Dakar Rally 2012

Route of the Dakar Rally 2012

The 2012 Dakar Rally was the 34th edition of the Dakar Rally and the 33rd that actually took place. It took place for the fourth time in South America .

The rally started on January 1st in Mar del Plata and ended on January 15th in Lima .

A total of 443 vehicles took part, including 178 motorcycles, 30 quads, 161 cars and 74 trucks.

route

In several respects, the route shows major changes compared to previous years.

After the rally had been held exclusively in Argentina and Chile in the previous three years , the route now also ran through parts of Peru .

In all previous South America events, the rally has always been held in the form of a loop with start and finish in Buenos Aires . In 2012, the Dakar Rally was held for the first time as a point-to-point race with different start and finish locations.

stage	date	From	To	connection	Rating	total
				km	km	km
1	January 1st	Mar del Plata	Santa Rosa de la Pampa	796	60	856
2	January 2nd	Santa Rosa de la Pampa	San Rafael	486	290	776
3	January 3rd	San Rafael	San Juan	293	208	501
4th	January 4th	San Juan	Chilecito	388	326	714
5	January 5th	Chilecito	Fiambalá	246	177	423
6th	6th January	Fiambalá	Copiapó	394	247	641
7th	January 7th	Copiapó	Copiapó	154	444	598
	January 8th	Rest day in Copiapó
8th	January 9th	Copiapó	Antofagasta	209	477	686
9	10. January	Antofagasta	Iquique	9	557	566
10	11th January	Iquique	Arica	317	377	694
11	January 12th	Arica	Arequipa	120	478	598
12	13th January	Arequipa	Nazca	440	246	686
13	January 14th	Nasca	Pisco	76	276	352
14th	15. January	Pisco	Lima	254	29	283

Note: The kilometer information relates to the length of the route in the car rating. In several stages, however, there were different route lengths for the various vehicle classes, so that different kilometer information sometimes applies to trucks or motorbikes / quads.

Stage winner

Stage 1

motorcycles

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Francisco Lopez	Aprilia	00:32:37
2	Marc Coma	KTM	+ 00:00:14
3	Javier Pizzolito	Honda	+ 00:00:27
4th	Quinn Alexis Cody	Honda	+ 00:00:30
5	Jakub Przygoński	KTM	+ 00:00:49

Quads

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Sergio La Fuente	Yamaha	00:40:13
2	Lukasz Laskawiec	Yamaha	+ 00:00:33
3	Marcos Patronelli	Yamaha	+ 00:00:54
4th	Tomas Maffei	Yamaha	+ 00:01:07
5	Pablo Sebastian Copetti	Yamaha	+ 00:01:23

cars

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Leonid Novitskiy Andreas Schulz	Mini	00:32:12
2	Krzysztof Hołowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin	Mini	+ 00:00:05
3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean Paul Cottret	Mini	+ 00:00:09
4th	Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	+ 00:00:15
5	Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell	lobster	+ 00:00:49

truck

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Marcel van Vliet Bell Peter Serge Bruynkens	MAN	00:37:45
2	Gerard de Rooy Darek Rodewald Tom Colsoul	Iveco	+ 00:00:26
3	Franz Echter Detlef Ruf Artur Klein	MAN	+ 00:00:56
4th	Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero	Iveco	+ 00:01:06
5	Artur Ardavichus Alexey Kuzmich Nurlan Turlubaev	KAMAZ	+ 00:01:16

Stage 2

motorcycles

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Marc Coma	KTM	03:07:21
2	Cyril Despres	KTM	+ 00:01:18
3	Joan Barreda Bort	Husqvarna	+ 00:02:33
4th	Francisco Lopez	Aprilia	+ 00:02:44
5	Jakub Przygoński	KTM	+ 00:04:17

