List of Dakar Rally records

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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[edit]

Quad[edit]

Since 2009

Lightweight[edit]

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[edit]

T3 Lightweight Prototype[edit]

Since 2021

Car[edit]

Truck[edit]

Classic[edit]

Since 2021

Overall[edit]

Rally[edit]

Entrants[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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

Countries[edit]

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

Class Year First Pilot First Result Last Pilot Last Result Variation
Bike 2022 United Kingdom Sam Sunderland 38:47:30 Ecuador Juan Puga 203:59:47 +165:12:17
Quad 2014 Chile Ignacio Casale 68:28:04 Argentina Eugenio Favre 155:25:31 +86:57:27
T3 2022 Chile Francisco López Contardo 45:50:51 Russia Boris Gadasin 230:03:52 +184:13:01
T4 2018 Brazil Reinaldo Varela 72:44:06 Argentina Leo Larrauri 205:04:18 +132:20:12
Car 2019 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah 34:38:14 Spain Alex Aguirregaviria 524:26:48 +489:48:34
Truck 2014 Russia Andrey Karginov 55:00:28 Andorra Georges Ginesta 336:49:15 +391:48:47
Classic 2021 France Marc Douton 961 Spain Ignacio Corcuera 307707 +306746

Individuals[edit]

Vehicle[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Number of times entered[edit]

Country Entries
Senegal Senegal 27
Mali Mali 22
France France 21
Mauritania Mauritania 20
Niger Niger 14
Morocco Morocco 12
Spain Spain
Algeria Algeria 10
Argentina Argentina
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) 7
Chile Chile
Libya Libya 6
Guinea Guinea
Bolivia Bolivia 5
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
Peru Peru 4
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 3
Egypt Egypt 2
Portugal Portugal
Chad Chad
Tunisia Tunisia
South Africa South Africa 1
Angola Angola
Cameroon Cameroon
Gabon Gabon
Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo
Namibia Namibia
Central African Republic Central African Republic
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
Paraguay Paraguay

References[edit]

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