Sebastien Loeb struggled to complete Stage 3 of the Dakar Rally on Tuesday after rolling his car near the start, a setback that is likely to cost him his dream of a first title in the event. The nine-time World Rally Champion went off the road 12 kilometres into the 327-stage between Bisha and Al Henakiyah.

It goes without saying that Sebastien Loeb is among the greatest rally drivers in human history, but his luck in the Dakar hasn’t exactly been good. During Tuesday’s third stage Loeb suffered a medium-speed roll in his Dacia Sandrider that scattered parts in all directions.

Toyota’s Yazeed Al Rajhi and Nasser Al Attiyah (Dacia) surged up the Dakar Rally overall virtual ranking on Sunday’s first half of the mammoth 947km 48-hour chrono stage. They are now

Nine-times world rally champion Sebastien Loeb is out of the Dakar Rally after he rolled his Dacia in the Saudi desert on Tuesday as the race continued to take a toll of the big names after the exit of 2024 winner Carlos Sainz.

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

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

Nine-time world rally champion Sébastien Loeb has exited the Dakar Rally after crashing his Dacia. Following an inspection, damage to the vehicle's roll bar prevented his continuation. This comes after Carlos Sainz suffered a similar fate with his Ford.

Nineteen-year-old Saood Variawa of South Africa became the youngest top-class driver to win a stage in the Dakar Rally.

He was forced to pull out of the race for a third time and follows defending champion Carlos Sainz, who crashed the previous day. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Loeb, who has finished second three times in the Dakar Rally, ended the stage in 4 hours 20 minutes 12 seconds, more than an hour behind the day's winner, 19-year-old South African Saood Variawa.

Nine-time world rally champion Sebastien Loeb rolled his Dacia in the Saudi desert on Tuesday as the Dakar Rally continued to take a toll of the big names after the exit of 2024 winner Carlos Sainz.

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.