Quads

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Sergio La Fuente	Yamaha	03:49:56
2	Alejandro Patronelli	Yamaha	+ 00:04:08
3	Tomas Maffei	Yamaha	+ 00:08:35
4th	Marcos Patronelli	Yamaha	+ 00:08:54
5	Lucas Bonetto	Honda	+ 00:14:23

cars

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Nasser Al-Attiyah Lucas Cruz	lobster	02:47:18
2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean Paul Cottret	Mini	+ 00:00:54
3	Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell	lobster	+ 00:02:42
4th	Krzysztof Holowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin	Mini	+ 00:03:31
5	Nani Roma Michel Périn	Mini	+ 00:04:15

truck

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Gerard de Rooy Darek Rodewald Tom Colsoul	Iveco	03:10:00
2	Eduard Nikolajew Sergey Savostin Vladimir Rybakov	KAMAZ	+ 00:03:21
3	Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard of the Children	Iveco	+ 00:04:56
4th	Ayrat Mardeev Anton Shibalov Aydar Belyaev	KAMAZ	+ 00:04:58
5	Aleš Loprais Petr Almáši Michal Ernst	Tatra Mountains	+ 00:06:07

Stage 3

motorcycles

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Cyril Despres	Aprilia	03:48:38
2	Frans Verhoeven	Sherco	+ 00:08:37
3	Paulo Gonçalves	Husqvarna	+ 00:08:39
4th	Hélder Rodrigues	Yamaha	+ 00:10:03
5	David Casteu	Yamaha	+ 00:11:42

Quads

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Pablo Sebastian Copetti	Yamaha	04:47:53
2	Marcos Patronelli	Yamaha	+ 00:05:36
3	Tomas Maffei	Yamaha	+ 00:07:28
4th	Alejandro Patronelli	Yamaha	+ 00:07:55
5	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	+ 00:17:28

cars

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Nani Roma Michel Périn	Mini	02:26:51
2	Krzysztof Holowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin	Mini	+ 00:01:09
3	Nasser Al-Attiyah Lucas Cruz	lobster	+ 00:01:29
4th	Giniel De Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	+ 00:01:33
5	Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell	lobster	+ 00:02:08

truck

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero	Iveco	02:50:53
2	Artur Ardavichus Alexey Kuzmich Nurlan Turlubaev	KAMAZ	+ 00:01:09
3	Andrei Karginow Igor Devyatkin Andrei Mokeiev	KAMAZ	+ 00:02:19
4th	Aleš Loprais Petr Almáši Michal Ernst	Tatra Mountains	+ 00:03:34
5	Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard of the Children	Iveco	+ 00:04:37

Stage 4

motorcycles

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Marc Coma	KTM	04:16:43
2	Cyril Despres	KTM	+ 00:02:02
3	Frans Verhoeven	Sherco	+ 00:08:26
4th	Hélder Rodrigues	Yamaha	+ 00:09:01
5	Paulo Gonçalves	Husqvarna	+ 00:11:18

Quads

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Tomas Maffei	Yamaha	05:13:30
2	Alejandro Patronelli	Yamaha	+ 00:05:33
3	Marcos Patronelli	Yamaha	+ 00:07:56
4th	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	+ 00:28:36
5	Lucas Bonetto	Honda	+ 00:31:27

cars

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean Paul Cottret	Mini	03:49:33
2	Orlando Terranova Andy Grider	Toyota	+ 00:05:19
3	Giniel De Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	+ 00:06:42
4th	Nani Roma Michel Périn	Mini	+ 00:07:35
5	Krzysztof Holowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin	Mini	+ 00:10:51

truck

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Gerard de Rooy Darek Rodewald Tom Colsoul	Iveco	04:22:12
2	Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard of the Children	Iveco	+ 00:01:13
3	Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero	Iveco	+ 00:01:43
4th	Marcel van Vliet Bell Peter Serge Bruynkens	MAN	+ 00:06:22
5	Eduard Nikolajew Sergey Savostin Vladimir Rybakov	KAMAZ	+ 00:08:16

Stage 5

motorcycles

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Cyril Despres	KTM	02:28:33
2	Marc Coma	KTM	+ 00:01:41
3	Joan Barreda Bort	Husqvarna	+ 00:12:42
4th	Štefan Svitko	KTM	+ 00:13:55
5	Jordi Viladoms	KTM	+ 00:14:17

