Dakar Rally 2016
The 2016 Dakar Rally was the 38th edition of the Dakar Rally and the 37th that actually took place. It took place for the eighth time in a row in South America . The rally started on January 2nd, 2016 in Buenos Aires , Argentina, and ended after 13 stages in Rosario on January 16th . During this time, depending on the vehicle class, around 9,000 kilometers, including up to 4,800 racing kilometers, were covered through Argentina and Bolivia .
Attendees
A total of 347 vehicles took part, including 136 motorcycles , 45 quads , 111 cars and 55 trucks .
motorcycles
Around half of the participants in this category started on KTM motorcycles . The official works team consisted of the drivers Antoine Méo , Jordi Viladoms , Toby Price , who had finished third last year, the Austrian cross-country world champion Matthias Walkner and the former Honda driver Laia Sanz . Marc Coma , who had already won his fifth Dakar victory last year, no longer competed. Other KTM riders included the French David Casteu and Olivier Pain, who recently rode for Yamaha, as well as the Slovaks Štefan Svitko and Ivan Jakeš , who were all in the top ten in 2015.
Ruben Faria and Pablo Quintanilla , fourth and sixth place respectively last year, switched from KTM to the Husqvarna subsidiary .
In addition to Joan Barreda Bort and last year's runner-up Paulo Gonçalves , Michael Metge , Paolo Ceci and Ricky Brabec also competed for the Honda factory team. Hélder Rodrigues , who finished twelfth in 2015, returned to the Yamaha factory team . For the latter, Alessandro Botturi , Adrien Van Beveren and Xavier de Soultrait also competed .
Quads
For the quads, mainly models from Yamaha and Can-Am were represented. The Yamaha riders included a. last year's winner Rafał Sonik , as well as the Argentine brothers Marcos and Alejandro Patronelli . Both had already won the Dakar Rally twice.
Walter Nosiglia , most recently third-placed, was one of the few who competed with a Honda quad.
cars
The German X-Raid team sent twelve vehicles into the race this year. The core team consisted of drivers Nani Roma , Orlando Terranova , last year's winner Nasser Al-Attiyah and WRC driver Mikko Hirvonen , who was taking part in the Dakar Rally for the first time. Other participants were B. the former ski jumpers Adam Małysz and Sergio Lafuente . The latter has so far only driven in the quad class and this year he was a co-driver for Nazareno Lopez . X-Raid used the MINI All4 Racing as the vehicle .
The Peugeot works team has been increased from three to four vehicles. The fourth driver, alongside Dakar record winner Stéphane Peterhansel , Carlos Sainz and Cyril Despres, was WRC driver Sébastien Loeb . He did his first Dakar. As in the previous year, the Peugeot 2008 DKR was used as the vehicle. The rear-wheel drive buggy has been extensively modified compared to the previous year's model. a. the weight distribution has been revised.
The Frenchman Romain Dumas also competed with a Peugeot 2008 DKR , but with a 2015 model and independent of the works team.
Last year's runner-up Giniel de Villiers and his co-driver Dirk von Zitzewitz competed for the South African team Toyota Gazoo Racing . He and his teammates Leeroy Poulter and Yazeed Al-Rajhi each took part in a Toyota Hilux . Compared to the model from last year, this was equipped with a new engine and a revised gearbox.
Bernard ten Brinke and Ronan Chabot , who finished seventh and tenth last year, each took part with a Toyota Hilux from the Belgian team Overdrive Racing .
Trucks
The KAMAZ factory team was represented with four trucks this year. In addition to defending champion Airat Mardejew , Andrei Karginow and Eduard Nikolajew , who both had already won the Dakar Rally once, and Dmitri Sotnikow also competed .
Team de Rooy Iveco started with five vehicles. Gerard de Rooy , Federico Villagra , Ton van Genugten , Pep Vila Roca and Aleš Loprais were the drivers . Last year, the latter drove to fourth place with a MAN truck. Three Iveco Powerstar and two Iveco Trakker were used .
