Fourth overall victory at the Dakar: Al

Records and also statistics of the Rally Dakar provided on this article issue the rally-raid examination developed in 1979,,,. All data is up to day from the 2018 Rally Dakar.

• Audi with prominent cast — defending champion Peterhansel dethroned
• Englishman Sam Sunderland wins tight motorcycle rating
• Schlünstag overshadowed by fatal accident
• Tragic incident directly to the kick-off of the Dakar

The Nine Rally World Champion Sebastien Lobe (Pro drive) from France ended the Dakar with 27:46 minutes behind a second.

The last section of the rally through the deserts and dunes Saudi Arabia won the South African Hank Later in Toyota. He referred Mister Dakar Stephane Peterhansel (France) in the Audi in second place. The German manufacturer ended the Dakar with his hybrid cars with four stage victories.

Audi with prominent cast — defending champion Peterhansel dethroned

Audi was in very prominent cast this year and with a new concept at the start. In addition to the now-dethronten defending champion Peterhansel (14 Dakar total victory) and the Spaniard Carlos Saint was also the former DTM champion Matthias Custom (Sweden) in one of the RS q E-Tron at the start.

Englishman Sam Sunderland wins tight motorcycle rating

Fastest on the motorcycle: the Englishman Sam Sunderland. AFP Via Getty Images

In the motorcycle rating triumphed the Write Sam Sunderland, who secured the second overall victory. It was extremely close to: The Chile ne Pablo Quintanilla had a second 3:27 minutes behind, Matthias Walker from Austria was third — he was 6:47 minutes longer than Sunderland.

Schlünstag overshadowed by fatal accident

The final day was overshadowed by a deadly accident. A supply vehicle of the team PH Sport collided with a truck of a local. The 20-year-old Frenchman Quentin Lava lee, who controlled the vehicle and worked for the team as a mechanic, to live.

Tragic incident directly to the kick-off of the Dakar

For the third time, the Dakar was a guest in Saudi Arabia. While the dunes and deserts made the participants sporty ahead of a big challenge, the rally was overshadowed at the beginning of an incident. On December 30, the vehicle of the Frenchman Philippe Boulton had come to an explosion in the start and destination Jidda. The driver suffered serious injuries to the legs, was in the coma in the meantime, but is now awakened and in the home. France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Brian said in the episode of a possible terrorist attack, also the demolition of the Dakar stood in the room.

The Dakar moved from Africa to South America in 2009 after the 2008 Rally had to be canceled shortly before its scheduled start for security reasons. Since 2020, Saudi Arabia has been driven.