British rider Sam Sunderland won his second Dakar Rally title in the motorbikes classification on Friday. The Dubai-based Sunderland finished ahead of Honda rider Pablo Quintanilla of Chile and KTM’s Matthias Walkner of Austria. Qatari driver Nasser al-Attiyah held off French nine-time world rally champion Sebastien Loeb to win his fourth cars title.
As expected, Minis swept the top three podium positions after the 13th and final stage at the 2014 Dakar Rally – and as expected, it was Spain’s Nani Roma in first followed by 11-time Dakar champ Stephane Peterhansel in second and 2011 Dakar champ Nasser Al-Attiyah in third. We knew this would be how it […]
This much we know – Minis will sweep top three podium positions at the 2014 Dakar Rally – what we don’t know after the completion of the 12th stage is if that order will be Spain’s Nani Roma in first or 11-time Dakar champ Stephane Peterhansel in first [we know 2011 Dakar champ Nasser Al-Attiyah […]
With a Mini sweep all but assured, Mini decided to take all the drama out of which Mini driver was going to win the 2014 Dakar Rally – it will be Spain’s Nani Roma unless he goes rogue and intentionally allows 11-time Dakar champ Stephane Peterhansel to overtake him in the final stage like he […]
It’s all but a foregone conclusion that Minis will sweep the 2014 Dakar Rally as Minis continued to hold the top three spots after the 11th stage won by Argentine driver Orlando Terranova. The current overall standings have Mini-driving Nani Roma of Spain leading, followed closely [5:32 behind] by 11-time Dakar champion and Mini-driving Stephane […]
It’s looking like a Mini sweep at the 2014 Dakar Rally as Minis continued to hold the top three spots after the 10th stage won by Qatari driver and former Dakar champ [2011] Nasser Al-Attiyah in Chile. Attiyah though, is still a distant third overall – 46 minutes behind current leader Nani Roma of Spain, […]
It’s not likely that a Mini won’t be on top in the auto division at the end of the Dakar Rally – they are in the top four spots after nine stages of the classic race – as Qatari driver and former Dakar champ [2011] Nasser Al-Attiyah claimed the top spot in the eighth stage […]