The Czech team Baggyra Racing was represented by drivers Martin Kolomý and Jaroslav Valtr . Valtr drove a Tatra Phoenix and Kolomý, who last finished seventh, drove a Tatra 815 .
route
The rally started in Buenos Aires and in the first stages led via Villa Carlos Paz and Termas de Río Hondo to San Salvador de Jujuy. From there the first marathon stage started. This led the drivers through a foothill of the Andes with an average altitude of approx. 3500 m and ended again at the starting point. In the course of the marathon stage, the mechanics and, for the first time, the drivers were not allowed to carry out repairs on the vehicles.
The next stage led over the Andes to Uyuni in Bolivia, whereby the route reached its highest point with an altitude of up to 4600 m on this stage. Then it went first in a loop through the Andean region of Bolivia and later to Salta, Argentina, where the rest day took place on January 10th.
After the rest day, the participants went on to Belén and the second marathon stage, which also ended in Belén. The next two stages to La Rioja and San Juan led through extensive dune regions before continuing on to Villa Carlos Paz on the longest stage this year. From there, on January 16, the last stage, which this time was also the shortest special stage, started to Rosario.
Originally, a completely different route was planned. This was to start in Lima in Peru and from there through the Andes to Bolivia and later to Argentina. Peru canceled its hosting in August 2015 because of concerns about the impact of El Niño .
Stages
stage | date | From | To | Motorcycles / quads | cars | Trucks | ||||||
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connection | Rating | total | connection | Rating | total | connection | Rating | total | ||||
1 | January 3rd | Buenos Aires | Villa Carlos Paz | 405 | 227 | 632 | 404 | 258 | 662 | 404 | 258 | 662 |
2 | January 4th | Villa Carlos Paz | Termas de Río Hondo | 336 | 450 | 786 | 337 | 521 | 858 | 337 | 521 | 858 |
3 | January 5th | Termas de Río Hondo | San Salvador de Jujuy | 349 | 314 | 663 | 349 | 314 | 663 | 349 | 314 | 663 |
4 M. | 6th January | San Salvador de Jujuy | San Salvador de Jujuy | 200 | 429 | 629 | 200 | 429 | 629 | 201 | 418 | 619 |
5 | January 7th | San Salvador de Jujuy | Uyuni | 315 | 327 | 642 | 315 | 327 | 642 | 315 | 327 | 642 |
6th | January 8th | Uyuni | Uyuni | 181 | 542 | 723 | 181 | 542 | 723 | 305 | 295 | 600 |
7th | January 9th | Uyuni | Salta | 440 | 353 | 793 | 440 | 353 | 793 | 440 | 353 | 793 |
10. January | Salta | Rest day | ||||||||||
8th | 11th January | Salta | Belén | 373 | 393 | 766 | 373 | 393 | 766 | 373 | 393 | 766 |
9 M. | January 12th | Belén | Belén | 151 | 285 | 436 | 111 | 285 | 396 | 111 | 285 | 396 |
10 | 13th January | Belén | La Rioja | 283 | 278 | 561 | 485 | 278 | 763 | 485 | 278 | 763 |
11 | January 14th | La Rioja | San Juan | 281 | 431 | 712 | 281 | 431 | 712 | 281 | 431 | 712 |
12 | 15. January | San Juan | Villa Carlos Paz | 450 | 481 | 931 | 450 | 481 | 931 | 599 | 267 | 866 |
13 | January 16 | Villa Carlos Paz | Rosario | 519 | 180 | 699 | 519 | 180 | 699 | 519 | 180 | 699 |
Total distance | 4283 | 4690 | 8973 | 4445 | 4792 | 9237 | 4719 | 4320 | 9039 | |||
All information in kilometers, source: |
Stage results
1st stage
The start of the first stage was postponed several times due to heavy rainfall. In the course of the morning, however, the race management decided to cancel the entire stage for safety reasons, as the use of the rescue helicopter was not possible due to the bad weather.
