2003 Dakar Rally Explained

2003 Dakar Rally
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Category3:	Trucks

The 2003 Dakar Rally, also known as the 2003 Telefónica-Dakar Rally, was the 25th running of the Dakar Rally event.^[1] The rally began on 1 January 2003 at Marseille in France and finished at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt on 19 January, with the course crossing North Africa.^[2]

Kenjiro Shinozuka, who won the event in 1997, suffered serious injury in an accident between Ghat and Sabha in Libya.^[3] ^[4] Former world rally champion and four times winner of the Dakar Rally, Ari Vatanen, returned to take part in the rally,^[5] and won the ninth, thirteen and fifteen stages^[6] ^[7] ^[8] French co-driver, Bruno Cauvy died in an accident on the tenth stage when his car went out of control and overturned in sand dunes.^[9] ^[10] Stephane Peterhansel took an early lead in the rally,^[11] but was forced out in the penultimate stage by mechanical problems.^[12] The rally was won for the second time in succession by Japanese driver, Hiroshi Masuoka.^[13] ^[14] The motorcycle category was won for the third time by Richard Sainct.

Stages

Stage	Date	From	To	Total (km)	Stage winners
Bikes	Cars	Trucks
1	1 January	Marseille		265	C. Despres	K. Shinozuka	A. de Azevedo
2	2 January	Narbonne		574	R. Sainct	S. Peterhansel	J. de Rooy
3	3 January	Castellón de la Plana		95	C. Despres	H. Masuoka	G. de Rooy
	4 January	Valencia	Tunis	Rest day
4	5 January	Tunis		463	N. Roma	S. Peterhansel	J. de Rooy
5	6 January	Tozeur	El Borma	494	R. Sainct	H. Masuoka	K. Loprais
6	7 January	El Borma		278	A. Cox	S. Peterhansel	G. de Rooy
7	8 January	Ghadames		691	R. Sainct	S. Peterhansel	G. de Rooy
8	9 January	Ghat		727	G. Sala	H. Masuoka	V. Chagin
9	10 January	Sabha	Zilla	585	R. Sainct	A. Vatanen	G. de Rooy
10	11 January	Zilla	Sarir	554	P-G. Lundmark	H. Masuoka	A. de Azevedo
11	12 January	Sarir	Siwa	586	F. Meoni	S. Peterhansel	G. de Rooy
	13 January	Siwa	Rest day
12	14 January	Siwa	445	G. Sala	S. Peterhansel	V. Chagin
13	15 January	Siwa	Dakhla	657	F. Meoni	A. Vatanen	F. Kabirov
14	16 January	Dakhla		702	R. Sainct	L. Alphand	F. Kabirov
15	17 January	Luxor	Abu Rish	576	F. Meoni	A. Vatanen	F. Kabirov
16	18 January	Abu Rish		828	C. Despres	S. Henrard	F. Kabirov
17	19 January	Sharm El Sheikh	56	P-G. Lundmark	A. Vatanen	F. Kabirov

- Miki Biasion set the fastest time for the stage, but was stripped of the win after incurring a ten-hour penalty for a gearbox change in parc ferme conditions.^[15]

