Dakar Rally 2018

Route 2018

The 2018 Dakar Rally was the 40th edition of the Dakar Rally and the 39th that actually took place. It took place for the tenth time in a row in South America . The rally started in Lima on January 6, 2018 and ended after 14 stages in Córdoba on January 20 . During this time, depending on the vehicle class, around 8,300 to 8,800 kilometers, including around 4,300 racing kilometers, were covered through Peru , Bolivia and Argentina .

A total of 335 vehicles took to the start, including 139 motorcycles , 92 cars , 49 quads , 44 trucks and 11 UTVs .

The winner in the motorcycle category was Austrian Matthias Walkner with 43:06:01 - the best time of all vehicles, the winner in the cars was the Spaniard Carlos Sainz with a time of 49:16:18, the winner in the quads was the Chilean Ignacio Casale with 53:47:04 and the winner in the trucks was the Russian Eduard Nikolajew with 54:57:37. In the UTVs, the Brazilian Reinaldo Varela was in first place with 72:44:06.

route

The rally started in Lima in Peru and in the first stages led via Pisco and San Juan de Marcona to Arequipa. The routing was largely identical for all classes, only on the stage to Arequipa the motorcycles drove a slightly different route. The sixth stage crossed the border to Bolivia, where the participants had a day of rest in La Paz.

After the rest day, the first half of a marathon stage began for all participants. This means that at the end of the seventh stage, the mechanics were not allowed to carry out repairs on the vehicles. The next two stages led via Tupiza to Salta, Argentina, where the special stages were held at an altitude of up to 4800  m . On the eleventh stage, the motorbikes and quads drove to Fiambalá, while the other participants continued to Chilecito. For the motorbike and quad riders, this was also the first part of another marathon stage. The routing of the motorcycles and quads also deviated from that of the other participants in the two following special stages, only on the last stage northwest of Córdoba did all classes have the same route again.

Stages

stage	date	From	To	Motorcycles / quads			Cars / UTVs			Trucks
				connection	Rating	total	connection	Rating	total	connection	Rating	total
1	06th January	Lima	Pisco	242	31	273	242	31	273	242	31	273
2	0January 7th	Pisco	Pisco	12	267	279	12	267	279	12	267	279
3	0January 8th	Pisco	San Juan de Marcona	208	296	504	208	296	504	208	296	504
4th	0January 9th	San Juan de Marcona	San Juan de Marcona	114	330	444	114	330	444	114	330	444
5	10. January	San Juan de Marcona	Arequipa	508	266	774	666	268	934	666	268	934
6th	11th January	Arequipa	La Paz	447	313	760	447	313	760	447	313	760
	January 12th	La Paz		Rest day
7 M1	13th January	La Paz	Uyuni	302	425	727	302	425	727	302	369	671
8th	January 14th	Uyuni	Tupiza	87	498	585	87	498	585	180	381	561
9	15. January	Tupiza	Salta	513	242	755	513	242	755	513	242	755
10	January 16	Salta	Belén	424	373	797	424	373	797	424	373	797
11 M2	January 17th	Belén	Fiambalá 1 / Chilecito 2	205	280	485	467	280	747	467	280	747
12	January 18th	Fiambalá / Chilecito	San Juan	348	375	723	270	523	793	270	523	793
13	January 19th	San Juan	Cordoba	483	424	907	560	369	929	560	369	929
14th	January 20th	Cordoba	Cordoba	166	120	286	166	120	286	166	120	286
Total distance				4059	4240	8299	4478	4335	8813	4571	4162	8733
All information in kilometers, source:

^M1 Marathon stage for all participants

^M2 Marathon stage for motorcycle and quad riders

¹ Destination for motorbikes and quads

² Destination for cars, UTVs and trucks

Stage results

1st stage

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	20:56	-	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	27:32	-	Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel	Toyota	21:51	-	Aleš Loprais Lukáš Janda Ferran Marco Alcayna	Tatra Mountains	25:15	-
2	Adrien van Beveren	Yamaha	21:28	+ 0:32	Sergei Karjakin	Yamaha	28:32	+ 1:00	Bernhard ten Brinke Michel Périn	Toyota	22:16	+ 0:25	Martin van den Brink Wouter Rosegaar Daniel Kozlovský	Renault	25:37	+ 0:22
3	Pablo Quintanilla	Husqvarna	21:51	+ 0:55	Pablo Copetti	Yamaha	30:31	+ 2:59	Nicolás Fuchs Fernando Adrian Mussano	Borgward	22:25	+ 0:34	Eduard Nikolayev Yevgeny Jakowlev Vladimir Rybakov	KAMAZ	25:44	+ 0:29

