American Robby Gordon faces disqualification from the Dakar Rally after stewards recommended his removal from the race because his Hummer's engine does not conform to regulations.
Nasser Al-Attiyah has called time on the defense of his Dakar Rally title, pulling out of the 2012 race after problems with his car.
A flat tire saw Stéphane Peterhansel's lead in the Dakar Rally cut to seven and a half minutes by American Bobby Gordon who finished second behind stage eight winner Nani Roma.
Nasser Al-Attiyah kept his Dakar Rally title defense alive as he clawed back almost eight minutes in winning Saturday's seventh stage in Chile.
Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen is excited ahead of his return to Formula One next season, having signed a two-year deal with the renamed Lotus team in November.
Formula One's all-conquering Red Bull team announced on Thursday that Swiss Sebastien Buemi will serve as their reserve and test driver for the 2012 season.
Defending motorcycle champion Marc Coma of Spain won Wednesday's 362km fourth stage of the Dakar Rally from San Juan to Chilecito, although the Spaniard still trails KTM team-mate Cyril Despres in the overall standings.
Juan Roma won the third stage of the Dakar Rally in Argentina Tuesday as Mini teammate Krzysztof Holowczyc of Poland took the lead in the overall standings.
Defending champion Marc Coma claimed the 17th Dakar Rally motorcycle stage win of his career on Monday with victory in the 295km second stage from Santa Rosa de la Pampa to San Rafael in Argentina.
Stephane Peterhansel reveled in the challenging sand dunes which marked the fifth stage of the Dakar Rally and stepped up his challenge for yet another triumph in the event with an emphatic victory.
Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah held off teammate and race leader Carlos Sainz by just 25 seconds to claim victory in the third stage of the Dakar Rally on Tuesday.
Defending champions Carlos Sainz and Cyril Despres stretched their leads in this year's Dakar Rally as they doubled up again on the second stage.
Thousands of spectators turned out to cheer on competitors in the 2011 Dakar Rally as the historic race got underway in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Saturday.
Nasser Al-Attiyah closed the gap on Volkswagen team-mate Carlos Sainz's overall Dakar Rally lead after winning Wednesday's 220km 11th stage to San Juan in Argentina.
Nasser Al-Attiyah dominated the ninth stage of the Dakar Rally to take a big chunk out of Carlos Sainz's overall lead.
Defending motorcycle champion Cyril Despres of France won the 13th and penultimate stage of the Dakar Rally on Friday.
South African Giniel De Villiers is the new leader of the Dakar Rally after he won Thursday's 12th special stage and Spaniard Carlos Sainz was forced to pull out following a dramatic crash.
Former world champion Carlos Sainz strengthened his grip on the Dakar rally with a decisive victory in Sunday's eighth stage.
Defending champion Cyril Despres has won the motorcycle stage six of the Dakar Rally, with Spain's Marc Coma extending his overall advantage.
Spain's Carlos Sainz retained the overall lead in the Dakar Rally on Monday despite losing the third stage to Qatar's BMW driver Nasser Al-Attiyah in Argentina.
Former world rally champion Carlos Sainz had to settle for second place behind Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah on the opening stage of the 2009 Dakar Rally in Argentina on Saturday.
French motorbike rider Eric Aubijoux became the second fatality of this year's Dakar Rally on Saturday during the 14th stage between Tambacounda and Dakar.
Spanish motorcycle rider Marc Coma blew his chances of a second successive Dakar Rally win on Friday when he lost his way in the desert, hit a tree and knocked himself unconscious.
South Africa's Giniel De Villiers took the Dakar Rally overall lead on Friday after winning the seventh stage between Zouerat and Atar which was shortened because of a blinding sandstorm.
Former world rally champion Carlos Sainz took the lead in the Dakar Rally on Monday after drivers and riders arrived on African soil following the overnight crossing from Spain.
French driver Luc Alphand and Spanish rider Marc Coma achieved their first Dakar Rally victories at the end of a 9,000-km race overshadowed by the death of two young boy spectators and Australian biker Andy Caldecott.
Frenchman Luc Alphand is on course for his first Dakar rally victory despite finishing eighth on the penultimate stage after taking a wrong track.
Defending champion Stephane Peterhansel has lost the Dakar Rally lead after a costly tangle with a tree during stage 12, won by new leader Luc Alphand.
Australian motorcycle rider Andy Caldecott died on Monday following a crash in the ninth stage of the Dakar Rally, organizers said. He was 41.
Frenchman Jean-Louis Schlesser used his experience of the Dakar rally to the full to win the first stage on African soil in this year's race.
Frenchman Stephane Peterhansel clinched his second straight Dakar Rally title in the car category, adding to his six wins in the motorcycle race, when the event finished in Senegal's capital Sunday.
France's Stephane Peterhansel stayed in sight of his second successive Dakar Rally triumph by safely negotiating the 15th and penultimate stage of the grueling 2005 event.
Ari Vatanen of Finland won the 14th stage of the Dakar Rally while Stephane Peterhansel stayed on course to defend his overall title with just two days left.
Fabrizio Meoni, winner of the Dakar Rally in 2001 and 2002, died of a heart attack after a crash on Tuesday's 11th stage of the 2005 race, organizers said.
Defending champion Stephane Peterhansel of France won the 483 kilometer low-key 10th stage of the Dakar rally in Mauitania on Monday.
A sandstorm on the Sahara's edge on Friday forced cancellation of the Dakar rally's eighth stage because of bad visibility organizers said.
Defending champion Stephane Peterhansel, driving a Mitsubishi, won stage seven of the Dakar Rally to storm to the top of the standings.
Britain's Colin McRae took the 381km timed section of the fifth stage of the Dakar rally from Agadir to Smara, Morocco, on Tuesday for his second win of the event.
Robby Gordon claimed the first car category win by an American when he took Friday's opening stage of the Dakar Rally, a six kilometer super special on the Castelldefels beach near Barcelona.
France's former ski champion Luc Alphand took the Dakar Rally 14th stage honors for his second stage win in three days.
Stephane Peterhansel stormed into the lead in the Dakar Rally after mechanical problems cost Mitsubishi team mate Hiroshi Masuoka over an hour.
Spain's Josep-Maria Servia won Friday's second stage of the Paris-Dakar rally and took over the overall lead from Frenchman Stephane Peterhansel.
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