Dakar Rally 2015

The 2015 Dakar Rally was the 37th edition of the Dakar Rally and the 36th that actually took place. It took place for the seventh time in a row in South America . The rally started on January 4th, 2015 in Buenos Aires , Argentina and ended there after 13 stages on January 17th. During this time, depending on the vehicle class, about 8100 to 9300 kilometers, of which about 3700 to 4700 kilometers were racing, through Argentina , Bolivia and Chile .

Attendees

A total of 406 vehicles took part, including 161 motorcycles , 45 quads , 137 cars and 63 trucks .

motorcycles

Most of the motorcyclists competed with KTM models . The drivers included a. Sam Sunderland , David Casteu and Ruben Faria . Also, last year's runner Jordi Viladoms and winner Marc Coma took again part on a KTM.

With Yamaha and Honda , two Japanese manufacturers were also represented. The top driver among the Honda drivers was the Spaniard Joan Barreda Bort . The Portuguese Hélder Rodrigues and Paulo Gonçalves also started again. Among the Yamaha pilots, Olivier Pain, who was third in the previous year, should be mentioned.

Quads

As in the previous year, mainly Yamahas were represented in the quads. The favorites included a. Rafał Sonik , Sergio Lafuente and last year's winner Ignacio Casale .

cars

Last year's winner Nani Roma started again for X-Raid . As in the previous year, he and his teammates (including Orlando Terranova and Krzysztof Hołowczyc ) contested the race in a MINI All4 Racing . Nasser Al-Attiyah , who recently came third, competed in an identical Mini.

Dakar record winner Stéphane Peterhansel switched from X-Raid to Peugeot , which was represented by a works team for the first time since 1990. In addition to Peterhansel and Carlos Sainz , the driver was also the five-time motorcycle winner Cyril Despres , who made his car debut. The vehicle used, a Peugeot 2008 DRK, was a rear-wheel drive buggy with a diesel engine that was allowed to have a longer suspension travel due to the regulations.

The 2009 Dakar winner, Giniel de Villiers from South Africa with co-driver Dirk von Zitzewitz from Schleswig-Holstein , competed again with a Toyota Hilux . This was heavily revised and now possessed u. a. more power and a new weight distribution.

The American Robby Gordon took part with his "Gordini", a converted Hummer H3 , which was used for the first time last year .

With the Acciona 100% EcoPowered, an electric car was launched for the first time. The car was driven by the Spanish Dakar veteran Albert Bosch Riera and his co-driver Agustín Payá.

Trucks

Another duel between KAMAZ and Iveco was expected for trucks . For the Russian manufacturer, u. a. last year's winner Andrei Karginow and the last third placed Eduard Nikolajew .

Iveco was u. a. Represented by the Dutch Gerard de Rooy , who came second in 2014, and Hans Stacey . Heavily modified strators were used as vehicles . The Spaniard Pep Vila Roca also took part with an Iveco truck. This was different from the Strators than cab- built.

Aleš Loprais , who placed sixth in 2014, switched from Tatra to MAN . The German trio Udo Kühn, Philipp Rettig and Philipp Beier also competed with a MAN.

Stages

After the motorcycles and quads headed for a stage destination in Bolivia for the first time in 2014, this time the cars also drove to Bolivia during the 7th stage. During this stage, the trucks drove into a bivouac in the Atacama Desert .

