List_of_Dakar_Rally_records

List of Dakar Rally records

List of Dakar Rally records

Records broken in Dakar Rally Event

This is a list of records in the Dakar Rally since 1979.[1][2][3][4]

Records are correct as of the 2024 Dakar Rally. Updates are likely to happen during a rally and are subject to change due to the nature of time penalties occurring throughout the rally.

Bold names indicate active as of the most recently finished rally.

Stage wins for pilots and manufacturers will include any Dakar Experience/joker and prologue stage wins.

Bike

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Quad

Since 2009

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Lightweight

Since 2017 SSVs became a separate class from the cars.

Since 2021 the Lightweight class was further separated into T3 Lightweight Prototype and T4 Modified Production SSV.

For 2021 all Lightweights were under a single entry list but had separate general classifications. T3s had entry numbers from 380 to 399 and T4s had 400 to 454.

T4 Modified Production SSV

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T3 Lightweight Prototype

Since 2021

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Car

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Truck

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Classic

Since 2021

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Overall

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Rally

Entrants

  • Highest number of entrants (including 224 assistance cars and trucks): 688 (2005)
  • Highest number of entrants (only competitors): 603 (1988)
  • Highest number of female entrants: 17 (2019)[8]

Finishers

  • Highest number of finishers: 317 (2022) (446 including Classic)
  • Highest percentage of entrants finishing: 77.51% (2017) (80.94% including Classic)
  • Lowest number of entrants: 153 (1993)
  • Lowest number of finishers: 67 (1993)
  • Lowest percentage of entrants finishing: 20.58% (1986)

Distance

  • Longest rally: 15,000 km/9,320 miles (1986)
  • Shortest rally: 6263 km/3,892 miles (1981)

Countries

Biggest variation between first and last finisher (since 2009, until further reliable data is found)

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Individuals

Vehicle

  • Most successful vehicle model: Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution with 12 wins
  • Most manufacturer wins: Kamaz with 19 wins.
  • Most manufacturer finishes: Yamaha (bikes), Honda (bikes), Toyota (cars) had a vehicle finish in all 43 rallies

Countries

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Number of times entered

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References

  1. [1]
    "Retrospective 1979-2009" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Historic Book" (PDF). Dakar. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  3. [3]
    "The Odyssey Historic Book" (PDF). Dakar. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Rankings". Dakar. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Competition". Aixam.com. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Red Bull SMG Buggy: A Dakar Dream Machine". Red Bull. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  7. [7]
    "Century Racing Buggy". Archived from the original on 17 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  8. [8]
    "Record number of 17 women to compete in Dakar rally". Business Standard India. 2 January 2019. Archived from the original on 16 January 2020.
  9. [9]
    "Most consecutive Dakar rallies raced". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  10. [10]
    "Quadrijder Kees Koolen niet meer naar Dakar Rally". Rallymaniacs. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  11. [11]
    "YOSHIMASA SUGAWARA – HINO TEAM SUGAWARA – Dakar 2018". Dakar.com. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  12. [12]
    Sports (12 October 2017). "Dakar-2018: le Dakar en chiffres – Le Point". Lepoint.fr. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  13. [13]
    "Profile of ERIC ABEL - BBR/MERCIER - Dakar". Archived from the original on 6 January 2020.
  14. [14]
    "Van den Brink (16) as the youngest participant of Dakar Rally dream come true". Retrieved 21 January 2019.
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