2nd stage
Since the planned route was still partly impassable due to the rainfalls of the previous days, the special stage for the motorcycles and quads was shortened to 354 km, for the cars and trucks to 387 km.
In the motorcycle classification, Štefan Svitko was initially in third place. However, he received a one-minute time penalty and dropped to fifth.
Martin van den Brink's Renault truck caught fire due to overheated brakes and burned out completely. He, his navigator and his on-board mechanic were unharmed.
rank | motorcycles | Quads | cars | Trucks | ||||||||||||
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driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | |
1 | Toby Price | KTM | 3:46:24 | - | Ignacio Casale | Yamaha | 4:10:47 | - |
Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena |
Peugeot | 3:45:56 | - |
Hans Stacey Serge Bruynkens Jan van der Vaet |
MAN | 4:18:18 | - |
2 | Ruben Faria | Husqvarna | 3:47:44 | + 1:20 | Brian Baragwanath | Yamaha | 4:14:36 | + 3:49 |
Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret |
Peugeot | 3:48:09 | + 2:23 |
Pieter Versluis Marcel Pronk Artur Klein |
MAN | 4:19:06 | + 0:48 |
3 | Alain Duclos | Sherco | 3:48:15 | + 1:51 | Marcelo Medeiros | Yamaha | 4:14:58 | + 4:11 |
Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz |
Toyota | 3:48:47 | + 3:01 |
Gerard de Rooy Moisès Torrallardona Darek Rodewald |
Iveco | 4:20:09 | + 1:51 |
3rd stage
Due to the consequences of the bad weather, the special stage was initially shortened by a good 100 km. The route was later shortened again for the trucks after a landslide made a section impassable.
Joan Barreda Bort set the fastest time in the motorcycle classification. In retrospect, however, he received a one-minute time penalty for exceeding the speed limit in a built-up area and fell back to fifth place.
rank | motorcycles | Quads | cars | Trucks | ||||||||||||
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driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | |
1 | Kevin Benavides | Honda | 2:31:03 | - | Brian Baragwanath | Yamaha | 2:42:35 | - |
Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena |
Peugeot | 2:09:39 | - |
Martin Kolomý David Kilián René Kilián |
Tatra Mountains | 1:42:40 | - |
2 | Paulo Gonçalves | Honda | 2:31:29 | + 0:26 | Ignacio Casale | Yamaha | 2:42:39 | + 0:04 |
Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz |
Peugeot | 2:11:02 | + 1:23 |
Hans Stacey Serge Bruynkens Jan van der Vaet |
MAN | 1:42:57 | + 0:17 |
3 | Antoine Méo | KTM | 2:31:30 | + 0:27 | Rafał Sonik | Yamaha | 2:46:14 | + 3:39 |
Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel |
Mini | 2:11:04 | + 1:25 |
Federico Villagra Jorge Pérez Companc Andres Memi |
Iveco | 1:43:34 | + 0:54 |
4th stage
Joan Barreda Bort was again given a time penalty on this stage for exceeding the speed limit and had to give up his stage win once more.
In the course of the marathon stage, the mechanics in the paddock of San Salvador de Jujuy were not allowed to carry out repairs on the vehicles. For the first time this year, this also applied to the drivers.
rank | motorcycles | Quads | cars | Trucks | ||||||||||||
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driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | |
1 | Paulo Gonçalves | Honda | 3:49:29 | - | Alexis Hernández | Yamaha | 4:53:23 | - |
Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret |
Peugeot | 3:42:24 | - |
Gerard de Rooy Moisès Torrallardona Darek Rodewald |
Iveco | 3:58:16 | - |
2 | Kevin Benavides | Honda | 3:54:15 | + 4:46 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 4:53:27 | + 0:04 |
Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz |
Peugeot | 3:42:53 | + 0:11 |
Pieter Versluis Marcel Pronk Artur Klein |
MAN | 3:58:53 | + 0:37 |
3 | Ruben Faria | Husqvarna | 3:54:55 | + 5:26 | Enrique Umbert Okumura | Yamaha | 4:53:51 | + 0:28 |
Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena |
Peugeot | 3:43:09 | + 0:27 |
Hans Stacey Serge Bruynkens Jan van der Vaet |
MAN | 3:59:34 | + 1:18 |
5th stage
Rafał Sonik, last year's winner in the quad classification, suffered an engine failure and retired. Marcelo Medeiros, who was third up to then, suffered a broken collarbone in a fall . He could not continue the rally either.