The rest day took place in Iquique, separated by vehicle class. For the motorcycles and quads it was on January 10th, for the cars and trucks on January 12th.

stage	date	From	To	Motorcycles / quads			cars			Trucks
				connection	Rating	total	connection	Rating	total	connection	Rating	total
1	0January 4th	Buenos Aires	Villa Carlos Paz	663	175	838	663	170	833	663	175	838
2	0January 5th	Villa Carlos Paz	San Juan	107	518	625	107	518	625	315	331	646
3	06th January	San Juan	Chilecito	437	220	657	258	284	542	258	284	542
4th	0January 7th	Chilecito	Copiapó	594	315	909	594	315	909	594	174	768
5	0January 8th	Copiapó	Antofagasta	239	458	697	239	458	697	239	458	697
6th	0January 9th	Antofagasta	Iquique	369	319	685	392	255	647	370	255	625
7th	10. January	Iquique	Uyuni	Rest day			396	321	717	101	335	436
7/8	11th January	Iquique / Uyuni	Uyuni / Iquique	396	321	717	024	781	805	000	271	271
8th	January 12th	Uyuni	Iquique	024	781	805	Rest day
9	13th January	Iquique	Calama	088	451	539	088	451	539	088	451	539
10	January 14th	Calama	Salta	520	371	891	501	359	860	501	359	860
11	15. January	Salta	Termas de Río Hondo	161	351	512	326	194	520	326	194	520
12	January 16	Termas de Río Hondo	Rosario	726	298	1024	726	298	1024	726	298	1024
13	January 17th	Rosario	Buenos Aires	219	174	393	219	174	393	219	174	393
Total distance				4543	4752	9295	4533	4578	9111	4400	3759	8159
All information in kilometers, source:

Stage results

1st stage

Nani Roma , last year's winner in the car classification, had to park his Mini several times because of problems with the oil pump and ultimately even had it towed. The race management also sanctioned Roma with a penalty time of one hour, so that on the first day he was more than seven hours behind the leading Orlando Terranova.

Nasser Al-Attiyah was initially in first place in the car classification. However, he was subsequently given a two-minute time penalty for exceeding the speed limit at a checkpoint and dropped to seventh place.

rank	motorcycles				Quads				cars				Trucks
	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance
1	Sam Sunderland	KTM	1:18:57	-	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	1:37:08	-	Orlando Terranova Bernado Gray	Mini	1:13:12	-	Hans Stacey Serge Bruynkens Bernard of the Children	Iveco	1:30:43	-
2	Paulo Gonçalves	Honda	1:19:02	+ 0:05	Rafał Sonik	Yamaha	1:38:15	+ 1:07	Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell	lobster	1:13:54	+ 0:42	Marcel van Vliet Marcel Pronk Artur Klein	MAN	1:31:18	+ 0:35
3	Marc Coma	KTM	1:20:09	+ 1:12	Sergio Lafuente	Yamaha	1:38:31	+ 1:23	Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	1:14:02	+ 0:50	Aleš Loprais Ferran Marco Alcayna Jan van der Vaet	MAN	1:31:30	+ 0:47

2nd stage

Due to overheated brakes, Robby Gordon had to stop several times and lost four hours to the front runner.

Carlos Sainz collided with the French motorcyclist Laurent Moulin . Moulin suffered a broken leg and was eliminated from the race.

rank	motorcycles				Quads				cars				Trucks
	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance
1	Joan Barreda Bort	Honda	5:46:06	-	Rafał Sonik	Yamaha	6:49:24	-	Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel	Mini	5:04:50	-	Eduard Nikolajew Yevgeny Jakowlew Ruslan Achmadejew	KAMAZ	3:34:01	-
2	Paulo Gonçalves (racing driver) | Paulo Gonçalves	Honda	5:52:19	+ 6:13	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	6:52:57	+ 3:33	Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	5:13:20	+ 8:30	Siarhei Viazovich Pavel Haranin Andrei Zhyhulin	MAZ	3:34:47	+ 0:46
3	Ruben Faria	KTM	5:55:22	+ 9:16	Sergio Lafuente	Yamaha	6:53:28	+ 4:14	Bernhard ten Brinke Tom Colsoul	Toyota	5:14:54	+ 10:04	Airat Mardejew Aidar Belyayev Dmitri Swistunow	KAMAZ	3:47:50	+ 0:49

3rd stage

Ignacio Casale, last year's winner in the quad classification, crashed into a car during the liaison stage and the suspension on his quad was damaged. The damage could be repaired, but Casale was given a penalty of 20 minutes for arriving too late for the special stage.

