"Paris-Dakar Rally" redirects here. For the video game, see Paris-Dakar Rally (video game).
Dakar Rally
Category
Rally raid
Region
Europe and Africa (1979–2007) South America (2009–2019) Saudi Arabia & Middle East (2020–present)
Inaugural season
1979
Drivers' champion
Carlos Sainz Sr. (Cars) Ricky Brabec (Bikes) Martin Macík (Trucks) Manuel Andújar (Quads) Cristina Gutiérrez (Challenger (T3)) Xavier de Soultrait (SSV (T4)) Carlos Santaolalla (Classics) Jordi Juvanteny (Mission 1000)
Official website
Dakar.com
Current season
The Paris – Dakar route for the 1981 edition.
Thierry Sabine, founder of the Dakar Rally, pictured in 1986.
1981 Dakar competitor Rolls-Royce Corniche.
Countries the rally has been through from 1979 to 2007 (orange countries were only travelled through in the 1992 race to Cape Town). Participants used maritime transport to get from the Republic of the Congo to Angola.
Countries through which the Dakar Rally has been from 2009 to 2018 since it was moved from the previous Paris-Dakar route due to security concerns. Cities included are major start/end points.
Tracks through the Sahara desert in Mauritania.
Cars on display in 1993 in Paris.
A support truck during the 2004 Dakar.
2011 Dakar Rally personal main prize (trucks T4).
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. Security threats in Mauritania led to the cancellation of the 2008 rally, and events from 2009 to 2019 were held in South America.[1][2][3] Since 2020, the rally has been held in Saudi Arabia. The event is open to amateur and professional entries, professionals typically making up about eighty percent of the participants.
The rally is an off-road endurance event. The terrain that the competitors traverse is much tougher than that used in conventional rallying, and the vehicles used are typically true off-road vehicles and motorcycles, rather than modified on-road vehicles. Most of the competitive special sections are off-road, crossing dunes, mud, camel grass, rocks, and erg among others. The distances of each stage covered vary from short distances up to 800–900 kilometres (500–560 mi) per day. The rough terrain, driver fatigue, and lack of skill usually results in accidents and serious injuries.
^"Motorcycle competitors race away as Dakar Rally leaves Buenos Aires". Clutch & Chrome. 2009-01-03. Archived from the original on January 20, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
^"Dakar in Argentia, Chile and Peru". ASO. 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
^"Dakar stays in South America for 2011". Autosport. 2010-03-23.
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Global Information
Carlos Sainz Sr. (Cars)
Ricky Brabec (Bikes)
Martin Macík (Trucks)
Manuel Andújar (Quads)
Xavier de Soultrait (SSV (T4))
Current season