Quads

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Marcos Patronelli	Yamaha	02:58:37
2	Alejandro Patronelli	Yamaha	+ 00:01:51
3	Tomas Maffei	Yamaha	+ 00:04:08
4th	Lucas Bonetto	Honda	+ 00:26:41
5	Rodrigo Ramirez	Can-Am	+ 00:40:32

cars

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Krzysztof Holowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin	Mini	02:10:51
2	Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell	lobster	+ 00:01:01
3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean Paul Cottret	Mini	+ 00:03:52
4th	Nani Roma Michel Périn	Mini	+ 00:07:47
5	Leonid Novitskiy Andreas Schulz	Mini	+ 00:08:18

truck

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Gerard de Rooy Darek Rodewald Tom Colsoul	Iveco	02:34:30
2	Aleš Loprais Petr Almáši Michal Ernst	Tatra Mountains	+ 00:00:14
3	Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero	Iveco	+ 00:01:19
4th	Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard of the Children	Iveco	+ 00:01:39
5	Artur Ardavichus Alexey Kuzmich Nurlan Turlubaev	KAMAZ	+ 00:14:35

Stage 6

The sixth stage has been canceled at short notice due to heavy rain and snowfall in the Andean region on the border between Argentina and Chile. In addition, the border crossing on Paso de San Francisco at an altitude of 4700 m was closed. At 8 a.m. local time, a convoy of all vehicles involved in the rally made its way to the bivouac in Copiapó, where the 7th stage was held on Saturday as scheduled.

Stage 7

motorcycles

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Marc Coma	KTM	03:51:35
2	Cyril Despres	KTM	+ 00:02:03
3	Paulo Gonçalves	Husqvarna	+ 00:02:49
4th	Hélder Rodrigues	Yamaha	+ 00:03:46
5	Gerard Farrés Guell	KTM	+ 00:06:50

Quads

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Alejandro Patronelli	Yamaha	04:36:16
2	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	+ 00:17:10
3	Sergio La Fuente	Yamaha	+ 00:33:59
4th	Rodrigo Ramirez	Can-Am	+ 00:38:39
5	Emiliano Fuenzalida	Yamaha	+ 00:41:31

cars

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Nasser Al-Attiyah Lucas Cruz	lobster	03:26:57
2	Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell	lobster	+ 00:07:30
3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean Paul Cottret	Mini	+ 00:07:53
4th	Krzysztof Holowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin	Mini	+ 00:14:57
5	Nani Roma Michel Périn	Mini	+ 00:15:19

truck

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Gerard de Rooy Darek Rodewald Tom Colsoul	Iveco	04:20:32
2	Aleš Loprais Petr Almáši Michal Ernst	Tatra Mountains	+ 00:03:59
3	Andrei Karginow Igor Devyatkin Andrei Mokeiev	KAMAZ	+ 00:16:32
4th	Artur Ardavichus Alexey Kuzmich Nurlan Turlubaev	KAMAZ	+ 00:17:37
5	Wulfert van Ginkel Daniel Bruinsma Richard de Rooy	Ginaf	+ 00:17:54

Stage 8

motorcycles

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Marc Coma	KTM	05:03:52
2	Pål Anders Ullevålseter	KTM	+ 00:01:55
3	Ruben Faria	KTM	+ 00:07:00
4th	Hélder Rodrigues	Yamaha	+ 00:07:10
5	Joan Barreda Bort	Husqvarna	+ 00:08:44

Quads

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Marcos Patronelli	Yamaha	06:14:07
2	Alejandro Patronelli	Yamaha	+ 00:02:38
3	Tomas Maffei	Yamaha	+ 00:09:50
4th	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	+ 00:19:03
5	Sergio La Fuente	Yamaha	+ 00:31:30

cars

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Nani Roma Michel Périn	Mini	04:25:44
2	Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell	lobster	+ 00:00:05
3	Krzysztof Holowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin	Mini	+ 00:02:04
4th	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean Paul Cottret	Mini	+ 00:05:38
5	Nasser Al-Attiyah Lucas Cruz	lobster	+ 00:08:09

truck

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Aleš Loprais Petr Almáši Michal Ernst	Tatra Mountains	05:07:17
2	Gerard de Rooy Darek Rodewald Tom Colsoul	Iveco	+ 00:01:31
3	Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero	Iveco	+ 00:12:20
4th	Artur Ardavichus Alexey Kuzmich Nurlan Turlubaev	KAMAZ	+ 00:13:56
5	Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard of the Children	Iveco	+ 00:16:23