The Polish motorcyclist Michał Hernik was killed on this stage. Dehydration was found to be the cause of death . Hernic is the 66th death in the history of the Dakar Rally.

rank	motorcycles				Quads				cars				Trucks
	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance
1	Matthias Walkner	KTM	2:34:28	-	Lucas Bonetto	Honda	3:08:27	-	Orlando Terranova Bernando Graue	Mini	2:57:28	-	Airat Mardejew Aidar Belyayev Dmitri Swistunow	KAMAZ	3:19:06	-
2	Marc Coma	KTM	2:35:08	+ 0:40	Sebastian Halpern	Yamaha	3:09:25	+ 0:58	Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	2:59:22	+ 1:54	Andrei Karginow Andrei Mokeiev Igor Leonow	KAMAZ	3:20:57	+ 1:51
3	Joan Barreda Bort	Honda	2:36:21	+ 1:53	Rafał Sonik	Yamaha	3:10:41	+ 2:14	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk	Toyota	3:00:20	+ 2:52	Gerard de Rooy Darek Rodewald Jurgen ladies	Iveco	3:23:36	+ 4:30

4th stage

Sam Sunderland, winner of the first stage in the motorcycle classification, was injured in a fall and had to retire.

Due to problems with the limited-slip differential , Gerard de Rooy , who came second in the truck classification in 2014, was forced to stop his truck. He lost over five hours due to the complex repair.

rank	motorcycles				Quads				cars				Trucks
	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance
1	Joan Barreda Bort	Honda	3:27:28	-	Rafał Sonik	Yamaha	4:11:35	-	Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel	Mini	3:09:18	-	Eduard Nikolajew Yevgeny Jakowlew Ruslan Achmadejew	KAMAZ	2:06:54	-
2	Marc Coma	KTM	3:29:27	+ 1:59	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	4:15:01	+ 03:26	Nani Roma Michel Périn	Mini	3:11:58	+ 2:40	Andrei Karginow Andrei Mokeiev Igor Leonow	KAMAZ	2:07:51	+ 0:57
3	Pablo Quintanilla	KTM	3:30:17	+ 2:49	Mohammed Abu-Issa	Honda	4:24:49	+ 13:14	Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	3:12:15	+ 2:57	Airat Mardejew Aidar Beljajewv Dmitri Swistunow	KAMAZ	2:13:04	+ 6:10

5th stage

Mohammed Abu-Issa, fourth in the quad classification, suffered an engine failure and retired from the race.

Carlos Sainz rolled over several times shortly before the end of the stage. He and his co-driver Lucas Cruz were uninjured, but their car was so badly damaged that they too had to end the rally.

The Italian motorcyclist Matteo Casuccio and the Dutch quad rider Kees Koolen were provisionally arrested by the Chilean police after the stage. They had lost their way during the stage and had mistakenly crossed an area under archaeological protection. Both drivers were released after the interrogation and can continue the rally.

rank	motorcycles				Quads				cars				Trucks
	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance
1	Marc Coma	KTM	4:38:16	-	Rafał Sonik	Yamaha	5:47:46	-	Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov	Mini	4:19:18	-	Eduard Nikolajew Yevgeny Jakowlew Ruslan Achmadejew	KAMAZ	4:34:55	-
2	Joan Barreda Bort	Honda	4:40:32	+ 2:16	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	5:58:37	+ 10:51	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk	Toyota	4:19:38	+ 0:20	Airat Mardejew Aidar Belyayev Dmitri Swistunow	KAMAZ	4:44:53	+ 09:58
3	Pablo Quintanilla	KTM	4:40:56	+ 2:40	Jeremias González Ferioli	Yamaha	6:09:27	+ 21:41	Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell	lobster	4:20:43	+ 1:25	Siarhei Viazovich Pavel Haranin Andrei Zhyhulin	MAZ	4:50:41	+ 15:46

6th stage

Matthias Walkner had to stop several times because of problems with his tank and the fuel pump. He lost a lot of time due to the repairs and fell back to 38th place overall.

