars for all the FIA World Championship events. Sadly, there will be no No F1, Formula E or W2RC for SA in 2026. Follow […]