2nd stage

The American Bryce Menzies from the X-Raid lineup rolled over several times at the beginning of the stage. While Menzies was uninjured, his co-driver Peter Mortensen suffered a broken ankle. Your car was destroyed in the accident.

Later on, there was a collision between Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Boris Garafulic , who both also compete for X-Raid. The collision occurred on a dune ridge that both drivers were approaching from opposite directions. After several hours of repairs, they were able to 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	Joan Barreda Bort	Honda	2:56:44	-	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	3:37:45	-	Cyril Despres David Castera	Peugeot	2:56:51	-	Eduard Nikolayev Yevgeny Jakowlev Vladimir Rybakov	KAMAZ	3:24:23	-
2	Adrien van Beveren	Yamaha	2:59:38	+ 2:54	Sergei Karjakin	Yamaha	3:38:28	+ 0:43	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Peugeot	2:57:39	+ 0:48	Federico Villagra Ricardo Adrian Torlaschi Adrian Arturo Yacopini	Iveco	3:27:48	+ 3:25
3	Matthias Walkner	KTM	3:01:08	+ 4:24	Gastón Gonzáles	Yamaha	3:41:39	+ 3:54	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Peugeot	2:59:59	+ 3:08	Aleš Loprais Lukáš Janda Ferran Marco Alcayna	Tatra Mountains	3:30:30	+ 6:07

3rd stage

Shortly before the end of the special stage, Nani Roma rolled over . He was rushed to hospital on suspicion of traumatic brain injury and dropped out.

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	3:20:43	-	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	3:58:08	-	Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel	Toyota	3:09:08	-	Federico Villagra Ricardo Adrian Torlaschi Adrian Arturo Yacopini	Iveco	3:56:37	-
2	Kevin Benavides	Honda	3:23:46	+ 3:03	Alexis Hernández	Yamaha	4:07:03	+ 10:55	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Peugeot	3:13:13	+ 4:05	Eduard Nikolayev Yevgeny Jakowlev Vladimir Rybakov	KAMAZ	3:57:12	+ 0:35
3	Toby Price	KTM	3:24:11	+ 3:28	Pablo Copetti	Yamaha	4:13:00	+ 14:52	Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz	Peugeot	3:15:15	+ 6:07	Airat Mardejew Aidar Belyayev Dmitri Swistunow	KAMAZ	4:00:46	+ 4:09

4th stage

Sam Sunderland, the defending champion in the motorcycle championship, sustained a back injury while jumping into a hole. Later he temporarily lost feeling in his legs and was flown to a hospital.

rank	motorcycles				Quads				cars				Trucks
	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance
1	Adrien van Beveren	Yamaha	4:08:23	-	Sergei Karjakin	Yamaha	4:56:34	-	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Peugeot	3:57:53	-	Eduard Nikolayev Yevgeny Jakowlev Vladimir Rybakov	KAMAZ	4:35:08	-
2	Xavier de Soultrait	Yamaha	4:13:24	+ 5:01	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	4:57:17	+ 0:43	Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz	Peugeot	3:59:28	+ 1:35	Federico Villagra Ricardo Adrian Torlaschi Adrian Arturo Yacopini	Iveco	5:03:05	+ 27:57
3	Matthias Walkner	KTM	4:15:33	+ 7:10	Alexis Hernández	Yamaha	5:02:05	+ 5:31	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Peugeot	4:01:09	+ 3:16	Martin Kolomý Jiří Štross Rostislav Plný	Tatra Mountains	5:13:57	+ 38:49

