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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. The rally is an off-road endurance event.
The Dakar Rally has received criticism because of its high mortality rates, with the Vatican Paper describing the event as "the bloody race of irresponsibility". [1] The event received particular criticism in the 1988 race, when three Africans were killed in collisions with vehicles involved in the race.
French driver Patrick Zaniroli during the 1988 Paris-Dakar italian driver Gianni Lora Lamia during the Granada-Dakar 1999 Nunzio Coffaro , Piloto de automovilismo, Rally Cross Country, ha participado en numerosas ocaciones en competencias internacionales representando a Venezuela.
The 2025 Dakar Rally is a rally raid event that took place in Saudi Arabia. It is the 47th edition of the Dakar Rally , organized by Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), and the 6th time Saudi Arabia has hosted the event.
The 2024 Dakar Rally was a rally raid event held in Saudi Arabia. It was the 46th edition of the Dakar Rally , organized by Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), and the 5th time Saudi Arabia has hosted the event.
This is a list of records in the Dakar Rally since 1979. [1] [2] [3] [4]Records are correct as of the 2025 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.
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.
The 2001 rally was 6,600 miles (10,600 km) long and began in Paris, France, on New Year's Day, passing through Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, before finishing at Dakar in Senegal. [2] [3] This was the last Paris-Dakar Rally that commenced and finished in the same locations as the original race.