1997 Paris–Dakar Rally

1997 Dakar Rally also known as the 1997 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 19th running of the Dakar Rally event. The rally started and finished in Dakar, taking in a loop including Niger and the Ténéré desert.[1] Jutta Kleinschmidt became the first woman to win a stage of the Dakar Rally.[1] Japanese driver, Kenjiro Shinozuka, won the car class and Stephane Peterhansel won his fifth motorcycle title.[1]

1997 Dakar Rally
Previous: 1996 Next: 1998

Stages
StageDateFromToTotal
(km)		Stage winners
BikesCarsTrucks
14 January Dakar Tambacounda587 S. Peterhansel J-P. Fontenay E. Pelichet
25 January Tambacounda Kayes594 S. Peterhansel J-L. Schlesser P. Reif
36 January Kayes Nara592 S. Peterhansel K. Shinozuka P. Reif
47 January Nara Timbuktu658 S. Peterhansel B. Saby M. Koreny
58 January Timbuktu Gao482 T. Magnaldi J-P. Fontenay P. Reif
69 January Gao Ménaka332 S. Peterhansel K. Shinozuka B. Slenovsky
710 January Ménaka Tahoua396 C. Sotelo J-P. Fontenay K. Loprais
811 January Tahoua Agadez820 S. Peterhansel K. Shinozuka K. Loprais
12 January AgadezRest day
913 January Agadez Oclan460 T. Magnaldi J. Kleinschmidt P. Reif
1014 January Oclan Kidal537 J. Arcarons D. Guedes P. Reif
1115 January Kidal Timbuktu577 J. Lewis J-P. Strugo P. Reif
1216 January Timbuktu Néma588 S. Peterhansel J-P. Fontenay P. Reif
1317 January Néma Kiffa604 É. Bernard H. Masuoka P. Reif
1418 January Kiffa Saint-Louis751 P. Marques J-P. Fontenay P. Reif
1519 January Saint-Louis Dakar255 J. Brucy J. Kleinschmidt J. Petit

Final standings

Motorcycles
PosNo.RiderBikeEntrantTime
11 Stéphane PeterhanselYamahaYamaha Motor France65:14:37
217 Oscar GallardoCagivaPelayo Mutua de Seguros+2:35:16
38 David CasteraYamahaYamaha Motor France+2:56:25
47 Jimmy LewisKTMKTM USA+3:28:15
511 Dirk von ZitzewitzKTMKTM Sport+4:28:38
673 Jurgen MayerKTMMSA+6:01:53
745 Jean BrucyKTMRaid Aventure+7:17:10
841 Paulo Manuel MarquesKTMPortugal RPM+7:18:10
927 Norbert SchilcherKTMMSA+7:20:30
1010 Eric BernardKTME.Leclerc+7:27:54

Cars
PosNo.DriverCo-DriverCarEntrantTime
1205 Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri MagneMitsubishiSonauto Mitsubishi61:56:31
2200 Jean-Pierre Fontenay Bruno MusmarraMitsubishiSonauto Mitsubishi+4:16
3202 Bruno Saby Dominique SerieysMitsubishiSonauto Mitsubishi+9:12
4220 Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas SchulzMitsubishiSonauto Mitsubishi+2:25:27
5206 Jutta Kleinschmidt Jean BoutaireSchlesserSchlesser-SEAT+4:35:51
6204 Salvador Servia Gilles PicardNissanNissan Europe+5:15:14
7216 Jean-Pierre Strugo Bruno CatarelliMitsubishiMitsubishi International+6:20:08
8208 Duarte Guedes Jacky DuboisNissanTeam Dessoude+9:23:13
9268 Edoardo Argazzi Riccardo ArgazziNissanTeam Dessoude+9:40:41
10224 Carlos Sousa Philippe ReyMitsubishiMitsubishi International+23:28:05

Trucks
PosNo.DriverCo-DriversTruckTime
1427 Peter Reif Johann DeinhoferHino78:21:02
2402 Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto
Katsumi Hamura		Hino+3:33:27
3411 Joseph Petit Jean-Christophe Wagner
Takeshi Hashimoto		Hino+4:08:52
4425 Edmond Pelichet Hubert MolinaMercedes-Benz+6:43:50
5406 Gilbert Versino Christian Lacourt
Christian Versino		Mitsubishi+7:51:50
6415 Christophe Granjon Masaaki Imai
Anthony Martineau		Mitsubishi+10:33:16
7404 Christian Barbier Eric André
Jean-Louis Berger		Mercedes-Benz+15:41:33
8417 Yves Ferri Michel Plateau
Hubert Auvray		Mercedes-Benz+22:11:30
9433 Bernard Malferiol Patrick Croset
Jean Rodrigues		Mercedes-Benz+23:43:18
10434 Michel Gambillon Raymond Louin
Reynald Prive		Mercedes-Benz+25:52:51

References
  1. "History of Dakar - RETROSPECTIVE 1979-2007" (PDF). Dakar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2009-01-07.


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