5th stage

A few kilometers after the start, Sébastien Loeb crashed his car into a sand hole. His co-driver Daniel Elena broke it u. a. the breastbone, so that the two 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	3:19:42	-	Nicolás Cavigliasso	Yamaha	4:12:47	-	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Peugeot	2:51:19	-	Eduard Nikolayev Yevgeny Jakowlev Vladimir Rybakov	KAMAZ	3:37:12	-
2	Matthias Walkner	KTM	3:30:08	+ 10:26	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	4:19:22	+ 1:23	Bernhard ten Brinke Michel Périn	Toyota	2:56:11	+ 04:52	Dmitri Sotnikow Ruslan Achmadejew Ilnur Mustafin	KAMAZ	3:40:35	+ 3:23
3	Kevin Benavides	Honda	3:32:02	+ 12:20	Alexis Hernández	Yamaha	4:19:22	+ 6:35	Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	3:04:06	+ 12:47	Airat Mardejew Aidar Belyayev Dmitri Swistunow	KAMAZ	3:40:39	+ 3:27

6th stage

rank	motorcycles				Quads				cars				Trucks
	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance
1.	Antoine Meo	KTM	1:54:10	-	Jeremias Gonzalez Ferioli	Yamaha	2:29:06	-	Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz	Peugeot	2:53:30	-	Federico Villagra Ricardo Adrian Torlaschi Adrian Arturo Yacopini	Iveco	3:22:23	-
2.	Kevin Benavides	Honda	1:54:40	+ 0:30	Pablo Copetti	Yamaha	2:30:56	+ 1:50	Stephane Peterhansel Jean Paul Cottret	Peugeot	2:57:36	+ 4:06	Martin Kolomý Jiří Stross Rostislav Plný	Tatra Mountains	3:25:09	+ 2:46
3.	Toby Price	KTM	1:54:40	+ 0:30	Nelson Augusto Sanabria Galeno	Yamaha	2:31:24	+ 2:18	Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel	Toyota	2:58:35	+ 5:05	Ton van Genugten Bernard of the children Peter Willemsen	Iveco	3:25:21	+ 2:58

7th stage

rank	motorcycles				Quads				cars				Trucks
	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance	driver	brand	time	distance
1.	Juan Barreda Bort	Honda	5:11:10	-	Axel Dutrie	Yamaha	6:59:04	-	Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz	Peugeot	4:49:26	-	Ton van Genugten Bernhard the children Peter Willemsen	Iveco	4:10:40	-
2.	Adrien van Beveren	Yamaha	5:14:01	+ 2:51	Marcelo Medeiros	Yamaha	7:03:54	+ 4:50	Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	5:01:31	+ 12:05	Frederico Villagra Ricardo Adrian Torlaschi Adrian Arturo Yacopini	Iveco	4:12:41	+ 2:01
3.	Kevin Benavides	Honda	5:19:12	+ 8:02	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha	7:08:02	+ 8:58	Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel	Toyota	5:03:45	+ 14:19	Eduard Nikolaev Evgeny Yakovlev Vladimir Rybakov	KAMAZ	4:15:34	+ 4:54

Final results

cars

Item	No.	driver	brand	team	time
1	303	Carlos Sainz (ESP)	Peugeot	Team Peugeot Total	49:16:18
2	301	Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT)	Toyota	Toyota Gazoo Racing SA	+0: ​​43: 40
3	304	Giniel de Villiers (RSA)	Toyota	Toyota Gazoo Racing SA	+1: 16: 41
4th	300	Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA)	Peugeot	Team Peugeot Total	+1: 25: 29
5	312	Jakub Przygoński (POL)	Mini	Orlen Team / X-Raid	+2: 45: 24
6th	319	Khalid Al Qassimi (UAE)	Peugeot	PH sports	+4: 20: 58
7th	311	Martin Prokop (CZE)	ford	MP Sports	+7: 20: 49
8th	334	Peter van Merksteijn (NED)	Toyota	Overdrive Toyota	+7: 41: 28
9	331	Sebastián Halpern (ARG)	Toyota	South Racing	+9: 08: 10
10	318	Lucio Álvarez (ARG)	Toyota	Overdrive Toyota	+9: 18: 46

