Rally 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.In 1982, 1985 and 1987, DAF DAF 'Team de Rooy' won the Truck Dakar Rally. In 1988 they literally launched the two most daring - badass racing trucks of all time, the DAF 95 Turbo Twin X1 and X2. Each truck was powered by two 11.6 litre diesel engines and each engine fuelled by three turbochargers. Each truck produced 2400 horse power, or 1765 KW. The eleven ton trucks flew past motor bikes in the desert and were faster than the Porsches and Peugeots - reaching speeds of over 240 kilometres an hour (150 mph).Running from January 1 -22, the 7th Paris - Algiers - Dakar was planned as the toughest yet, this time with a route of over 14,000 km which would be contested by a massive entry of 503 competitors, 360 of which were in the car/truck section. This time the Mitsubishi Pajero proved even more popular with three such machines entered by Sonauto Mitsubishi and no less than 37 private entries in Pajeros.With temperatures in excess of 40 degrees Celsius and the relentless pounding of the rocky desert as the cars hurtled through at high speeds, the "Dakar" represents the ultimate proving ground for any motor vehicle.
FINAL CLASSIFICATION 1985 Paris - Alger - Dakar Rally
Pos. Car No. Driver Manufacture TotaTime
1. 189 ZENIROLI/DA SILVA MITSUBISHI/PAJERO 48.27.00 2. 188 COWAN/SYER MITSUBISHI/PAJERO 00.26.19 3. 219 FOUGEROUSE/JACQUEMAR TOYOTA/FJ 6 05.34.32
4. 221 RATET/DE BELABRE TOYOTA/FJ 6 12.12.29 5. 205 MARREAU/MARREAU PENAULT13/51 12.61.31 6. 370 MARCI/JANSSENS ROVER/RANG 13.35.52
7. 420 TEZEKDJIAN/DOLLA MERCEDES/280 14.44.55
8. 211 DE DEYNE/BECKERS ROVER/LAND 21.19.30
9. 457 BOSTEELS/VANNESLANDE TOYOTA/BT4 22.30.20
10. 419 BOUCHET/VILLEPIGUE MERCEDES/280 23.14.34
FINAL CLASSIFICATION 1985 Paris - Alger - Dakar Rally
Pos. Car No. Driver Manufacture TotaTime
1. 189 ZENIROLI/DA SILVA MITSUBISHI/PAJERO 48.27.00 2. 188 COWAN/SYER MITSUBISHI/PAJERO 00.26.19 3. 219 FOUGEROUSE/JACQUEMAR TOYOTA/FJ 6 05.34.32
4. 221 RATET/DE BELABRE TOYOTA/FJ 6 12.12.29 5. 205 MARREAU/MARREAU PENAULT13/51 12.61.31 6. 370 MARCI/JANSSENS ROVER/RANG 13.35.52
7. 420 TEZEKDJIAN/DOLLA MERCEDES/280 14.44.55
8. 211 DE DEYNE/BECKERS ROVER/LAND 21.19.30
9. 457 BOSTEELS/VANNESLANDE TOYOTA/BT4 22.30.20
10. 419 BOUCHET/VILLEPIGUE MERCEDES/280 23.14.34