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Jutta Kleinschmidt (born 29 August 1962) is a German competitor of offroad automotive racing events. She is known for her numerous showings in the Paris Dakar Rally, and notably for having won the event in 2001, becoming the first woman driver to win the race and the only German to win the car category. [1]
In 2021 she was the second woman to win a stage in Dakar Rally history. [2] She participates in the Extreme E electric cross-country series, driving for Lewis Hamilton's Team X44. [3] In 2021 she won the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, becoming the first-ever female driver to win the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies. [4]
In 2019, which was the first Dakar Rally to be held in just one country (Peru), Toyota won for the first time with Nasser Al-Attiyah (in his third victory with three different manufacturers). The bike category saw the KTM works team rider, Australian Toby Price, take his first Dakar victory, winning his second title in 2019.
Dakar Rally in pictures: AP photos show the speed and scenery as drivers take on the desert. Updated January 16, 2025 at 7:21 AM. 1 / 23. Dakar Rally Week Two Photo Gallery.
The country hosted the Paris–Dakar rally from 1979 until 2007. The Dakar Rally was an off-road endurance motorsport race which followed a course from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal. The competitors used off-road vehicles to cross the difficult geography.
Dakar (/ d ɑː ˈ k ɑːr, d æ-/ UK also: / ˈ d æ k ɑːr /; [4] French:; Wolof: Ndakaaru) [5] is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 million in 2023. Dakar is situated on the Cap-Vert peninsula, the westernmost point of ...
Most countries: 11 in 1992 (France, Libya, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Namibia, South Africa) Fewest countries: 1 in 2019 , 2020 - 2023 (Saudi Arabia) Biggest variation between first and last finisher (since 2009, until further reliable data is found)
The challenge in Congo and other African countries is compounded by a lack of funding for research, said Helen Rees, co-chair Of South Africa’s mpox incident management team.