Record winner Stéphane Peterhansel was initially in second place during the stage, but lost around 20 minutes due to a broken tie rod . He reached the goal in 20th place.

rank	motorcycles				Quads				cars				Trucks
	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance
1	Hélder Rodrigues	Honda	3:40:10	-	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	4:21:52	-	Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel	Mini	2:37:18	-	Eduard Nikolajew Yevgeny Jakowlew Ruslan Achmadejew	KAMAZ	2:54:28	-
2	Toby Price	KTM	3:41:20	+ 1:10	Rafał Sonik	Yamaha	4:30:07	+ 08:15	Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	2:37:55	+ 0:37	Airat Mardejew Aidar Belyayev Dmitri Swistunow	KAMAZ	3:00:05	+ 05:37
3	Paulo Gonçalves (racing driver) | Paulo Gonçalves	Honda	3:41:52	+ 1:42	Sergio Lafuente	Yamaha	4:45:00	+ 23:08	Nani Roma Michel Périn	Mini	2:38:42	+ 1:24	Andrei Karginow Andrei Mokeiev Igor Leonow	KAMAZ	3:05:08	+ 10:40

7th stage

The route sometimes took the cars up to 3,900 meters above sea level, which caused symptoms of altitude sickness in some drivers . For example, front runner Nasser Al-Attiyah had to take several breaks due to severe nausea and only finished seventh.

Joan Barreda Bort, the leader in the motorcycle classification, fell on this stage, breaking his handlebar. He reached the finish in tenth place and retained the overall lead. Since support from mechanics and service teams was prohibited during the marathon stage, the damage could only be repaired in a makeshift manner. In order to remain competitive he swapped his steering arm with that of the Argentinean Honda driver Demian Guiral .

rank	motorcycles				Quads				cars				Trucks
	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance
1	Paulo Gonçalves (racing driver) | Paulo Gonçalves	Honda	3:56:00	-	Nelson Sanabria Galeano	Yamaha	5:22:12	-	Orlando Terranova Bernando Graue	Mini	3:31:18	-	Aleš Loprais Ferran Marco Alcayna Jan van der Vaet	MAN	4:02:54	-
2	Marc Coma	KTM	3:56:14	+ 0:14	Rafał Sonik	Yamaha	5:27:58	+ 05:46	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk	Toyota	3:33:38	+ 2:20	Gerard de Rooy Darek Rodewald Jurgen ladies	Iveco	4:08:33	+ 5:39
3	Matthias Walkner	KTM	3:56:30	+ 0:30	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	5:33:49	+ 11:37	Bernhard ten Brinke Tom Colsoul	Toyota	3:33:46	+ 2:28	Andrei Karginow Andrei Mokeiev Igor Leonow	KAMAZ	4:08:43	+ 5:49

8th stage

Due to heavy rain, the stage for the motorbikes and quads was shortened by more than half. The dried up salt lake Salar de Uyuni , which was crossed on this stage, was up to half a meter deep under water. Salt got stuck in many motorcycles, causing many technical problems.

Hélder Rodrigues reached the finish line around three hours behind, while leader Joan Barreda Bort was more than four hours behind. The latter fell back to 24th place in the overall standings.

