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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 2002 Dakar Rally, also known as the 2002 Arras–Madrid–Dakar Rally was the 24th running of the Dakar Rally event. The format of the rally was revised for 2002 with the introduction of two-day stages and two stages without the use of navigation aids. [ 1 ]
The 2021 Dakar Rally was a rally raid event held in Saudi Arabia and the 43rd edition of the Dakar Rally. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The event was held for 14 days, starting from 3 January and ended 15 January 2021.
A new Dakar Classic class was introduced in 2021 for cars and trucks manufactured before 2000, or new vehicles built to original pre-2000 specification. For the fifth edition in 2025, rules allowed another five years where 2005 became the latest specification year for the class, effectively making the rule 20 years for classification as classics.
Cars - 2002, 2003 Alister McRae Great Britain: 2009 Colin McRae Great Britain: 2004 Sue Mead United States: 2000 Fabrizio Meoni Italy: 1992 Bikes - 2001, 2002 Michel Merel France: 1980 René Metge France: 1979 Cars - 1981, 1984, 1986 Mark Miller United States: 2002 Jiří Moskal Czech Republic: 1986 Trucks - 1986, 1987, 1988 Jes Munk Denmark: 2011
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 2021 FIA World Rally Championship was the forty-ninth season of the World Rally Championship, a rallying competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Teams and crews competed in twelve rallies for the World Rally Championships for Drivers , Co-drivers and Manufacturers .
The 2003 Dakar Rally, also known as the 2003 Telefónica-Dakar Rally, was the 25th running of the Dakar Rally event. [1] The rally began on 1 January 2003 at Marseille in France and finished at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt on 19 January, with the course crossing North Africa. [2]