1981 Paris–Dakar Rally Explained

1981 Paris–Dakar Rally
Previous Round:	1980 Paris–Dakar Rally
Next Round:	1982 Paris–Dakar Rally
Country:
Category1:	Cars
Category2:	Bikes
Category3:	Trucks

1981 Dakar Rally also known as the 1981 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 3rd running of the Dakar Rally event. The car class was won by René Metge and Bernard Giroux. The motorcycle class was won by Hubert Auriol.^[1]

Cars

-	Year	1st	2nd	3rd
width=17%	Driver!	width=15%	Car	width=17%	Driver!	width=15%	Car	width=17%	Driver!	width=15%	Car
1981		Range Rover V8		Buggy Cotel		Lada Niva

Stages

Stage	Date	From	To	Total (km)
1	1 January			approx 120
2	2 January			approx 625
	3 January	Transportation to Africa
3	4 January			300
4	5 January	Moudjbara		949
5	6 January	Bordj Omar Driss		605
6	7 January	Tit		540
7	8 January	Timeaouine		740
	9 January	Rest day in Gao
8	10 January	Gao		412
9	11 January	Tombouctou		570
10	12 January	Niono		1080
11	13 January	Bobo-Dioulasso		828
12	14 January	Bouna		326
13	15 January	Korhogo		310
	16 January	Rest day in Kolokani
14	17 January	Kolokani		297
15	18 January	Nioro du Sahel		325
16	19 January			143
17	20 January	Louga		96

Notes and References

1. Web site: History of Dakar - RETROSPECTIVE 1979-2007 . PDF . Dakar . 2009-01-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100601010721/http://www.dakar.com/2009/DAK/presentation/docs/histo_1979_2007_us.pdf . 2010-06-01 .