Jordi Viladoms, who finished second in the motorcycle championship in 2014, had to retire due to technical problems.

rank	motorcycles				Quads				cars				Trucks
	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance
1	Pablo Quintanilla	KTM	2:56:19	-	Jeremias González Ferioli	Yamaha	3:43:35	-	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk	Toyota	3:26:49	-	Eduard Nikolajew Yevgeny Jakowlew Ruslan Achmadejew	KAMAZ	3:25:47	-
2	Juan Pedrero García	Yamaha	2:56:30	+ 0:11	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	3:51:29	+ 7:54	Orlando Terranova Bernando Graue	Mini	3:28:01	+ 1:12	Gerard de Rooy Darek Rodewald Jurgen ladies	Iveco	3:37:03	+ 11:16
3	Štefan Svitko	KTM	2:56:31	+ 0:12	Sergio Lafuente	Yamaha	3:54:39	+ 11:04	Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel	Mini	3:29:38	+ 2:36	Andrei Karginow Andrei Mokeiev Igor Leonow	KAMAZ	3:40:45	+ 14:58

9th stage

Giniel de Villiers got lost about 120 kilometers from the finish. His co-driver Dirk von Zitzewitz had not found his way back into the road book after an alleged shortcut. Due to the navigation error, they lost around 15 minutes and reached the finish in fourth place.

rank	motorcycles				Quads				cars				Trucks
	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance
1	Hélder Rodrigues	Honda	5:06:14	-	Victor Manuel Gallegos Lozic	Honda	6:31:46	-	Nani Roma Michel Périn	Mini	4:41:56	-	Airat Mardejew Aidar Belyayev Dmitri Swistunow	KAMAZ	5:19:29	-
2	Paulo Gonçalves (racing driver) | Paulo Gonçalves	Honda	5:10:05	+ 3:51	Rafał Sonik	Yamaha	6:47:21	+ 15:35	Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel	Mini	4:48:23	+ 06:27	Eduard Nikolajew Yevgeny Jakowlew Ruslan Achmadejew	KAMAZ	5:20:58	+ 1:29
3	Marc Coma	KTM	5:13:48	+ 7:34	Sergio Lafuente	Yamaha	6:57:15	+ 25:29	Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov	Mini	4:57:48	+ 15:52	Gerard de Rooy Darek Rodewald Jurgen ladies	Iveco	5:26:34	+ 7:05

10th stage

Nani Roma overturned at kilometer 193. He and his co-driver Michel Périn were uninjured, but their Mini was so badly damaged that they could not continue the rally.

Matthias Walkner, last in 29th place, had to retire due to health problems. Quad drivers Ignacio Casale and Sergio Lafuente also had to give up.

rank	motorcycles				Quads				cars				Trucks
	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance
1	Joan Barreda Bort	Honda	4:07:11	-	Nelson Sanabria Galeano	Yamaha	4:58:29	-	Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel	Mini	3:49:59	-	Eduard Nikolajew Yevgeny Jakowlew Ruslan Achmadejew	KAMAZ	4:18:17	-
2	Marc Coma	KTM	4:08:50	+ 1:39	Jeremias González Ferioli	Yamaha	5:01:39	+ 3:10	Orlando Terranova Bernando Graue	Mini	3:51:34	+ 1:35	Airat Mardejew Aidar Belyayev Dmitri Swistunow	KAMAZ	4:19:06	+ 0:49
3	Ruben Faria	KTM	4:09:08	+ 1:57	Walter Nosiglia	Honda	5:02:29	+ 4:00	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk	Toyota	3:53:38	+ 3:39	Siarhei Viazovich Pavel Haranin Andrei Zhyhulin	MAZ	4:19:36	+ 1:19

11th stage

Due to a broken valve, Yazeed Al-Rajhi had to return to the camp on the first liaison tape. Since the mechanics did not manage to repair the damage, he could not take the special test and was eliminated.