rank | motorcycles | Quads | cars | Trucks | ||||||||||||
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driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | |
1 | Toby Price | KTM | 4:03:44 | - | Alexis Hernández | Yamaha | 4:49:24 | - |
Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena |
Peugeot | 3:32:34 | - |
Eduard Nikolayev Yevgeny Jakowlev Vladimir Rybakov |
KAMAZ | 4:00:03 | - |
2 | Štefan Svitko | KTM | 4:06:17 | + 2:33 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 4:51:20 | + 1:56 |
Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz |
Peugeot | 3:32:56 | + 0:22 |
Martin Kolomý David Kilián René Kilián |
Tatra Mountains | 4:02:35 | + 0:37 |
3 | Matthias Walkner | KTM | 4:06:24 | + 2:40 | Sergei Karjakin | Yamaha | 4:52:14 | + 2:50 |
Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret |
Peugeot | 3:35:34 | + 3:00 |
Federico Villagra Jorge Pérez Companc Andres Memi |
Iveco | 4:04:35 | + 4:32 |
6th stage
Joan Barreda Bort had to be dragged to the finish by his team mate Paolo Ceci due to engine problems and lost almost five hours as a result. In the overall ranking he fell back to 70th place.
Husqvarnapilot Ruben Faria retired in a fall and a. Wrist injuries and had to end the rally. Ignacio Casale, 2014 winner of the quad classification, also fell and broke his collarbone. He also dropped out.
Ivan Jakeš decided not to continue the race before the start of the stage. He was seventh overall, but had torn a ligament in his knee the day before.
rank | motorcycles | Quads | cars | Trucks | ||||||||||||
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driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | |
1 | Toby Price | KTM | 5:51:48 | - | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 6:53:39 | - |
Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret |
Peugeot | 5:01:07 | - |
Hans Stacey Serge Bruynkens Jan van der Vaet |
MAN | 2:55:35 | - |
2 | Matthias Walkner | KTM | 5:52:53 | + 1:05 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 7:00:18 | + | 6:39
Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz |
Peugeot | 5:01:24 | + 0:17 |
Gerard de Rooy Moisès Torrallardona Darek Rodewald |
Iveco | 2:55:42 | + 0:07 |
3 | Paulo Gonçalves | Honda | 5:53:00 | + 1:12 | Sergei Karjakin | Yamaha | 7:12:40 | + 19:01 |
Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk |
Toyota | 5:08:26 | + 7:19 |
Pieter Versluis Marcel Pronk Artur Klein |
MAN | 2:56:50 | + 1:15 |
7th stage
Because of bad weather, the second part of the split special stage for the motorcycles and quads was canceled. For the cars and trucks, the test took place as planned.
Matthias Walkner, up until then third in the overall standings, fell shortly after the start of the stage and broke his thigh. Front runner Paulo Gonçalves provided first aid and lost eleven minutes as a result, which was later credited back to him by the race management.
