There is a quiet difference between corporate philanthropy and structural investment. One makes good headlines. The other changes how systems work. The BMW Group’s partnership with UNICEF sits firmly in the second category. Two years into the global BRIDGE programme,…
Two weeks. Thirteen stages. Nearly 5,000 kilometres of desert, rock, dunes, fatigue and attrition. And at the end of it all, Defender stands on the top step. In its first-ever Dakar Rally entry, Defender has won the Stock class of…
The 2026 Dakar Rally has delivered a result few would have predicted twelve months ago. In only their second appearance at the world’s toughest off-road event, the Dacia Sandriders have taken overall victory, with Nasser Al-Attiyah and Fabian Lurquin controlling…
For TOYOTA GAZOO Racing W2RC, the 2026 Dakar Rally ended not with trophies, but with something just as valuable: all three cars across the finish line after one of the toughest editions in recent memory. Over nearly 8,000 kilometres of…
Stage 11 of the 2026 Dakar Rally delivered the moment TOYOTA GAZOO Racing W2RC had been trying to avoid all week. On one of the fastest stages of the event, a single mechanical failure brought their overall victory challenge to…
Halfway through its first-ever Dakar Rally, Defender Rally has already crossed a significant threshold. Not just in distance, but in credibility. Six stages down. Six Stock class wins. Three cars still running. As the 2026 Dakar pauses for its lone…
Reaching Dakar’s Rest Day is never routine. Doing so at the top of the leaderboard is something else entirely. After six demanding stages and 3,636 kilometres across Saudi Arabia, the Dacia Sandriders arrive in Riyadh leading the 2026 Dakar Rally…
Stage 6 of the 2026 Dakar Rally offered a reminder of why sand remains one of the event’s great equalisers. After days of rock and broken terrain, the rally shifted entirely onto dunes for its longest stage so far —…
