A very tight Dakar race five days from the finish – AUTOhebdo Show #18

For this eighteenth issue of L'Émission AUTOhebdo, we are interested in the first week of the Dakar 2026, and the beginning of the second, with an extremely small gap in the car standings, just five days from the arrival in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.

Also discovered with the young French hope Jules Roussel of the FRMEC, the Middle East Regional Formula, a championship in which he will take part and which he hopes to be able to use as a springboard towards a season of FREC, the FIA ​​European Regional Formula.

Finally, a return to the sleeves of Formula E and the Formula Regional Oceania weekend, the New Zealand competition having notably hosted the debuts in car of a certain Kalle Rovanperä, double world rally champion…

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00:00 – Opening credits and introduction
01:38 – Dacia in the lead at the halfway point of the Dakar Rally
09:46 – Jules Roussel in FRMET
15:32 – The guide WRC 2026, on newsstands Wednesday
17:13 – The results (Formula E and FROT)

Photo/video credits:
IPPD
Red Bull Content Pool
Ducati Corse
FIA WEC
Formula Regional Oceania Trophy