Since the engine problems from the previous day could not be resolved, Joan Barreda Bort was unable to take the special stage and retired.
rank | motorcycles | Quads | cars | Trucks | ||||||||||||
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driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | |
1 | Antoine Méo | KTM | 2:27:27 | - | Lucas Bonetto | Honda | 2:58:30 | - |
Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz |
Peugeot | 3:19:03 | - |
Eduard Nikolayev Yevgeny Jakowlev Vladimir Rybakov |
KAMAZ | 3:54:31 | - |
2 | Kevin Benavides | Honda | 2:29:20 | + 1:53 | Pablo Copetti | Yamaha | 2:58:59 | + 0:29 |
Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena |
Peugeot | 3:19:41 | + 0:38 |
Airat Mardejew Aidar Belyayev Dmitri Swistunow |
KAMAZ | 3:55:29 | + 0:58 |
3 | Paulo Gonçalves | Honda | 2:39:23 | + 1:56 | Walter Nosiglia | Honda | 2:59:24 | + 0:54 |
Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel |
Mini | 3:22:25 | + 3:22 |
Pieter Versluis Marcel Pronk Artur Klein |
MAN | 3:55:48 | + 1:17 |
8th stage
Sébastien Loeb, who had been the overall leader in the car classification up to that point, overturned in a dry river bed. He and his co-driver were uninjured, but their Peugeot was badly damaged. Loeb reached the goal more than an hour behind and fell back to eighth place in the overall standings.
rank | motorcycles | Quads | cars | Trucks | ||||||||||||
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driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | |
1 | Toby Price | KTM | 4:33:14 | - | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 5:41:18 | - |
Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel |
Mini | 4:12:23 | - |
Gerard de Rooy Moisès Torrallardona Darek Rodewald |
Iveco | 4:44:59 | - |
2 | Paulo Gonçalves | Honda | 4:38:31 | + 5:17 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 5:47:00 | + 5:42 |
Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz |
Peugeot | 4:12:35 | + 0:12 |
Eduard Nikolayev Yevgeny Jakowlev Vladimir Rybakov |
KAMAZ | 4:44:34 | + 2:35 |
3 | Pablo Quintanilla | Husqvarna | 4:39:46 | + 6:32 | Alexis Hernández | Yamaha | 5:50:35 | + 9:17 |
Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret |
Peugeot | 4:12:54 | + 0:31 |
Andrei Karginow Andrei Mokeiev Igor Leonow |
KAMAZ | 4:47:22 | + 5:23 |
9th stage
Because of temperatures of over 40 ° C, the race management decided to shorten the special stage.
Paulo Gonçalves struggled with damage to the radiator on his Honda and the resulting overheating of the engine. He reached the last checkpoint in 13th place, almost 32 minutes behind Toby Price. On the subsequent liaison stage, Gonçalves had to be towed by his team-mate Paolo Ceci.
After Sébastien Loeb had lost over an hour to the top the day before, this time he lost around 70 minutes again. The reasons were getting stuck in the sand several times and damage to the drive shaft. Loeb fell back to 13th place overall.
rank | motorcycles | Quads | cars | Trucks | ||||||||||||
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driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | |
1 | Toby Price | KTM | 3:26:58 | - | Pablo Corpetti | Yamaha | 5:39:41 | - |
Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz |
Peugeot | 2:35:31 | - |
Gerard de Rooy Moisès Torrallardona Darek Rodewald |
Iveco | 2:41:20 | - |
2 | Ricky Brabec | Honda | 3:39:27 | + 12:29 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 5:40:35 | + 0:54 |
Erik van Loon Wouter Rosegaar |
Mini | 2:35:41 | + 0:10 |
Ton van Genugten Anton van Limp Peter van Eerd |
Iveco | 2:45:19 | + | 3:59
3 | Antoine Méo | KTM | 3:40:22 | + 13:24 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 5:41:57 | + 2:16 |
Mikko Hirvonen Michel Périn |
Mini | 2:35:48 | + 0:17 |
Andrei Karginow Andrei Mokeiev Igor Leonow |
KAMAZ | 2:57:24 | + 16:04 |
10th stage
Nasser Al-Attiyah overturned on the first six kilometers of the stage. His Mini was badly damaged in the process, so that Al-Attiyah lost around 52 minutes to leader Peterhansel.