Stage 9

motorcycles

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Hélder Rodrigues	Yamaha	05:16:17
2	Cyril Despres	KTM	+ 00:03:16
3	Štefan Svitko	KTM	+ 00:04:35
4th	Jordi Viladoms	KTM	+ 00:05:58
5	Frans Verhoeven	Sherco	+ 00:07:02

Quads

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Alejandro Patronelli	Yamaha	06:21:18
2	Marcos Patronelli	Yamaha	+ 00:01:02
3	Tomas Maffei	Yamaha	+ 00:44:07
4th	Sergio La Fuente	Yamaha	+ 00:49:32
5	Roberto Tonetti	Yamaha	+ 00:51:26

cars

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell	lobster	04:35:21
2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean Paul Cottret	Mini	+ 00:01:38
3	Nani Roma Michel Périn	Mini	+ 00:08:37
4th	Krzysztof Holowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin	Mini	+ 00:10:35
5	Ricardo Leal Dos Santos Paulo Fiuza	Mini	+ 00:15:23

truck

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero	Iveco	05:29:02
2	Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard of the Children	Iveco	+ 00:00:20
3	Gerard de Rooy Darek Rodewald Tom Colsoul	Iveco	+ 00:00:54
4th	Artur Ardavichus Alexey Kuzmich Nurlan Turlubaev	KAMAZ	+ 00:08:54
5	Pep Vila Moisès Torrallardona Peter van Eerd	Iveco	+ 00:20:19

Stage 10

motorcycles

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Joan Barreda Bort	Husqvarna	04:18:43
2	Marc Coma	KTM	+ 00:01:32
3	Cyril Despres	KTM	+ 00:03:39
4th	Hélder Rodrigues	Yamaha	+ 00:05:16
5	Jordi Viladoms	KTM	+ 00:08:48

Quads

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Tomas Maffei	Yamaha	05:10:08
2	Marcos Patronelli	Yamaha	+ 00:12:56
3	Alejandro Patronelli	Yamaha	+ 00:13:26
4th	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	+ 00:21:00
5	Sergio La Fuente	Yamaha	+ 00:32:27

cars

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Nani Roma Michel Périn	Mini	03:59:37
2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean Paul Cottret	Mini	+ 00:00:21
3	Giniel De Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	+ 00:07:44
4th	Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell	lobster	+ 00:14:14
5	Bernhar Ten Brinke Matthieu Baumel	Mitsubishi	+ 00:29:47

truck

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Artur Ardavichus Alexey Kuzmich Nurlan Turlubaev	KAMAZ	05:06:11
2	Andrei Karginow Igor Devyatkin Andrei Mokeiev	KAMAZ	+ 00:02:18
3	Gerard de Rooy Darek Rodewald Tom Colsoul	Iveco	+ 00:02:23
4th	Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero	Iveco	+ 00:05:42
5	Pep Vila Moi Torrallardona Peter van Eerd	Iveco	+ 00:11:39

Stage 11

motorcycles

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Cyril Despres	KTM	04:03:37
2	Gerard Farrés Guell	KTM	+ 00:01:39
3	Marc Coma	KTM	+ 00:02:01
4th	Johnny Aubert	KTM	+ 00:03:30
5	Joan Barreda Bort	Husqvarna	+ 00:04:53

Quads

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Alejandro Patronelli	Yamaha	04:53:45
2	Marcos Patronelli	Yamaha	+ 00:00:31
3	Tomas Maffei	Yamaha	+ 00:18:57
4th	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	+ 00:57:39
5	Roberto Tonetti	Yamaha	+ 01:03:21

cars

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean Paul Cottret	Mini	03:56:53
2	Nani Roma Michel Périn	Mini	+ 00:03:44
3	Ricardo Leal Dos Santos Paulo Fiuza	Mini	+ 00:08:56
4th	Giniel De Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	+ 00:09:28
5	Leonid Novitskiy Andreas Schulz	Mini	+ 00:10:15

truck

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Andrei Karginow Igor Devyatkin Andrei Mokeiev	KAMAZ	03:52:50
2	Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard of the Children	Iveco	+ 00:03:03
3	Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero	Iveco	+ 00:05:02
4th	Gerard de Rooy Darek Rodewald Tom Colsoul	Iveco	+ 00:06:32
5	Martin Kolomy René Kilián David Kilian	Tatra Mountains	+ 00:13:31

