South Africa’s Henk Lategan was forced to settle for second place overall as Saudi Arabia’s Yazeed Al-Rajji win the 2025 Dakar rally at his 11th attempt. The result completed a successful 1-2 finish for Toyota Racing in the Saudi Arabian desert. With newcomers Ford and Dacia still finding their feet in cross-country rallying and last year’s…

South Africa’s Henk Lategan faltered on the penultimate day of the gruelling 2025 Dakar Rally, leaving them 6min 11sec behind Saudi Arabia’s Yazeed Al Rajhi heading into the final stage. Lategan and co-driver Brett Cummings in the Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa (TGRSA) pair lost 8:38 on Yazeed Al Rajhi and co-driver Timo Gottschalk on Stage…

South Africa’s Henk Lategan regained the overall lead in the Dakar Rally on Wednesday with a 2min and 27sec advantage over Saudi Arabia’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi going into the penultimate stage. Lategan, who lost top spot to Al-Rajhi after Tuesday’s race having held the lead since stage two, finished 24th in the shortest stage so far, a…

Two puctures on Tuesday’s stage nine of the 2025 Dakar Rally proved costly for Henk Lategan and his co-driver Brett Cummings in his Toyota Gazoo Racing Hilux as he conceded the lead in the famous rally being held in Saudi Arabia. Yazeed Al-Rajhi took advantage of the South Africa’s misfortune to finish the day as overall…

South Africa's Henk Lategan is in control of the 2025 Dakar Rally after he won the eighth stage, to build a commanding advantage heading into the final four stages. It was a magic Monday for South Africa as Lategan and Brett Cummings finished ahead of their Toyota Gazoo Racing teammates Guy Botterill and Dennis Murphy in…

The much anticipated South African MX National Championships are set to take place at Dirt Bronco, in Krugersdorp on Saturday.

There was pure elation in Buenos Aires after the final stage of the 2015 Dakar as South Africa's Giniel de Villiers and navigator Dirk von Zitzewitz drove on to the podium to accept their trophies for second place overall.