Carlos Sainz got stuck in the transmission due to damage and had to be dragged out of the special stage by a service truck. Since the damage could not be repaired, Sainz could not go to the next stage and retired.
rank | motorcycles | Quads | cars | Trucks | ||||||||||||
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driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | |
1 | Štefan Svitko | KTM | 3:47:23 | - | Brian Baragwanath | Yamaha | 4:53:30 | - |
Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret |
Peugeot | 3:58:32 | - |
Pascal de Baar Martin Roesink Wouter de Graaff |
Renault | 4:51:41 | - |
2 | Kevin Benavides | Honda | 3:50:17 | + 2:54 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 4:53:59 | + 0:29 |
Cyril Despres David Castera |
Peugeot | 4:04:12 | + | 5:40
Gerard de Rooy Moisès Torrallardona Darek Rodewald |
Iveco | 4:54:17 | + | 2:36
3 | Toby Price | KTM | 3:53:10 | + 5:47 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 4:54:47 | + 1:17 |
Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Schilzow |
Toyota | 4:11:28 | + 12:56 |
Airat Mardejew Aidar Belyayev Dmitri Swistunow |
KAMAZ | 5:17:47 | + 26:06 |
11th stage
Paulo Gonçalves was eliminated after suffering a concussion in a serious fall and having to be flown to a hospital. In the overall standings, the Portuguese was last eighth.
12th stage
Antoine Méo fell about 50 km from the finish and injured his hand in the process. He then drove more slowly, so that he reached the goal, more than half an hour behind, in 21st place. In the overall standings, he dropped from third to sixth.
Laia Sanz also fell and broke her collarbone. But she decided to continue the rally.
rank | motorcycles | Quads | cars | Trucks | ||||||||||||
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driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | |
1 | Hélder Rodrigues | Yamaha | 6:00:24 | - | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 6:48:46 | - |
Mikko Hirvonen Michel Périn |
Mini | 5:34:17 | - |
Pieter Versluis Marcel Pronk Artur Klein |
MAN | 3:14:06 | - |
2 | Toby Price | KTM | 6:04:56 | + 4:32 | Walter Nosiglia | Honda | 6:48:55 | + 0:09 |
Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel |
Mini | 5:34:26 | + 0:09 |
Federico Villagra Jorge Pérez Companc Andres Memi |
Iveco | 3:17:20 | + 3:14 |
3 | Kevin Benavides | Honda | 6:05:19 | + 4:55 | Sergei Karjakin | Yamaha | 6:49:35 | + 0:49 |
Leeroy Poulter Robert Howie |
Toyota | 5:35:02 | + 0:45 |
Hans Stacey Serge Bruynkens Jan van der Vaet |
MAN | 3:17:24 | + 3:18 |
13th stage
rank | motorcycles | Quads | cars | Trucks | ||||||||||||
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driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | driver | brand | time | distance | |
1 | Pablo Quintanilla | Husqvarna | 1:51:27 | - | Brian Baragwanath | Yamaha | 2:07:18 | - |
Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena |
Peugeot | 1:46:51 | - |
Hans Stacey Serge Bruynkens Jan van der Vaet |
MAN | 2:06:08 | - |
2 | Kevin Benavides | Honda | 1:53:08 | + 4:32 | Giuliano Horacio Giordana | Yamaha | 2:15:02 | + 7:44 |
Mikko Hirvonen Michel Périn |
Mini | 1:48:04 | + 1:13 |
Pieter Versluis Marcel Pronk Artur Klein |
MAN | 2:07:53 | + 3:14 |
3 | Hélder Rodrigues | Yamaha | 1:54:04 | + 2:37 | Sergei Karjakin | Yamaha | 2:15:13 | + 7:55 |
Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel |
Mini | 1:48:27 | + 1:36 |
Eduard Nikolayev Yevgeny Jakowlev Vladimir Rybakov |
KAMAZ | 2:08:16 | + 2:08 |
Overall rating
Of the 347 vehicles that started, 214 reached the finish. These included 84 motorcycles, 23 quads, 66 cars and 41 trucks. This corresponds to a failure rate of around 38 percent, which is significantly lower than in the previous events: in 2015 around 49 percent of participants dropped out prematurely, while in 2014 a good 52 percent did not reach the goal.
motorcycles
In Toby Price, an Australian won the Dakar Rally for the first time. In his Dakar debut last year, Price had finished third. For KTM, this was already the 15th successive Dakar victory.