Stage 12

motorcycles

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Marc Coma	KTM	02:24:38
2	Joan Barreda Bort	Husqvarna	+ 00:02:43
3	Jordi Viladoms	KTM	+ 00:03:10
4th	Cyril Despres	KTM	+ 00:03:57
5	Paulo Gonçalves	Husqvarna	+ 00:05:25

Quads

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Marcos Patronelli	Yamaha	02:57:29
2	Alejandro Patronelli	Yamaha	+ 00:00:42
3	Tomas Maffei	Yamaha	+ 00:13:54
4th	Sergio La Fuente	Yamaha	+ 00:16:13
5	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	+ 00:32:33

cars

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell	lobster	02:14:32
2	Leonid Novitskiy Andreas Schulz	Mini	+ 00:15:18
3	Giniel De Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	+ 00:22:06
4th	Bernhar Ten Brinke Matthieu Baumel	Mitsubishi	+ 00:23:15
5	Nani Roma Michel Périn	Mini	+ 00:23:38

truck

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Gerard de Rooy Darek Rodewald Tom Colsoul	Iveco	02:59:00
2	Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard of the Children	Iveco	+ 00:00:32
3	Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero	Iveco	+ 00:00:32
4th	Joseph Adua Ferran Marco Alcayna Marc Torres	Iveco	+ 00:10:16
5	Wulfert van Ginkel Daniel Bruinsma Richard de Rooy	Ginaf	+ 00:15:17

Stage 13

motorcycles

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Hélder Rodrigues	Yamaha	03:21:16
2	Cyril Despres	KTM	+ 00:00:47
3	Jordi Viladoms	KTM	+ 00:03:00
4th	Joan Barreda Bort	Husqvarna	+ 00:05:13
5	Paulo Gonçalves	Husqvarna	+ 00:05:46

Quads

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Tomas Maffei	Yamaha	04:00:42
2	Sergio La Fuente	Yamaha	+ 00:07:04
3	Alejandro Patronelli	Yamaha	+ 00:08:16
4th	Marcos Patronelli	Yamaha	+ 00:08:46
5	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	+ 00:29:41

cars

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean Paul Cottret	Mini	03:09:47
2	Giniel De Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	+ 00:08:29
3	Leonid Novitskiy Andreas Schulz	Mini	+ 00:12:55
4th	Carlos Sousa Jean-Pierre Garcin	Great Wall	+ 00:13:39
5	Lucio Ezequiel Álvarez Bernardo Rolando Graue	Toyota	+ 00:14:57

truck

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Andrei Karginow Igor Devyatkin Andrei Mokeiev	KAMAZ	03:33:27
2	André De Azevedo Maykel Justo Jaromir Martinec	Tatra Mountains	+ 00:20:14
3	Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard of the Children	Iveco	+ 00:22:09
4th	Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero	Iveco	+ 00:23:28
5	Ilgizar Mardeev Vyatcheslav Mizyukaev Dmitri Sotnikov	KAMAZ	+ 00:24:38

Stage 14

motorcycles

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Pal Anders Ullevalseter	KTM	00:22:26
2	Marc Coma	KTM	+ 00:01:08
3	Štefan Svitko	KTM	+ 00:01:43
4th	Gerard Farrés Guell	KTM	+ 00:02:01
5	Alessandro Botturi	KTM	+ 00:02:11

Quads

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Tomas Maffei	Yamaha	00:29:44
2	Sergio La Fuente	Yamaha	+ 00:00:49
3	Alejandro Patronelli	Yamaha	+ 00:01:18
4th	Marcos Patronelli	Yamaha	+ 00:01:47
5	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	+ 00:04:17

cars

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell	lobster	00:22:43
2	Ricardo Leal Dos Santos Paulo Fiuza	Mini	+ 00:00:21
3	Krzysztof Holowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin	Mini	+ 00:00:38
4th	Giniel De Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	+ 00:01:28
5	Carlos Sousa Jean-Pierre Garcin	Great Wall	+ 00:01:36

truck

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero	Iveco	00:27:22
2	Ilgizar Mardeev Vyatcheslav Mizyukaev Dmitri Sotnikov	KAMAZ	+ 00:01:26
3	Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard of the Children	Iveco	+ 00:01:43
4th	Andrei Karginow Igor Devyatkin Andrei Mokeiev	KAMAZ	+ 00:02:30
5	Artur Ardavichus Alexey Kuzmich Nurlan Turlubaev	KAMAZ	+ 00:03:00

