Clock Quote by Kimi Raikkonen

Except for a very few elite pro racers up front, the Dakar Rally is not, at heart, a contest among the competitors; the battle,…

— Jonathan Miles

You hear stories about the horror crashes of the Dakar Rally, which is a long 16-day race, and about people getting lost in the…

— Charley Boorman

The race is long. It is better to drive within oneself and finish the race behind the other than it is to drive too…

— Garth Stein

Racing runs in the blood of my family and my dream was to do the Dakar one day.

— Andre Villas-Boas

Nobody loves finishing second, as we've seen in past races. It's a sport that you want to get everything you can out of it,…

— Bubba Wallace

Your perception of racing needs to be fine-tuned

— Mick Doohan

There is no place for arrogance or complacency in racing because you are up there one minute and on your backside the next.

— Tony McCoy

For me the best part about the racing is to let all your aggression - whatever you've got inside you - out on the…

— Magnus Backstedt

My key to victory was that I always went out way too fast. Too fast erases every other race strategy out there. Everyone is…

— Gerry Lindgren

For most of the competitors, winning the Dakar has little to do with the standings on the final day and everything to do with…

— Jonathan Miles

Each driver has some particular style, and you compete against each driver in each race a little bit differently.

— Denny Hamlin

Winning races is very difficult - actually, it's not: you just have to qualify in front, and then it's much easier, from what we've…

— Toto Wolff