1985 Paris–Dakar Rally Explained

1985 Paris–Dakar Rally
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Next Round:	1986 Paris–Dakar Rally
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Category1:	Cars
Category2:	Bikes
Category3:	Trucks

1985 Dakar Rally also known as the 1985 Paris–Dakar Rally was the seventh running of the Dakar Rally event. The race began at Versailles. Patrick Zaniroli and Jean Da Silva won the car class for the Mitsubishi team. Gaston Rahier won his second successive motorcycle class.^[1]

Final standings

Bikes

!Driver	Vehicle
1.	Gaston Rahier	BMW
2.	Jean Claude Olivier	Yamaha
3.	Franco Picco	Yamaha

Cars

!Driver	Vehicle
1.	Patrick Zaniroli	Mitsubishi Pajero
2.	Andrew Cowan	Mitsubishi Pajero
3.	Pierre Fougerouse	Toyota FJ 60

Notes and References

1. Web site: History of Dakar - RETROSPECTIVE 1979-2007 . PDF . Dakar . 2009-01-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110708222829/http://www.dakar.com/2009/DAK/presentation/docs/histo_1979_2007_us.pdf . 2011-07-08 .