Overall result

motorcycles

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Cyril Despres	KTM	19:28:11
2	Marc Coma	KTM	+ 00:53:20
3	Hélder Rodrigues	Yamaha	+ 01:11:17
4th	Jordi Viladoms	KTM	+ 01:40:56
5	Štefan Svitko	KTM	+ 01:47:28
6th	Pal Anders Ullevalseter	KTM	+ 02:11:56
7th	Gerard Farrés Guell	KTM	+ 02:14:22
8th	Alessandro Botturi	KTM	+ 02:59:04
9	Olivier Pain	Yamaha	+ 03:17:50
10	Felipe Zanol	KTM	+ 03:25:56

Quads

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Alejandro Patronelli	Yamaha	05:01:51
2	Marcos Patronelli	Yamaha	+ 01:20:17
3	Tomas Maffei	Yamaha	+ 02:14:21
4th	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	+ 06:09:23
5	Sergio La Fuente	Yamaha	+ 08:19:06
6th	Roberto Tonetti	Yamaha	+ 12:43:38
7th	Lucas Bonetto	Honda	+ 13:33:14
8th	Daniel Mazzucco	Can-Am	+ 13:37:59
9	Camélia Liparoti	Yamaha	+ 14:15:10
10 1	Barry Cruces	Can-Am	+ 00:02:23

¹ Not counted due to violations of the technical regulations

cars

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean Paul Cottret	Mini	14:56:46
2	Nani Roma Michel Périn	Mini	+ 00:41:56
3	Giniel De Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	+ 01:13:25
4th	Leonid Novitskiy Andreas Schulz	Mini	+ 02:11:54
5	Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell	lobster	+ 02:16:53
6th	Lucio Ezequiel Álvarez Bernardo Rolando Graue	Toyota	+ 04:05:52
7th	Carlos Sousa Jean-Pierre Garcin	Great Wall	+ 04:30:24
8th	Ricardo Leal Dos Santos Paulo Fiuza	Mini	+ 05:03:18
9	Bernhar Ten Brinke Matthieu Baumel	Mitsubishi	+ 05:11:18
10	Krzysztof Holowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin	Mini	+ 06:59:38

truck

rank	driver	vehicle	time
1	Gerard de Rooy Darek Rodewald Tom Colsoul	Iveco	21:20:47
2	Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard of the Children	Iveco	+ 00:51:19
3	Artur Ardavichus Alexey Kuzmich Nurlan Turlubaev	KAMAZ	+ 01:47:45
4th	Andrei Karginow Igor Devyatkin Andrei Mokeiev	KAMAZ	+ 05:01:10
5	Ilgizar Mardeev Vyatcheslav Mizyukaev Dmitri Sotnikov	KAMAZ	+ 05:01:50
6th	Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero	Iveco	+ 06:31:11
7th	Martin Kolomy René Kilián David Kilian	Tatra Mountains	+ 06:54:15
8th	André De Azevedo Maykel Justo Jaromir Martinec	Tatra Mountains	+ 07:46:07
9	Teruhito Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki	Hino Motors	+ 10:39:24
10	Pieter Versluis Jurgen LH Ladies Harry Schuurmans	MAN	+ 11:12:32

accident

The Argentinian motorcycle racer Jorge Martinez Boero had a fatal accident on the first day of the race . After a fall at 10:19 a.m. local time, he suffered a cardiac arrest two kilometers before the end of the special stage and could not be reanimated.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ S Stage 6 Fiambalá - Copiapó canceled ( Memento from January 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ The Dakar convoy on the way to Copiapó in Chile ( Memento from January 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Snow chaos prevents the sixth stage
4. ↑ http://www.stern.de/sport/medien-motorradpilot-stirbt-bei-dakar-rallye-1768680.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
5. ↑ http://www.motorsport-total.com/rallye/news/2012/01/Dakar_Motorradfahrer_toedlich_verunglueckt_12010103.html