Initially, the Honda rider Paulo Gonçalves led the class . On the eighth stage, Gonçalves lost the lead to Toby Price and later retired on the eleventh stage due to injury. His teammate Joan Barreda Bort drove good times on the first stages, but also received many time penalties so that he fell further and further behind in the overall standings. He retired after he couldn't start the seventh stage due to engine problems.
rank | driver | brand | time | distance |
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1 | Toby Price | KTM | 48:09:15 | - |
2 | Štefan Svitko | KTM | 48:48:56 | + | 39:41
3 | Pablo Quintanilla | Husqvarna | 48:58:03 | + | 48:48
4th | Kevin Benavides | Honda | 49:04:02 | + | 54:47
5 | Hélder Rodrigues | Yamaha | 49:04:59 | + | 55:44
6th | Adrien Van Beveren | Yamaha | 49:55:44 | + 1:46:29 |
7th | Antoine Méo | KTM | 50:06:02 | + 1:56:47 |
8th | Gerard Farrés Guell | KTM | 50:10:15 | + 2:01:00 |
9 | Ricky Brabec | Honda | 50:20:42 | + 2:11:27 |
10 | Armand Monleón | KTM | 51:37:04 | + 3:27:49 |
Quads
After winning the rally in 2010 and 2013, Marcos Patronelli clinched his third victory this time. His brother Alejandro, who won the Dakar in 2011 and 2012, was only five minutes behind in second place.
Defending champion Rafał Sonik retired on the fifth stage due to an engine failure. Co-favorite Ignacio Casale ended the rally early after breaking his collarbone on stage six.
rank | driver | brand | time | distance |
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1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 58:47:41 | - |
2 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 58:53:04 | + 5:23 |
3 | Brian Baragwanath | Yamaha | 60:29:34 | + 1:41:53 |
4th | Sergei Karjakin | Yamaha | 60:32:06 | + 1:44:25 |
5 | Jeremías González Ferioli | Yamaha | 60:49:49 | + 2:02:08 |
6th | Walter Nosiglia | Honda | 63:13:51 | + 4:26:10 |
7th | Nelson Augusto Sanabria Galeano | Yamaha | 63:36:40 | + 4:48:59 |
8th | Alexis Hernández | Yamaha | 65:21:25 | + 6:33:44 |
9 | Sebastian Palma | Yamaha | 67:03:14 | + 8:15:33 |
10 | Santiago Hansen | Honda | 67:29:04 | + 8:41:23 |
cars
Stéphane Peterhansel won the car classification for the sixth time and thus achieved his twelfth Dakar victory. It is the first victory for the Peugeot factory team since 1990.
In the first week the nine-time world rally champion Sébastien Loeb dominated the action in his Peugeot, but the Dakar debutant lost a lot of time in the later stages due to driving errors and damage to the vehicle, so that in the end he fell back to ninth place. His team mate Cyril Despres drove in the car classification for the second time and achieved seventh place.
The X-Raid Minis, who had won the Dakar Rally in the past four years, could only claim three stage wins. The best mini driver was last year's winner Nasser Al-Attiyah , who finished second, just under 35 minutes behind. Former WRC driver Mikko Hirvonen took part in the Dakar for the first time. He won a special test and finished fourth in the overall standings.