rank	motorcycles				Quads				cars				Trucks
	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance
1	Ivan Jakeš	KTM	3:28:08	-	Christophe Declerck	Yamaha	3:56:39	-	Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel	Mini	1:53:10	-	Hans Stacey Serge Bruynkens Bernard of the Children	Iveco	2:08:11	-
2	Ruben Faria	KTM	3:22:16	+ 0:08	Nelson Sanabria Galeano	Yamaha	4:03:14	+ 6:35	Orlando Terranova Bernando Graue	Mini	1:53:37	+ 0:27	Gerard de Rooy Darek Rodewald Jurgen ladies	Iveco	2:09:21	+ 1:10
3	Toby Price	KTM	3:28:50	+ 0:42	Walter Nosiglia	Honda	4:03:29	+ 6:50	Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	1:53:49	+ 0:39	Eduard Nikolajew Yevgeny Jakowlew Ruslan Achmadejew	KAMAZ	2:10:07	+ 1:56

12th stage

Aleš Loprais was first in third place during the stage. Shortly before the end of the special stage, however, he suffered several flat tires, so that he only achieved 22nd place at the finish.

rank	motorcycles				Quads				cars				Trucks
	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance
1	Toby Price	KTM	3:19:04	-	Christophe Declerck	Yamaha	3:47:15	-	Orlando Terranova Bernando Graue	Mini	3:04:06	-	Hans Stacey Serge Bruynkens Bernard of the Children	Iveco	3:33:39	-
2	Joan Barreda Bort	Honda	3:20:59	+ 1:55	Nelson Sanabria Galeano	Yamaha	3:54:24	+ 7:09	Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov	Mini	3:04:36	+ 0:30	Marcel van Vliet Marcel Pronk Artur Klein	MAN	3:33:57	+ 0:18
3	Paulo Gonçalves (racing driver) | Paulo Gonçalves	Honda	3:22:06	+ 3:02	Walter Nosiglia	Honda	3:56:46	+ 9:31	Emiliano Spataro Benjamin Lozada	Renault	3:05:35	+ 1:29	Gerard de Rooy Darek Rodewald Jurgen ladies	Iveco	3:34:07	+ 0:28

13th stage

Due to heavy rainfall, the last stage had to be shortened. For the motorcycles and quads, the special stage ended after 101 kilometers, for the cars and trucks even after just 34 kilometers.

rank	motorcycles				Quads				cars				Trucks
	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance
1	Ivan Jakeš	KTM	52:06	-	Hannes Saaijman	Yamaha	1:05:05	-	Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell	lobster	13:16	-	Hans Stacey Serge Bruynkens Bernard of the Children	Iveco	20:31	-
2	Štefan Svitko	KTM	52:51	+ 0:45	Christophe Declerck	Yamaha	1:05:11	+ 0:06	Leeroy Poulter Robert Howie	Toyota	13:41	0:25	Marcel van Vliet Marcel Pronk Artur Klein	MAN	21:52	+ 1:21
3	Toby Price	KTM	53:13	+ 1:07	Daniel Domaszewski	Honda	1:05:14	+ 0:09	Emiliano Spataro Benjamin Lozada	Renault	13:45	0:29	Airat Mardejew Aidar Belyayev Dmitri Swistunow	KAMAZ	22:54	+ 2:23

Overall rating

motorcycles

In the end, Marc Coma won the favorites for motorcycles. For a long time, the Honda driver Joan Barreda Bort turned out to be the fastest driver, until the electronics of his Honda went on strike while driving through the Salar de Uyuni salt desert .

The Honda proved to be very fast and so the Japanese manufacturer won seven stages. However, all four top drivers Joan Barreda Bort, Paulo Gonçalves (racing driver) | Paulo Gonçalves, Hélder Rodrigues and Jeremias Israel Esquerre had more or less serious technical problems that set Barreda and Gonçalves back in their battle for overall victory. The Spaniard Laia Sanz caused a stir, with 9th place, the best result for a woman in the motorcycle class in Dakar history. She was also the second best Honda.

Thus, KTM took its 14th overall victory in a row. Seven KTMs were among the top 10 in the overall standings. With Marc Coma, an experienced driver achieved his fifth overall victory, but Matthias Walkner and Toby Price, two debutants each with a stage win, even finished third in the overall standings. The fourth-placed driver was also a relatively inexperienced driver with Pablo Quintanilla.

