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….
Мissing
parts
One of the
newspaper topicks -1982: Mark Thatcher missing in Sahara
10th
od January the British Prime Minister's son has been reported missing in
the Sahara desert while taking part in an international motor race.Mark
Thatcher, his co-driver and mechanic were last seen two days ago near the
Mali-Algerian border. They were competing in the Paris-Dakar rally.Margaret
Thatcher was said to be "very upset and very distressed".
On 15th
of January Tacher saga ends,the peguet crew was spottet by a C13Q Hercules
search plane, belonging to the Algerian army. He was 50km (31 miles) off the
route.
Despite all
disadvantages and the case of Mark Thatcher
,the brothers Claude Marreau and
Bernard Marreau, won for the Renault team while Cyril Neveu won the motorcycle
category for the Honda team.