The 2009 Dakar Rally was the 30th running of the Dakar rally an automobile, motorcycle, and all-terrain vehicle race, latest 8 of which were dominated by Mitsubishi Team. The race officially began at 5:00 a.m. ARST (7:00 a.m. UTC) on January 3, 2009, and took place across Argentina and Chile. The rally was the first to take place outside of Europe and Africa, as the location of the rally was changed by organizers due to concerns about possible terrorist attacks (the 2008 Dakar Rally was cancelled before it started, for the same reason).
Étienne Lavigne, the race director of the rally, first announced the new race location in February 2008. He said, "Dakar competitors are going to discover new territory, new scenery, but with the same spirit of competition and adventure, with very hard stages."
Entrants
540 teams from 50 nations are competing in the race. Teams underwent administrative and technical checks in Buenos Aires between December 31 and January 2. Afterwards, 217 motorcycles, 25 all-terrain vehicle, 177 cars, and 81 trucks driven by a total of 837 people were approved to start.
Route
The race began in Buenos Aires, Argentina with a symbolic start that took place on January 2 in downtown Buenos Aires, attracting an estimated crowd of 500,000 fans. The total racing distance is more than 9,578 kilometres (5,951 mi), of which 5,652 kilometres (3,512 mi) is timed special stage. There will be a rest day in Valparaíso, Chile on January 10. There are ten stages in Argentina, and three in Chile.
Planned stages
Due to heavy fog and the need to cross the border between Chile and Argentina, the competitive element of Stage 11 was cancelled.
Results
Motorcycles
All-terrain vehicle (Quad)
Cars
Trucks
Trucks did not compete in Stage 7.
The timed part of Stage 11 was cancelled due to bad weather.Accidents
During the first stage of the rally, British driver Paul Green and co-driver Matthew Harrison were seriously injured when their Rally Raid UK car overturned.
On January 7, 49-year-old French motorcycle rider Pascal Terry was found dead in a remote area. He had been missing since the second stage of the rally, and the cause of death was determined as a pulmonary edema.
On the tenth stage on January 13, 48-year-old Spanish motorcyclist Cristóbal Guerrero was seriously injured after a heavy crash. 24 hours after the accident, he was reportedly still in a coma and in a critical condition. Guerrero's son Cristóbal junior competes in the World Enduro Championship.
During stage twelve of January 15, rally leader Carlos Sainz rolled his Volkswagen Toureg into a ravine, ending the race for the Spaniard and his French co-pilot, Michel Perin, who received a shoulder injury during the crash.
Winners
Marc Coma won his 2nd Dakar Rally in the motorbike class. Josef Macháček won the Quad All Terrain Vehicle class. De Villiers (ZAF) won the car class in a time of 48:10:57 with his co-pilot Von Zitzewitz (GER). Kabirov, Belyaev and Mokeev won the truck class.
References
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- ^ "Motorcycle competitors race away as Dakar Rally leaves Buenos Aires". Clutch & Chrome. 2009-01-03 . http://www.clutchandchrome.com/News/0901/News0901005.htm . Retrieved 2009-01-03 .
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- ^ a b "Qatar's Al-Attiyah wins Dakar opener". AFP. 2009-01-03 . http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jGja_fmlSvEUCbLHNGoySoCLUWKA . Retrieved 2009-01-03 .
- ^ "SA racers set for Dakar Rally". The Times. 2009-01-03 . http://www.thetimes.co.za/Sport/Article.aspx?id=911704 . Retrieved 2009-01-04 .
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