The performance of Yamaha was disappointing, not being able to achieve a single stage win and, with Olivier Pain in 10th place, not being able to compete with KTM and Honda.

rank	driver	brand	time	distance
1	Marc Coma	KTM	46:03:49	-
2	Paulo Gonçalves	Honda	46:20:42	+ 016:53
3	Toby Price	KTM	46:27:03	+ 023:14
4th	Pablo Quintanilla	KTM	46:42:27	+ 038:38
5	Štefan Svitko	KTM	46:48:06	+ 044:17
6th	Ruben Faria	KTM	48:01:39	+ 1:57:50
7th	David Casteu	KTM	48:04:03	+ 2:00:14
8th	Ivan Jakeš	KTM	48:22:07	+ 2:18:18
9	Laia Sanz	Honda	48:28:10	+ 2:24:21
10	Olivier Pain	Yamaha	49:12:58	+ 3:09:09

Quads

With Rafal Sonik, one of the three favorites prevailed in the quads. His greatest opponents Ignacio Casale and Sergio Lafuente both retired shortly before the end, which meant that Sonik secured the victory safely. Third-placed Walter Nosiglia was the first Bolivian to take the podium at the Dakar Rally. Only 18 of 45 quads started made it to the finish in Buenos Aires.

rank	driver	brand	time	distance
1	Rafał Sonik	Yamaha	57:18:39	-
2	Jeremias González Ferioli	Yamaha	60:13:29	+ 02:50:50
3	Walter Nosiglia	Honda	61:01:35	+ 03:42:56
4th	Nelson Augusto Sanabria Galeano	Yamaha	61:28:36	+ 04:09:57
5	Christophe Declerck	Yamaha	63:07:19	+ 05:48:40
6th	Daniel Domaszewski	Honda	65:54:49	+ 08:36:10
7th	Sebastian Palma	Can-Am	67:48:53	+ 10:30:14
8th	Santiago Hansen	Honda	70:43:09	+ 13:24:30
9	Hannes Saaijman	Yamaha	70:47:17	+ 13:28:38
10	André Suguita	Can-Am	79:39:53	+ 22:21:14

cars

When it came to cars, the mini team was unbeatable in 2015. With Nasser Al-Attiyah, however, a customer driver who was not part of the vehicle manufacturer's team, X-Raid, prevailed. Krzysztof Hołowczyc was the third best placed in Sven Quandt's team . Nani Roma and Orlando Terranova had no chance of making it onto the podium with technical problems and driving errors that were not their fault. Four Mini were among the top five, five among the top ten. You achieved eleven of thirteen possible stage wins.

The Toyota Hilux, which were used by various teams, turned out to be the greatest competition. Giniel de Villiers achieved second place with his East Holstein navigator Dirk von Zitzewitz. Yazeed Al-Rajhi convinced as a debutant with a stage win; he retired in third place due to a technical defect through no fault of his own.

Peugeot was unable to meet the high expectations in its comeback year. All three vehicles had technical problems, and none of the drivers were flawless. Stéphane Peterhansel achieved the best overall result with 11th place.

Robby Gordon achieved 19th place overall with his self-built Gordini and was able to win the last stage. However, many technical difficulties as well as some navigation errors prevented a better performance.

With Carlos Sousa in the Mitsubishi and Ronan Chabot in the SMG buggy, two other makes achieved a top 10 place.

rank	driver	brand	time	distance
1	Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel	Mini	40:32:25	-
2	Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	41:07:59	+ 035:34
3	Krzysztof Hołowczyc Xavier Panseri	Mini	42:04:26	+ 1:32:01
4th	Erik van Loon Wouter Rosegaar	Mini	43:34:17	+ 3:01:52
5	Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov	Mini	43:45:06	+ 3:12:41
6th	Christian Levielle Pascal Maimon	Toyota	43:48:23	+ 3:15:58
7th	Bernhard ten Brinke Tom Colsoul	Toyota	44:14:27	+ 3:42:02
8th	Carlos Sousa Paulo Fiuza	Mitsubishi	44:17:24	+ 3:44:59
9	Aydin Rakhimbaev Anton Nikolaev	Mini	44:41:09	+ 4:08:44
10	Ronan Chabot Gilles Pillot	SMG	45:15:01	+ 4:42:36