Stage Results

Motorcycles

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Cyril Despres	KTM	1:39		Stage not counted towards overall classification
	2	Nani Roma	KTM	1:40	0:01
	3		KTM	1:41	0:02
2	1	Richard Sainct	KTM	41:40		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	41:40
	2		KTM	41:55	0:15	2	Alfie Cox	KTM	41:55	0:15
	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	42:17	0:37	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	42:17	0:37
3	1	Cyril Despres	KTM	6:30		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	48:29
	2		KTM	6:32	0:02	2	Alfie Cox	KTM	48:39	0:10
	3	Marc Coma	KTM	6:40	0:10	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	48:47	0:18
4	1	Nani Roma	KTM	19:42		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	1:08:29
	2		KTM	19:58	0:16	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	1:08:51	0:22
	3	Richard Sainct	KTM	20:00	0:18	3	Nani Roma	KTM	1:09:28	0:59
5	1	Richard Sainct	KTM	2:41:42		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	3:50:11
	2		KTM	2:41:59	0:17	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	3:52:36	2:25
	3	Nani Roma	KTM	2:44:59	3:17	3	Nani Roma	KTM	3:54:27	4:16
6	1	Alfie Cox	KTM	2:27:54		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	6:23:11
	2		KTM	2:29:01	1:07	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	6:23:28	0:17
	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	2:29:53	1:59	3	Nani Roma	KTM	6:23:28	0:17
7	1	Richard Sainct	KTM	5:49:52		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	12:13:03
	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	5:51:22	1:30	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	12:14:50	1:47
	3	Nani Roma	KTM	5:55:22	5:30	3	Nani Roma	KTM	12:18:50	5:47
8	1	Giovanni Sala	KTM	4:34:45		1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	16:56:34
	2	Jean Brucy	KTM	4:36:51	2:06	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	16:57:08	0:34
	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	4:38:24	3:39	3	Nani Roma	KTM	16:58:41	2:07
9	1	Richard Sainct	KTM	6:01:23		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	22:58:31
	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	6:03:27	1:44	2	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	22:59:41	1:10
	3	Jean de Azevedo	KTM	6:06:27	5:04	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	23:10:21	11:50
10	1	Per-Gunnar Lundmark	KTM	4:22:22		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	27:25:27
	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	4:26:09	3:47	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	27:36:30	11:03
	3	Richard Sainct	KTM	4:26:56	4:34	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	28:03:01	37:34
11	1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	3:45:52		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	31:20:52
	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	3:55:25	9:33	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	31:33:39	12:47
	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	3:57:09	11:17	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	31:48:53	28:01
12	1	Giovanni Sala	KTM	3:41:14		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	35:09:47
	2	Pål Anders Ullevålseter	KTM	3:41:22	0:08	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	35:20:35	10:48
	3	Miran Stanovnik	KTM	3:42:22	1:08	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	35:39:47	30:00
13	1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	4:47:18		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	40:20:21
	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	5:10:34	13:16	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	40:31:23	11:02
	3	Cyril Despres	KTM	5:10:48	13:30	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	40:37:05	16:44
14	1	Richard Sainct	KTM	3:00:14		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	43:20:35
	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	3:00:32	0:18	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	43:31:55	11:20
	3	Marc Coma	KTM	3:03:22	3:08	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	43:59:56	39:21
15	1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	4:42:25		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	48:08:23
	2	Per-Gunnar Lundmark	KTM	4:44:12	1:47	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	48:18:52	10:29
	3	Marc Coma	KTM	4:46:21	3:56	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	48:42:21	33:58
16	1	Cyril Despres	KTM	4:52:19		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	53:03:17
	2	Richard Sainct	KTM	4:54:54	2:35	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	53:11:11	7:54
	3	Marc Coma	KTM	4:58:39	6:20	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	53:41:31	38:14
17	1	Per-Gunnar Lundmark	KTM	19:34		1	Richard Sainct	KTM	53:24:32
	2	Pål Anders Ullevålseter	KTM	19:42	0:08	2	Cyril Despres	KTM	53:31:50	7:18
	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	20:31	0:57	3	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	54:02:02	37:30

