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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 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.
1979 Paris–Dakar Rally; 1980 Paris–Dakar Rally; ... 2016 Dakar route.jpg 258 × 387; 32 KB This page was last edited on 26 November 2024, at 18:27 (UTC). ...
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.
1979 Paris–Dakar Rally; R. 1979 Round Australia Trial; S. 1979 Southern Cross Rally; W. 1979 World Rally Championship This page was last edited on 3 April 2020, at ...
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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.
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 ...