rank | driver | brand | time | distance |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret |
Peugeot | 45:22:10 | - |
2 |
Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel |
Mini | 45:57:08 | + | 34:58
3 |
Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz |
Toyota | 46:24:57 | + 1:02:47 |
4th |
Mikko Hirvonen Michel Périn |
Mini | 46:27:28 | + 1:05:18 |
5 |
Leeroy Poulter Robert Howie |
Toyota | 43:45:06 | + 1:30:43 |
6th |
Nani Roma Alex Haro Bravo |
Mini | 47:03:16 | + 1:41:06 |
7th |
Cyril Despres David Castera |
Peugeot | 47:15:14 | + 1:53:04 |
8th |
Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Schilzow |
Toyota | 47:23:45 | + 2:01:45 |
9 |
Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena |
Peugeot | 47:44:19 | + 2:22:09 |
10 |
Harry Hunt Andreas Schulz |
Mini | 48:33:40 | + 3:11:30 |
Trucks
Gerard de Rooy won the truck classification in an Iveco. It is already his second victory in the Dakar Rally for the Dutchman.
With de Rooy's team mates Federico Villagra, Ton van Genugten, and Pep Vila Roca, three other Iveco drivers also achieved a place in the top ten. Aleš Loprais was eliminated on the fifth stage.
Last year's winner Airat Mardejew from the KAMAZ factory team came in second, over an hour behind. His team-mate Eduard Nikolajew finished seventh. The KAMAZ driver Andrei Karginow, who finished third last year, and Dmitri Sotnikow finished 14th and 15th.
rank | driver | brand | time | distance |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Gerard de Rooy Moisès Torrallardona Darek Rodewald |
Iveco | 44:42:03 | - |
2 |
Airat Mardejew Aidar Belyayev Dmitri Swistunow |
KAMAZ | 45:52:30 | + 1:10:27 |
3 |
Federico Villagra Jorge Pérez Companc Andres Memi |
Iveco | 46:22:58 | + 1:40:55 |
4th |
Hans Stacey Serge Bruynkens Jan van der Vaet |
MAN | 47:05:04 | + 2:23:01 |
5 |
Ton van Genugten Anton van Limp Peter van Eerd |
Iveco | 47:13:02 | + 2:30:59 |
6th |
Pascal de Baar Martin Roesink Wouter de Graaff |
Renault | 47:46:10 | + 3:04:07 |
7th |
Eduard Nikolajew Yevgeny Jakowlew Ruslan Achmadejew |
KAMAZ | 48:21:26 | + 3:39:23 |
8th |
Jaroslav Valtr Josef Kalina Jiri Stross |
Tatra Mountains | 48:36:33 | + 3:54:30 |
9 |
Pieter Versluis Marcel Pronk Artur Klein |
MAN | 48:39:55 | + 3:57:52 |
10 |
Pep Vila Roca Xavi Colomé Roqueta Marc Torres Sala |
Iveco | 49:37:07 | + 4:55:04 |
Incidents
During the 11-kilometer prologue on January 2nd, Chinese participant Guo Meiling lost control of her Mini All4 Racing and raced into a group of spectators, injuring 13 people. The prologue was then canceled.
A 63-year-old spectator was killed on the 7th stage. The Frenchman Lionel Baud came off the track in his car and caught the man standing at the edge of the track. The spectator is the 67th death in the history of the Dakar Rally.
Web links
Individual evidence
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- ↑ Dakar Rally 2016: Peugeot-Total is ready to start. December 31, 2015, accessed January 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Toyota Dakar attack. Motorsport Total, December 29, 2015, accessed January 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Peru renounces the Dakar Rally because of El Niño. Süddeutsche Zeitung, August 25, 2015, accessed on August 27, 2020 .
- ↑ Detailed Route. Retrieved January 2, 2016 .
- ↑ First stage canceled due to storms. Spiegel Online, January 3, 2016, accessed January 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Favorites die with the quads. Motorsport-Total, January 7, 2016, accessed January 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Patronelli brothers take over out front. motorsport.com, January 8, 2016, accessed January 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Broken thigh! Matthias Walkner has to give up. krone.at, January 9, 2016, accessed on January 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Chinese Meiling races into viewers. motorsport-magazin.com, January 3, 2016, accessed January 3, 2016 .
- ↑ ´ Dakar Rally claims the first casualty. Die Welt, January 9, 2016, accessed January 10, 2016 .