Wildly varying machines taking on motor sport's biggest challenge, from family hatchbacks to supercars and high-riding V8-powered raiders built for the

James Hillier has credited the Dakar Rally organisers with increasing the difficulty on the 2025 edition of the rally. The Dakar moved to Saudi Arabia in 2020 and since then has been criticised on occasion for lacking in difficulty compared to the original Paris-Dakar routes or the South American editions that ran until 2019.

Dakar Rally participants know what they're signing up for: a gruelling two-week ordeal they have no guarantee of completing. But this storied event was born of an even more extreme and dangerous experience,

Daniel Sanders has raced into the history books, becoming only the second Australian to triumph at the Dakar Rally.

The bike race witnessed a return to the top step of the podium for KTM, which enjoyed its 20th triumph on the race thanks to the unshakable Daniel Sanders who became the second Australian winner on the Dakar after having dominated the race from start to finish, as Marc Coma did in 2009.

Estonian rally duo Urvo Männama and Risto Lepik (Overdrive) finished in 18th place on the ninth stage of the ongoing Dakar Rally, which meant they dropped one position overall, to 12th.

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Local hero Yazeed Al-Rajhi secured his first Dakar title on Friday, finishing the 12-stage rally almost four minutes ahead of his closest competitor Henk Lategan, while Red Bull KTM's Daniel Sanders maintained his lead to win in the motorcycle category.

Local hero Yazeed al-Rajhi secured his first Dakar title on Friday, finishing the 12-stage rally almost four minutes ahead of his closest competitor

South Africa’s Henk Lategan was forced to settle for second place overall as Saudi Arabia’s Yazeed Al-Rajji win the 2025 Dakar rally at his 11th attempt. The result completed a successful 1-2 finish for Toyota Racing in the Saudi Arabian desert.

Yazeed Al-Rajhi became the first Saudi to win the Dakar Rally, triumphing in the 12-stage event by almost four minutes over Henk Lategan, while Daniel Sanders secured victory in the motorcycle category.