motorcycles

Item	No.	driver	brand	team	time
1	2	Matthias Walkner (AUT)	KTM	Red Bull KTM Factory Team	43:06:01
2	47	Kevin Benavides (ARG)	Honda	Monster Energy Honda Team	+0: ​​16: 53
3	8th	Toby Price (AUS)	KTM	Red Bull KTM Factory Team	+0: ​​23: 01
4th	19th	Antoine Méo (FRA)	KTM	Red Bull KTM Factory Team	+0: ​​47: 28
5	3	Gerard Farrés (ESP)	KTM	Himoinsa Racing Team	+1: 01: 04
6th	40	Johnny Aubert (FRA)	Gas gas	Gas Gas Motorsport	+1: 53: 53
7th	61	Oriol Mena (ESP)	Hero	Hero Motorsports Team Rally	+2: 22: 52
8th	10	Pablo Quintanilla (CHL)	Husqvarna	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	+2: 24: 05
9	29	Daniel Oliveras (ESP)	KTM	Himoinsa Racing Team	+2: 37: 20
10	68	José Ignacio Cornejo (CHL)	Honda	Monster Energy Honda Team	+2: 42: 36

Quads

Item	No.	driver	brand	team	time
1	241	Ignacio Casale (CHL)	Yamaha	Casale Racing	53:47:04
2	249	Nicolás Cavigliasso (ARG)	Yamaha	Team Al Desert	+1: 38: 52
3	246	Jeremías González (ARG)	Yamaha	Consultores de Empresas	+2: 08: 14
4th	282	Marcelo Medeiros (BRA)	Yamaha	Taguatur Racing Team	+4: 30: 00
5	248	Alexis Hernández (PER)	Yamaha	Alexis Hernández Racing	+4: 38: 53
6th	266	Dmitrij Schilow (KAZ)	Yamaha	Astana Motorsports 2017	+6: 44: 57
7th	251	Nelson Sanabria (PAR)	Yamaha	Sanabria Dakar team	+8: 02: 56
8th	254	Kees Koolen (NED)	Parallel bars racer	Maxxis Super B Dakar team	+8: 24: 58
9	245	Axel Dutrie (FRA)	Yamaha	Drag'On Rally Team	+8: 30: 22
10	280	Giuliano Giordana (ARG)	Yamaha	Giordana Dakar team	+9: 18: 25

Trucks

Item	No.	driver	brand	team	time
1	500	Eduard Nikolajew (RUS) Jewgenij Jakowlew (RUS) Vladimir Rybakov (RUS)	KAMAZ	KAMAZ-master	54:57:37
2	512	Siarhei Viazovich (BLR) Pavel Haranin (BLR) Andrej Zhyhulin (BLR)	MAZ	MAZ sports car	+3: 57: 17
3	507	Ajrat Mardejew (RUS) Aydar Belyaev (RUS) Dmitri Swistunow (RUS)	KAMAZ	KAMAZ-master	+5: 22: 34
4th	508	Artur Ardavichus (KAZ) Serge Bruynkens (BEL) Michel Huisman (NED)	Iveco	Astana Motorsport Team de Rooy Iveco	+6: 38: 22
5	510	Martin Macík jr (CZE) František Tomášek (CZE) Michal Mrkva (CZE)	LIAZ	Big Shock Racing	+7: 58: 45
6th	511	Teruhito Sugawara (JPN) Mitsugu Takahashi (JPN)	Hino	Hino Team Sugawara	+8: 10: 16
7th	517	Gert Huzink (NED) Rob Buursen (NED) Martin Roesink (NED)	Renault	Riwald Dakar team	+9: 19: 23
8th	509	Ton van Genugten (NED) Bernard der Kinderen (NED) Peter Willemsen (BEL)	Iveco	Petronas Team de Rooy Iveco	+9: 24: 54
9	516	Maurik van den Heuvel (NED) Wilko van Oort (NED) Martin van Rooij (NED)	Scania	Dakar speed	+9: 55: 05
10	502	Dmitrij Sotnikow (RUS) Ruslan Achmadejew (RUS) Ilnur Mustafin (RUS)	KAMAZ	KAMAZ-master	+10: 03: 47

Web links

Commons : Rally Dakar 2018  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Competitors. Retrieved January 6, 2018 . 
2. ^ The Route 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Spectacular accident - mini rollover. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 8, 2018, accessed January 9, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Loeb gives up, Peterhansel donates. Speedweek.com, January 11, 2018, accessed January 11, 2018 .