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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.
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.
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.
It includes Dakar Rally drivers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Drivers who have won the Dakar Rally , held since 1979. Pages in category "Dakar Rally–winning drivers"
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 ...
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 .
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 ]
The KTM on which Andy Caldecott placed sixth in the 2005 Dakar Rally. 2005 Dakar Rally also known as the 2005 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 27th running of the Dakar Rally event. The 2005 event was 5,565 miles (8,956 km) long, began in Barcelona on 31 December 2004 and passed through Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania and Mali before ending at Dakar in Senegal on 16 January 2005. [1]