Dakar Rally
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| January 2025 | TGR director of global motorsport Masaya Kaji revealed that Toyota is exploring the possibility of returning to Formula One, following their previous participation from 2002 to 2009 as a factory team. |
| 2024 | Peugeot Sport introduces the Peugeot 308 TCR racing car for touring car competitions in the TCR category. |
| 2024 | Brad Binder finishes 5th in Rider's standings with 217 points |
| 2024 | KTM Factory Racing maintains 6th place in Team standings with 304 points |
| 2024 | KTM retains 2nd place in Manufacturers standings with 327 points |
| 2024 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing continues MotoGP campaign with Dani Pedrosa, Brad Binder, Jack Miller, and new rider Pol Espargaró |
| 2024 | Carlos Sainz won the Dakar Rally for the fourth time. |
| 2024 | As president of Porto, won the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (Portuguese Super Cup). |
| 2024 | On the 20th anniversary of the coup attempt, Simon Mann provided The Daily Telegraph with emails and unpublished memoirs that included information showing that Mark Thatcher negotiated a profit-sharing arrangement related to the coup plot. |
| October 11 2024 | Toyota and Haas F1 Team announced a technical partnership where TGR will provide design, technical, and manufacturing services. Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda emphasized that this is not a full comeback to Formula One, but an opportunity for engineers, staff, and drivers to experience the sport. |
| May 14 2024 | Awarded Commander of the Order of Agricultural Merit by France |
| April 27 2024 | Won the Porto club elections with 80% of the votes, defeating incumbent president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, who had been in office for 42 years. |
| January 2024 | Announced his candidacy for the presidency of Porto, nearly three years after his last managerial stint at Marseille. |
| 2023 | Peugeot Sport continued competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with the Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar, finishing 5th in the championship and gradually developing their racing program. |
| 2023 | Peugeot earned their first podium finish in the World Endurance Championship at the 6 Hours of Monza. |
| 2023 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing competes in MotoGP with KTM RC16 motorcycles, featuring riders Dani Pedrosa, Brad Binder, and Jack Miller |
| 2023 | KTM secures 2nd place in Manufacturers standings with 373 points |
| 2023 | KTM Factory Racing achieves 4th place in Team standings with 456 points |
| 2023 | Brad Binder finishes 4th in Rider's standings with 293 points |
| 2023 | In the 2023 season, Acciona | Sainz XE Team started strongly at the Desert X-Prix, qualifying the fastest, achieving a super sector, and finishing the race in second place. |
| 2023 | Acciona | Sainz XE Team won their first race in Extreme E during Round 2 of the 2023 season. |
| 2023 | In the final two rounds of the 2023 season, the team finished in second place in one round and suffered a DNF in the other, ultimately losing the championship to RXR by 11 points. |
| 2023 | The team won their second race in Round 7 at the Island X-Prix II during the 2023 season. |
| 2023 | As president of Porto, won the Taça de Portugal (Portuguese Cup) for the 2023-24 season. |
| November 27 2023 | Received Order of the Crown of the Realm from Malaysia and renewed his 1st class membership in the Family Order of the Crown of Indra of Pahang |
| November 2 2023 | Became Knight of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation from the House of Savoy |
| September 6 2023 | Extreme E announced the cancellation of the rounds in Sardinia and Phoenix for the 2024 season, a week before the scheduled Island X-Prix. |
| June 2023 | Dismissed Claude Palmero as the manager of the Prince of Monaco's assets after over two decades of service, leading to a €1 million lawsuit and media leaks. |
| June 26 2023 | Named Paganini Ambassador by the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Italy. |
| January 2023 | Carlos Sainz Sr. suffered multiple spinal fractures after a crash at the Dakar Rally and was subsequently replaced by Mattias Ekström for the 2023 season. |
| January 1 2023 | Carlos Sainz Sr. participated in the 2023 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia's Sea Camp. |
| 2022 | Unveiled the GR Corolla, the fourth GR-branded car and second produced by Toyota, primarily built for the North American market and produced at the 'GR Factory'. |
| 2022 | Peugeot Sport entered the FIA World Endurance Championship with the new Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar, competing in the Hypercar class and finishing 4th in the championship. |
| 2022 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing achieves their best team result, finishing 2nd in the team standings with Brad Binder and Miguel Oliveira as riders |
| 2022 | Carlos Sainz Sr. maintained the same driver line-up for the 2022 season and the team achieved two podium finishes at the Desert X-Prix and Copper X-Prix. |
| 2022 | Acciona | Sainz XE Team finished in third place in the teams' championship for the 2022 season. |
| 2022 | André Villas-Boas decides to end his managerial career and focuses on his candidacy for Porto presidency. |
| October 19 2022 | Received Medal of Honor for Commercial and Fishing Sailors from France |
| October 14 2022 | Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Prince Henry by Portugal |
| January 13 2022 | Carlos Sainz Sr. competed in the 2022 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia's Bisha. |
| January 4 2022 | Carlos Sainz Sr. participated in the 2022 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia's Al Qaisumah. |
| 2021 | Introduced the GR86, the third GR-branded car, which is the second generation of the 86 sports car jointly developed with Subaru. |
| 2021 | Brad Binder and Miguel Oliveira represent the team, with the squad finishing 6th in team standings |
| 2021 | The team achieved a podium finish at the Arctic X-Prix during its first season. |
| 2021 | Acciona | Sainz XE Team made its debut at the 2021 Desert X-Prix. |
| October 2021 | Collaborated with Torres Strait Islander artist Alick Tipoti on the documentary film 'Alick and Albert', which premiered at the Brisbane International Film Festival. |
| September 14 2021 | Prince Albert became the first head of state to fly in an electric plane, taking a 30-minute flight with pilot Raphaël Domjan over Monaco in a Pipistrel Velis128. |
| May 23 2021 | Concluded his first WRC appearance at the Rally de Portugal, finishing 12th in the WRC3 category. |
| May 20 2021 | Made his maiden appearance in the World Rally Championship, competing in the WRC3 category of the Rally de Portugal, driving a Citroën C3 Rally2 with co-driver Gonçalo Magalhães. |
| February 8 2021 | Peugeot revealed their driver lineup for the WEC 2022 season, including Loic Duval, Jean-Éric Vergne, Mikkel Jensen, Gustavo Menezes, Paul Di Resta, and Kevin Magnussen, with James Rossiter as simulator/reserve driver. |
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