Rally Paris-Dakar 1990
1990 Dakar Rally also known as the 1990 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 12th running of the Dakar Rally event. 465 competitors started from La Défense.[1] The rally was won by 1981 world rally champion, Ari Vatanen, for the third time in four years.[2] The motorcycle class was won by Edi Orioli....Read more
Rally Paris-Dakar 1989
1989 Dakar Rally also known as the 1989 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 11th running of the Dakar Rally event. The course went through Libya for the first time. A record 209 of the 473 competitors completed the rally.[1] The rally was won by 1981 world rally champion, Ari Vatanen.[2] The motorcycle class was won by Gilles Lalay.[1] ....Read more
Rally Paris-Dakar 1988Over 600 vehicles started out from Versailles. Peugeot, which had made a successful debut the previous year, set out to defend its title. But Ari Vatanen, having led the rally at Bamako, was at the centre of a shock when his 405 Turbo 16 was stolen and then found too late to continue. The lion brand triumphed nevertheless, courtesy of his compatriot Juha Kankunnen.
DAF Truck co-driver Kees Van Loevezijn lost his life during the 7th stage of the 1988 Paris-Dakar Rally, the his truck somersaulted at over 180 km/h...Read more Rally Paris-Dakar 1987
1987 Dakar Rally also known as the 1987 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 9th running of the Dakar Rally event. The rally was won by 1981 world rally champion, Ari Vatanen.[1] Cyril Neveu won his fifth motorcycle title after Hubert Auriol broke both ankles in a fall and retired.....Read more
Rally Paris-Dakar 1986
1986 Dakar Rally also known as the 1986 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 8th running of the Dakar Rally event. René Metge and Dominique Lemoyne won the car class for the second time; Cyril Neveu won the motorcycle class. The event was overshadowed by the death of the event organiser, Thierry Sabine, and four others, including French singer Daniel Balavoine, in a helicopter crash....Read more
Rally Paris-Dakar 1985
1985 Dakar Rally also known as the 1985 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 7th running of the Dakar Rally event. The race began at Versailles. Patrick Zaniroli and Jean Da Silva won the car class for the Mitsubishi team. Gaston Rahier won his second successive motorcycle class.....Read more
Rally Paris-Dakar 1984
1984 Dakar Rally also known as the 1984 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 6th running of the Dakar Rally event. The course was extended through Ivory Coast, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Mauritania. 427 competitors started. René Metge and Dominique Lemoyne won the car class with a Porsche 953, which was often called the 911 SC/RS 4x4, and Gaston Rahier won the motorcycles class......Read more
Rally Paris-Dakar 1983
Теnere.Sandstorm.All rally out of fuell.Fatal accident.
The first visit to the Tenere desert was as astounding as it was terrifying. The competitors found themselves plunged into an interminable sandstorm which caused no less than 40 drivers to lose their bearings. Those who strayed furthest had to spend as much as four days getting back on course... Read more Rally Paris-Dakar 1982
The Paris-Dakar rapidly won over the public, fascinated by these ordinary adventurers defying the desert with limited resources. 1982 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 4th running of the Dakar Rally event. 382 competitors took part.Everythink was going according the plan but…. Read more
Rally Paris-Dakar 1981
Dakar Rally also known as the 1981 Paris-Dakar Rally was the 3rd running of the Dakar Rally event. The car class was won by René Metge and Bernard Giroux with Range Rover. The motorcycle class was won by Hubert Auriol with BMW R80 G/S. Adrien Villette was winner in the class of trucs with ALM/ACMAT.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydnu80PI1lg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsUOa9b0vOo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5R3e4yawLU ....More info FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix 2013 calendarThe world’s best riders compete around the globe on high tech 800cc prototypes designed and built by the top engineers that Ducati, Yamaha, Honda and Suzuki have to offer, each capable of speeds well in excess of 200mph and boasting acceleration unrivaled in any other form of roadracing, two or four wheeled...Read more
Rally Paris-Dakar 1980
The Dakar rally is probably the most gruelling and dangerous motor race in the world. Motorcycles, cars, quad bikes and trucks compete, not so much with each other, but with the race itself, to survive each year’s course. Competitors slog through each mile in danger of serious injury and death....Read more
Rally Paris-Dakar 1979
Thierry Sabine (13 June 1949, Neuilly-sur-Seine – 14 January 1986, Mali) was a French wrangler, motorcycle racer, and founder and main organizer of Paris Dakar. In 1977 he got lost in the Libyan Desert during the Abidjan-Nice Race. During this time he decided that desert would be a good location for a regular rally, where every amateur of racing life could check his abilities.......Read more Rally Paris-Dakar 1978
The competition will have 14 stages, the cars category will cover 8574 kilometers (4419 km linked and 4155 km timed); the motorcycles category will cover 8423 km (4277 km linked and 4146 km timed) and the trucks category will cover 8121 km (4580 km linked and 3541 km timed).....Read more
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01. 2013 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne) 15 - 17 Mar 02. 2013 PETRONAS MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX(Kuala Lumpur)22-24 Mar 03. 2013 UBS CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Shanghai) 12 - 14 Apr ..........Read more FIA Awards 2012 ceremony For the third successive year, Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel was the toast of the annual FIA Prize Giving Gala. Vettel was handed the coveted 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship trophy by FIA President Jean Todt at this year’s event, which was held on Friday evening in Istanbul, Turkey. After the thrilling championship finale at the Brazilian Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel found himself officially crowned the World Driver’s Champion after receiving the trophy for the third time in three years. "Winning the title with Red Bull Racing three times in a row makes us all feel very proud," said Vettel. “Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen were also at the event to collect their trophies for finishing second and third in the championship.
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Rally Paris-Dakar 1988
1988 – DAF Truck co-driver Kees Van Loevezijn lost his life during the 7th stage of the 1988 Paris-Dakar Rally, the his truck somersaulted at over 180 km/h. He was practically thrown out of the truck and killed instantly. He died in the same truck that had previously won the truck class in the 1987 Dakar Rally. Following the dreadful accident, DAF Trucks decided to withdrew from the sport for good.Only one stage later, co-driver Patrick Canado lost his life near Arlit (still in Niger). Some days later, when the Dakar caravan crossed the country of Mali, motorcyclist Jean-Claude Huger was the third and last competitor to lose his life in the 1988 edition of the rally. Belgian biker Andre Malherbe was also injured during the 5th stage of the competition, the accident later leading to paralysis.Also in 1988, no less than 4 spectators were killed during the Paris-Dakar Rally: Mali's 10-year old girl Baye Sibi who was killed by a Dakar vehicle while crossing the street, a Mauritanian women and her child who were killed by a film crew vehicle and a Senegalese girl who fell from a wooden Dakar platform. PANA news agency representing the Dakar Rally organizers publicly stated that the 4 deaths were “insignificant for the organizers”, attracting immense criticism from the Vatican.