The World Rally Championship kicked off the past weekend, as usually from Monte Carlo. Reigning champion, Sebastian Ogier with the Citroen C3 WRC, took the first checkered flag of the season, while rally legend, Sebastian Loeb finished 4th with his Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC. Race results: Driver/Codriver Car 1 Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Citroën C3 WRC 2 Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 3 Ott Tanak Martin Jarveoja Toyota Yaris WRC 4 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 5 Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Toyota Yaris WRC 6 Kris Meeke Sebastian Marshall Toyota Yaris WRC 7 Gus Greensmith Elliott Edmondson Ford Fiesta R5 8 Yoann Bonato Benjamin Boulloud Citroën C3 R5 9 Stéphane Sarrazin Jacques-Julien Renucci Hyundai i20 R5 10 Adrien Formaux Renaud Jamoul Ford F

Glorious days for Fernando Alonso who has done it again. The two-time F1 champion this time won the Rolex 24 at Daytona, driving a Cadillac DPi along with Kamui Kobayashi, Jordan Taylor and Renger van der Zande. The race was stopped due to bad weather conditions, but that doesn't reduce the Spaniard's feat. It seems that Alonso has found his motive for racing again, through endurance racing, as he has already won the 24hour Le Mans last year. So, we will be hearing a lot of him in the future, despite having retired from Formula 1. Race results:  1. Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi (van der Zande/Taylor/Alonso/Kobayashi) 593 laps 2. Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi (Nasr/Curran/Derani) + 13.458s 3. Acura Team Penske Acura DPi (Taylor/Castroneves/Rossi) + 13.964s 4. CORE Autosport Nissan DPi (Bennett/Braun/Dumas/Duval) + 4 laps 5. JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac DPi (Goikhberg/Vautier/DeFrancesco/Barrichello) + 7 laps 6. DragonSpeed Oreca 07 Gibson (Gonzalez/Maldon

Sam Bird was the winner of the 2019 Antofagasta Minerals Santiago Eprix, after having started from 4th place. Tough race for pole-man, Sebastian Buemi who did not finish the race, whereas the championship leader, finished just 8th. Those 4 points were enough to keep d'Ambrosio on top of the table, while Bird is just on point off. Race results: Driver Team 1 Bird Envision 2 Wehrlein Mahindra 3 Abt AUDI 4 Mortara Venturi 5 Frijns Envision 6 Evans Jaguar 7 Sims BMW 8 d'Ambrosio Mahindra 9 Turvey Nio 10 Lopez Dragon Standings after the race: Drivers' Championship Driver Points 1 d'Ambrosio 44 2 Bird 43 3 DaCosta 28 4 Frijns 28 5 Vergne 28 6 Evans 22 7

After 10 exhausting days, the 2019 Dakar rally at Peru was concluded on January 17. The  winners in each category are as follows:   Bike Toby Price Quad Nicolas Cavigliasso Car Nasser Al-Attiyah SXS Francisco Lopez Contardo Truck Eduard Nikolaev

Bird started from pole position and turned first, although Vergne desperately tried to pass him. Later on, DaCosta and his teammate at BMW managed to pass Bird, thus gaining the lead. Unfortunately for the team, Sims tried to pass DaCosta for the lead and ruined the race of the leader, who ended up in the barriers. D'Ambrosio was third at that point and after that incident moved to first and took the checkered flag in front of Bird and Frijns. Race results: Driver Team 1 d'Ambrosio Mahindra 2 Bird Envision 3 Frijns Envision 4 Sims BMW 5 Vergne DS Techeetah 6 Lotterer DS Techeetah 7 diGrassi AUDI 8 Buemi Nissan 9 Evans Jaguar 10 Abt AUDI Standings after the race: Drivers' Championship Driver Points 1 d'Ambrosio 40 2 DaCosta

Today one of the most famous and prestigious races in the world is getting under way, the Dakar Rally. It was originally called Paris - Dakar rally, because participants used to start from Paris and finish after several days in Dakar, from 1979 until 2007. But in 2008 extremists groups threatened to cause problems, so the rally was cancelled. Since 2009 the rally is being held in South America and it remains the toughest and most dangerous race on earth. Over the years many racers have lost their lives, usually riders. The rally has been held in several countries, including Argentina and Chile. For example last year it took place in Peru, Bolivia and Argentina, while this year, it will take place in Peru only. It is the only race that so different vehicles take part, that is motorbikes, cars, trucks and quads.

The founder of Formula 1 team Force India, Vijay Mallya, has troubles with justice. A special court in India today declared him fugitive economic offender. You can read the whole article here: indiatimes.com