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This is a list of records in the Dakar Rally since 1979. [1] [2] [3] [4]Records are correct as of the 2024 Dakar Rally.Updates are likely to happen during a rally and are subject to change due to the nature of time penalties occurring throughout the rally.
Since 1979, 79 people are known to have died as a result of the Dakar rally. Among the 33 competitor fatalities, 24 were motorcycle related, 6 car related, 1 truck related, and 2 competitors died as a result of local rebel conflict. Up to 1992, collision was the most common cause of death among competitors.
The Dakar Rally or simply "The Dakar" (French: Le Rallye Dakar ou Le Dakar), formerly known as the "Paris–Dakar Rally" (French: Le Rallye Paris-Dakar), is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. Most events since the inception in 1978 were staged from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal.
1988 Dakar Rally also known as the 1988 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 10th running of the Dakar Rally event. 311 cars, 183 motorcycles, and 109 trucks started the rally. [1] The rally was won by Juha Kankkunen , the motorcycle category was won by Edi Orioli , and the truck category was won by Karel Loprais on a Tatra 815 . [ 2 ]
Dakar Début Titles Luciano Benavides Argentina: 2018 Mohammed Abu-Issa Qatar: 2014 Joseph Adua France: 2004 Gianni Lora Lamia Italy: 1990 Nasser Al-Attiyah Qatar: 2004 Cars - 2011, 2015 Nunzio Coffaro Venezuela: 2012 Cars T1.2 - 2012 Yazeed Al-Rajhi Saudi Arabia: 2015 Philippe Alliot France: 1988 Luc Alphand France: 1998 Cars - 2006 Alain ...
He died at age 47 near Kiffa, Mauritania, caused by a crash on 11 January 2005 on the 11th stage of the 2005 Dakar Rally. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] His official cause of death was cardiac arrest, according to his official website, [ 6 ] [ 3 ] although his injuries included cervical spine damage.
1979 Dakar Rally, also known as the 1979 Paris–Alger–Dakar Rally was the first running of the Dakar Rally event. The rally began on 26 December 1978 from Paris , France and finished on 14 January 1979 in Dakar , Senegal , interrupted by a transfer across the Mediterranean .
From 1979 to 1994, he took part in The Paris-Dakar rally, taking part in the first nine events on a motorcycle and the remaining seven in a car. On motorcycles, he won the event in 1981 and 1983 on a BMW R80G/S entered by BMW France, finishing in second in 1984. He broke both ankles on the penultimate day of the 1987 edition, while he was in ...