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Female spectator Sonia Natalia Gallardo is stretcherd away after she was hit by a 4x4 vehicle on January 2. German driver Mirco Schultis will not be prosecuted over the death of Gallardo during the opening stage of the Dakar Rally. © AFP/Diario La Voz del Interior/File Ho

BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - German driver Mirco Schultis will not be prosecuted over the death of a female spectator during the opening stage of the Dakar Rally at the weekend, a judicial source confirmed on ...

Formula One's governing body has insisted the lifetime suspension from motor sport imposed on former Renault boss Flavio Briatore, seen here in 2009, still applies despite it being overturned by a Paris court. © AFP/File Shaun Curry

PARIS (AFP) - Formula One's governing body, the FIA, insisted on Wednesday the lifetime suspension from motor sport imposed on former Renault boss Flavio Briatore still applies despite it being overturned by a Paris ...

US Robby Gordon steers his Hummer during the 4th stage of the Dakar 2010 between Fiambala, Argentina, and Copiapo, Chile. Gordon won the stage, France's Stephane Peterhansel took the second place and leads the race and Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah the third. © AFP Gabriel Bouys

COPIAPO, Chile (AFP) - American Robby Gordon won the fourth stage of the Dakar Rally cars category Tuesday, a 163 km special stage from Fiambala in northern Argentina to Copiapo in Chile.

Gordon, driving a Hummer, ...

A Paris court on Tuesday ruled in favour of former Renault boss Flavio Briatore, pictured in 2009, overturning a lifetime suspension from motor sports imposed by Formula One's governing body, FIA. © AFP/File Shaun Curry

PARIS (AFP) - A Paris court on Tuesday ruled in favour of former Renault boss Flavio Briatore, overturning a lifetime suspension from motor sports imposed by Formula One's governing body, FIA.

The high court ...

Then Renault team chief Flavio Briatore gives a press conference at the Autodromo Nazionale circuit in Monza, September 2009. A Paris court on Tuesday ruled in favour of Briatore, overturning a lifetime suspension from motor sports imposed by Formula One's governing body, FIA. © AFP/File Fred Dufour

PARIS (AFP) - A Paris court on Tuesday ruled in favour of former Renault boss Flavio Briatore, overturning a lifetime suspension from motor sports imposed by Formula One's governing body, FIA.

The high court ...

France's Stephane Peterhansel steers his BMW during the 3rd stage of the Dakar 2010 between La Rioja and Fiambala, Argentina. French duo Stephane Peterhansel and Cyril Despres sealed third stage wins on the Dakar Rally, a 182km timed run from La Rioja to here. © AFP Gabriel Bouys

FIAMBALA, Argentina (AFP) - French veteran Stephane Peterhansel won stage three of the Dakar Rally here on Monday and claimed it was a step towards overall victory in the testing event.

Peterhansel, having ...

French Yamaha rider David Fretigne speaks to a reporter during Dakar Rally technical checks in Buenos Aires in December 2009. Fretigne won the second stage of the motorcycling category on Sunday at the Dakar Rally, a 294 km timed stage from Cordoba to La Rioja. © AFP/File Gabriel Bouys

LA RIOJA, Argentina (AFP) - Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah seized control of the Dakar Rally on Sunday as an investigation into the horror crash which claimed the life of a 28-year-old spectator continued.

Al-Attiyah, ...

French Yamaha rider David Fretigne speaks to a reporter during Dakar Rally technical checks in Buenos Aires on December 30. Fretigne won the second stage of the motorcycling category on Sunday at the Dakar Rally, a 294 km timed stage from Cordoba to La Rioja. © AFP/File Gabriel Bouys

LA RIOJA, Argentina (AFP) - France's David Fretigne of Yamaha won the second stage of the motorcycling category on Sunday at the Dakar Rally, a 294 km timed stage from Cordoba to La Rioja.

Compatriot David Casteu ...

France's Nicolas Gibon steers his Toyota during the Stage 1 of the Dakar Rally 2010 between Colon and Cordoba, Argentina. The Dakar Rally's grim reputation as the world's deadliest race claimed another victim on Saturday when a female spectator was killed on the opening stage of the gruelling 9,000km event. © AFP/POOL Natacha Pisarenko

CORDOBA, Argentina (AFP) - The Dakar Rally's grim reputation as the world's deadliest race claimed another victim on Saturday when a female spectator was killed on the opening stage of the gruelling 9,000km ...