Double Apex attended round six of the FIA Formula E world championship. We were guests of the Nissan Formula E team to learn more about the team, its ambitions and relevance of the series. The formation of Formula E, over a decade ago, was a big swing by Alberto Longo. He somehow predicted the rise […]
F1 analyst and racing legend Graham Duxbury outlines the rise of Kimi Antonelli to F1 stardom. Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s journey to Formula One has been meteoric. The young Italian, born on 25 August 2006, has been a standout talent in junior categories, displaying exceptional skill in karting before swiftly climbing the single-seater ladder. In only […]
They say you can’t hear a photograph, but we’ll bet that loads of motorsport fans can hear the turbo wastegate flutter from the moment they clicked on this link. Now one lucky race enthusiast will get the chance to own the iconic Audi S4 Wesbank Modified racer. This piece of South African racing history is […]
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 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 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 […]
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 […]
This 2025 FIA WEC 8 Hours of Bahrain race report by regular endurance-racing correspondent and motorsport fundi, Dr Nick van der Meulen, outlines the final race of the season. Ferrari sealed the WEC driver’s, constructor’s and privateer’s championship at the final round of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship, held in Bahrain. There were three […]
Debates will continually rage about who is the greatest F1 driver off them all. But for many, there is only one: Ayrton Senna. The Brazilian, many felt, had supernatural skills behind the wheel, the likes of which no other human possessed. Now, one lucky (and extremely wealthy) fan will be able to own a car […]
Racing legend and F1 commentator Graham Duxbury takes a closer look at the legacy of F1’s true all-rounders. Max Verstappen’s recent triumph at the Nürburgring in a GT3 car has reignited the debate about the value of versatility in motorsport. Many hailed the victory as further proof that Verstappen is not only Formula One’s dominant […]
We have religiously covered the recent FIA WEC with regular race reports. We really enjoy endurance racing and the unique challenges that it offers. That’s why we were really surprised to learn that Porsche ditches FIA WEC from the end of the 2025 season. Porsche is the second casualty after Lamborghini pulled the plug on […]
