Nasser Al-Attiyah's bid for a second straight Dakar Rally victory came to an end on Tuesday when he was forced to retire his Hummer from the event following further alternator and engine problems
World Rally Championship star Nasser Al-Attiyah is still capable of taking back to back Dakar Rally victories despite being 43 minutes off the lead halfway through the 2012 event - according to his team boss Robby Gordon
Nasser Al-Attiyah's hopes of taking back to back Dakar Rally victories in different machinery have hit an early stumbling block when his Hummer came to a halt on the opening stage
Nasser Al-Attiyah has picked Robby Gordon's Hummer team for his new Dakar drive as he aims to repeat his 2011 win in the event
Former Citroen privateer Conrad Rautenbach has won this year's African Rally Championship: his second African title after the 27-year-old became the youngest-ever person to win the overall title in 2007
X Games star, occasional rally ace and future NASCAR driver Travis Pastrana took part in the recent East African Safari Rally in a Tuthill Porsche
Bjorn Waldegard, the inaugural World Rally champion in 1979, has become the first person to win the epic Safari Rally with a Porsche 911, run by British specialist Tuthill Porsche
Alister McRae has claimed the FIA Asia Pacific title for the first time after winning the China Longyou Rally in his Proton Satria S2000. Proton, run by Mellors Elliot Motorsport in Derbyshire, also claimed the manufacturers’ title.