Giniel De Villers tests his Toyota Hilux over the sands of Peru on the second stage of the 2013 Dakar Rally

Finding their feet in the Dakar desert

Name: Finding their feet in the Dakar desert
Uploaded: 2013-01-07T17:43:47Z
Duration: 3 min 57 s
Description: Day two of the Dakar sees the pilots struggling to find their way thanks to a problem with the GPS.

Finding their feet in the Dakar desert
Day two of the Dakar sees the pilots struggling to find their way thanks to a problem with the GPS.
3:57 min
Four-way battle: F1, drift, rallycross and truck vehicles face off
Patrick Friesacher, ‘Mad' Mike, Scott Speed and Andrew Carlson race F1, drift, rallycross and Pro4 vehicles.
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Route
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Stage 14: Winners of the 2023 Dakar
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9:05 min
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Stage 11: Into the Empty Quarter
The Dakarists face huge dunes in the deserted Empty Quarter where they must fix their own machines.
9:21 min
Stage 13: One hand on the trophy
With one stage left, Toby Price, Nasser Al-Attiyah and Austin Jones all lead as the Dakar reaches its climax.
10:06 min
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Stage 12: Out of the Empty Quarter
Toby Price, Nasser Al-Attiyah and Austin Jones all leave the vast desert of the Empty Quarter in the lead.
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8:43 min
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9:07 min
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Stage 10: Wet and wild in the wadi
Kevin Benavides chases down the leaders and a slo-mo celebration of wet and wild action from the wadis.
8:40 min
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Time for a break
It’s rest day and the mechanics are rebuilding the vehicles while the drivers relax. What’s happened so far…
11:22 min
Stage 6: A legend drops out of Dakar
Nasser Al-Attiyah takes another stage win over nearly 1,000km of dunes and dust, but Peterhansel crashes out.
8:13 min
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Stage 9: Just 3 secs off the lead
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6:58 min

Finding their feet in the Dakar desert

Finding their feet in the Dakar desert

Day two of the Dakar sees the pilots struggling to find their way thanks to a problem with the GPS.

Four-way battle: F1, drift, rallycross and truck vehicles face off

Patrick Friesacher, ‘Mad' Mike, Scott Speed and Andrew Carlson race F1, drift, rallycross and Pro4 vehicles.

In the Dust: Trailer

In the Dust goes behind the scenes of the world's toughest race: the Dakar Rally.

Route

Covering 5,000km, the Dakar Rally 2024 is made up of 1 prologue, 12 challenging stages and 14 days of racing.

Stage 14: Winners of the 2023 Dakar

Kevin Benavides snatches victory on the last stage to join Nasser Al-Attiyah and Austin Jones on the top step.

Stage 11: Into the Empty Quarter

The Dakarists face huge dunes in the deserted Empty Quarter where they must fix their own machines.

Stage 13: One hand on the trophy

With one stage left, Toby Price, Nasser Al-Attiyah and Austin Jones all lead as the Dakar reaches its climax.

Stage 12: Out of the Empty Quarter

Toby Price, Nasser Al-Attiyah and Austin Jones all leave the vast desert of the Empty Quarter in the lead.

Meet Daniel Sanders

Like his namesake, there's no stopping Chucky! We catch up with irrepressible GASGAS star Daniel Sanders.

Stage 7: Blazing a new trail

Nasser Al-Attiyah proved why he’s a four-time champion, acing a stiff test of navigation skills.

Dakar’s legendary riders

The Malle Moto riders race all day and fix bikes all night. Reaching the finish is a triumph. They love it.

Stage 10: Wet and wild in the wadi

Kevin Benavides chases down the leaders and a slo-mo celebration of wet and wild action from the wadis.

Time for a break

It’s rest day and the mechanics are rebuilding the vehicles while the drivers relax. What’s happened so far…

Stage 6: A legend drops out of Dakar

Nasser Al-Attiyah takes another stage win over nearly 1,000km of dunes and dust, but Peterhansel crashes out.

Stage 9: Just 3 secs off the lead

After a taxing special stage, Toby Price is just three seconds off the lead, and Loeb heads a Prodrive 1-2-3.

Stage 8: Battling back to the front

After 6,000km of racing, Sébastien Loeb wins a dramatic stage before rest day at the expense of Carlos Sainz.

Saturday action from Croatia

It's day two of Rally Croatia and with drivers more at home on the roads, the action's really hotting up.

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A new legion of rally fans get the chance to experience WRC on their home turf in Croatia.

Elfyn Evans test drives Mike Chen's SR3 XX

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Co-drivers – the unsung heroes

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