Rookie driver Brock Heger and navigator Max Eddy Jr. dissected Dakar's 12 grueling stages en route to a dominant victory in the Side-by-Side (SSV) class.

The Dakar rally throughout the years never falls short of challenges that surprise even the most experienced teams and drivers. For the 2025 edition held in the Saudi Arabian desert, it’s Toyota that overcame the odds to clinch a 1-2 victory.

The 2025 Dakar Rally has concluded after 14 gruelling days and nearly 8,000km. Toyota privateer Yazeeh Al-Rajhi emerged as a surprise winner in the cars class, becoming the very first Saudi Arabian driver to win the Dakar Rally, that too on home soil. In the bikes class, Daniel Sanders took a commanding win, handing KTM its 20th Dakar victory.

South African Henk Lategan (Toyota) consolidated his lead atop the driver standings of the Dakar Rally by winning the eighth stage on Monday.

Yazeed al-Rajhi made history on Friday by becoming the first driver from host nation Saudi Arabia to win the Dakar Rally.

For a few years now, New Atlas has picked some of its favorite pictures from the grueling, multi-thousand-mile desert race called the Dakar Rally. Dozens of professional photographers from around the world compete to take the most iconic and most amazing desert images from this most amazing

Yazeed al-Rajhi made history yesterday by becoming the first driver from host nation Saudi Arabia to win the Dakar Rally. The Overdrive pilot held onto his overnight lead to beat South Africa’s Henk Lategan in a Toyota by 3min 57sec with Mattias Ekstrom of Sweden third in his Ford, 20min 21sec adrift.

The 47th edition of the Dakar Rally — the sixth to be run in Saudi Arabia — was completed today by 175 vehicles. A total of 77 bikes (including 67 Rally 2), 40 Ultimate cars, 1 Stock

In his debut, Heger ensures a U.S. category champion for a fourth consecutive year in the prestigious off-road event.

Many times while travelling the east coast, the beautiful scenery with the water soaked paddy fields and palm trees around Rajahmundry had always

CAR magazine reports on one of the closest finishes in Dakar Rally history, which saw Saudi driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi win and Ford take third on its debut.

Saudi home hero Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Timo Gottschalk’s Toyota Hilux sailed through Friday’s short final dune stage to win the Dakar 2025 Car race by just under four minutes from South Africans Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings’ Toyota Gazoo Hilux.