Fatumata Bah: Female driver overtakes competition at Dakar race
- 24-Mar-2023
Cheered on by her family, driver Fatumata Bah raised her arms in triumph after winning an amateur motor drag race in Dakar that saw four men and four women competing for first place. Pairs of drivers in small Peugeot hatchbacks had raced to make the best time on a makeshift 300 metre track at the […]
Dakar 2023: Saudi Arabia’s Al Rajhi takes stage win, Attiyah retains lead
- 07-Jan-2023
Saudi driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi won the seventh stage of the Dakar Rally on Saturday with Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah holding the overall lead in the car race. The motorbike stage was cancelled because of heavy rain. Toyota driver Al-Rajhi and his German co-driver Dirk von Zitzewitz mastered the testing stage in Saudi Arabia to bounce back […]
Dakar’s women drivers helping their Saudi sisters
- 09-Jan-2020
They may be few in number but the women who have come to Saudi Arabia to race their vehicles across the sands in this year's Dakar Rally are making their voices heard
Down Syndrome competitor to make Dakar Rally history
- 03-Jan-2019
PERU: Lucas Barron will make history on Sunday when he lines up on the Dakar 2019 starting line in Peru, becoming the first person with Down Syndrome to take part in the grueling race. The 25-year-old, who will be co-pilot for his father Jacques, will tackle the world’s most demanding rally: a 5,000 kilometer (3,000 […]