Trucks

In 2015, the KAMAZ couldn't be beaten. Airat Mardejew won the overall ranking and his first Dakar after a close team-internal fight. After his teammates Andrei Karginow and Eduard Nikolajew, the third works driver was able to celebrate his overall victory. Especially in open desert terrain, the Russian trucks with Liebherr engines were superior, and the Iveco, which were also sometimes fast, could not keep up in terms of reliability.

Gerard de Rooy's team was able to position Hans Stacey in 6th place, de Rooy himself was only ninth.

The best non-KAMAZ was Aleš Loprais in the MAN in 4th place.

With Tatra and MAZ, two other brands were able to place in the top 10.

rank	driver	brand	time	distance
1	Airat Mardejew Aidar Belyayev Dmitri Swistunow	KAMAZ	42:22:01	-
2	Eduard Nikolajew Yevgeny Jakowlew Ruslan Achmadejew	KAMAZ	42:35:53	+ 013:52
3	Andrei Karginow Andrei Mokeiev Igor Leonow	KAMAZ	43:13:01	+ 051:00
4th	Aleš Loprais Ferran Marco Alcayna Jan van der Vaet	MAN	44:18:38	+ 1:56:37
5	Dmitri Sotnikow Igor Devyatkin Andrei Aferin	KAMAZ	44:46:33	+ 2:24:32
6th	Hans Stacey Serge Bruynkens Bernard of the Children	Iveco	44:51:30	+ 2:29:29
7th	Martin Kolomý René Kilián David Kilián	Tatra Mountains	46:29:30	+ 4:07:29
8th	Marcel van Vliet Marcel Pronk Artur Klein	MAN	46:41:42	+ 4:19:41
9	Gerard de Rooy Darek Rodewald Jurgen ladies	Iveco	49:30:42	+ 7:08:41
10	Aleksandr Vasilevski Valery Kazlouski Anton Zaparoshchanka	MAZ	49:31:00	+ 7:08:59

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Competitors List. Retrieved January 4, 2015 . 
2. ^ Rider's List. Retrieved January 4, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Major attack on Mini. January 3, 2015, accessed January 4, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Peugeot 2008 DKR: With two-wheel drive to the Dakar. January 3, 2015, accessed January 5, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Right now: Dirk von Zitzewitz, the "Dakar" and the podium. January 3, 2015, accessed January 4, 2015 . 
6. ^ First Zero Emissions Electric Car To Compete In Dakar Rally. December 9, 2014, accessed January 4, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Spanish team dares to do it electrically for the first time. December 28, 2014, accessed January 4, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Petronas De Rooy ready for “desert” tour. December 15, 2014, accessed January 4, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Detailed route. Retrieved December 27, 2014 . 
10. ↑ Zitzewitz fourth in mini double success. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on January 4, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
11. ^ Un accidente with Carlos Sainz deja al francés Laurent Moulin fora del Dakar. Retrieved January 5, 2015 (Spanish). 
12. ↑ Dakar driver Michal Hernik died of thirst. Retrieved January 10, 2015 . 
13. ↑ Polish motorcyclist died of dehydration. Retrieved January 10, 2015 . 
14. ↑ Sam Sunderland Down & Out. Retrieved January 8, 2015 . 
15. ↑ Pilot arrested for driving on a historic site. Retrieved March 20, 2020 . 
16. ↑ Al-Attiyah intercepts Robby Gordon. Retrieved January 10, 2015 . 
17. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com
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20. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com