Cars

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Nissan	1:43		Stage not counted towards overall classification
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	1:44	0:01
	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	1:44	0:01
2	1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	38:48		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	38:48
	2	Giniel de Villiers Pascal Maimon	Nissan	39:05	0:17	2	Giniel de Villiers Pascal Maimon	Nissan	39:05	0:17
	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	39:22	0:34	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	39:22	0:34
3	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	6:42		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	45:35
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	6:47	0:05	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	46:04	0:29
	3	Stéphane Henrard Bobby Willis	Volkswagen	6:55	0:13	3	Giniel de Villiers Pascal Maimon	Nissan	46:08	0:33
4	1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	18:26		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	1:04:01
	2	Grégoire de Mévius Alain Guehennec	BMW	18:48	0:22	2	Giniel de Villiers Pascal Maimon	Nissan	1:05:24	1:23
	3	Ari Vatanen Tina Thörner	Nissan	18:54	0:28	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	1:05:26	1:25
5	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	2:31:59		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	3:37:25
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	2:34:19	2:20	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	3:38:20	0:55
	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Nissan	2:40:13	8:14	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Nissan	3:48:14	10:49
6	1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	2:02:56		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	5:41:16
	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	2:04:40	1:44	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	5:42:05	0:49
	3	Grégoire de Mévius Alain Guehennec	BMW	2:07:26	4:30	3	Grégoire de Mévius Alain Guehennec	BMW	5:56:48	15:32
7	1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	5:07:41		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	10:48:57
	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	5:19:13	11:32	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	11:01:18	12:21
	3	Ari Vatanen Tina Thörner	Nissan	5:34:45	27:04	3	Kenjiro Shinozuka Thierry Delli-Zotti	Nissan	11:40:17	51:20
8	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	3:57:42		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	14:52:21
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	4:03:24	5:42	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	14:59:00	6:39
	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	4:13:09	15:27	3	Grégoire de Mévius Alain Guehennec	BMW	15:59:33	1:07:12
9	1	Ari Vatanen Tina Thörner	Nissan	5:38:37		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	20:31:58
	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	5:38:44	0:07	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	20:48:50	16:52
	3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	5:39:37	1:00	3	Grégoire de Mévius Alain Guehennec	BMW	21:41:48	1:09:50
10	1	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	3:46:36		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	24:21:20
	2	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	3:49:22	2:46	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	24:35:26	14:06
	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	3:56:48	10:12	3	Grégoire de Mévius Alain Guehennec	BMW	25:50:27	1:29:07
11	1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	3:32:53		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	27:54:13
	2	Luc Alphand Matthew Stevenson	BMW	3:34:23	1:30	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	28:10:45	16:32
	3	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	3:35:19	2:26	3	Grégoire de Mévius Alain Guehennec	BMW	29:26:00	1:31:47
12	1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	3:04:17		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	30:58:30
	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	3:12:03	7:46	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	31:22:48	24:18
	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	3:21:02	16:45	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	33:24:15	2:25:45
13	1	Ari Vatanen Tina Thörner	Nissan	4:42:29		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	35:57:10
	2	Luc Alphand Matthew Stevenson	BMW	4:43:47	1:18	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	36:23:00	25:50
	3	Giniel de Villiers Pascal Maimon	Nissan	4:50:51	8:22	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	38:26:43	2:29:33
14	1	Luc Alphand Matthew Stevenson	BMW	3:02:20		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	39:03:57
	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	3:02:42	0:22	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	39:31:10	27:13
	3	Giniel de Villiers Pascal Maimon	Nissan	3:03:26	1:06	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	41:29:25	2:25:28
15	1	Ari Vatanen Tina Thörner	Nissan	4:06:51		1	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	43:25:41
	2	Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero	Mitsubishi	4:13:14	6:23	2	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	43:51:31	25:50
	3	Giniel de Villiers Pascal Maimon	Nissan	4:19:40	12:49	3	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	45:49:28	2:23:47
16	1	Stéphane Henrard Bobby Willis	Volkswagen	4:48:40		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	48:44:08
	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	4:48:50	0:10	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	50:38:18	1:54:10
	3	Giniel de Villiers Pascal Maimon	Nissan	4:49:10	0:30	3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	51:04:33	2:20:25
17	1	Ari Vatanen Tina Thörner	Nissan	16:32		1	Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	49:08:52
	2	Luc Alphand Matthew Stevenson	BMW	17:48	1:16	2	Jean-Pierre Fontenay Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	51:01:04	1:52:12
	3	Jutta Kleinschmidt Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	17:51	1:19	3	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	51:25:20	2:16:28

Trucks

	Stage result					General classification
Stage	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap	Pos	Competitor	Make	Time	Gap
1	1	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	2:33		Stage not counted towards overall classification
	2	Jan de Rooy Yvo Geusens Hugo Duisters	DAF	2:34	0:01
	3	Corrado Pattono Enrico Santoro	Mercedes-Benz	2:36	0:03
2	1	Jan de Rooy Yvo Geusens Hugo Duisters	DAF	51:28		1	Jan de Rooy Yvo Geusens Hugo Duisters	DAF	51:28
	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	52:06	0:38	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	52:06	0:38
	3	Klaus Bauerle Jarosław Kazberuk	Mercedes-Benz	52:13	0:45	3	Klaus Bauerle Jarosław Kazberuk	Mercedes-Benz	52:13	0:45
3	1	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	8:32		1	Jan de Rooy Yvo Geusens Hugo Duisters	DAF	1:00:04
	2	Jan de Rooy Yvo Geusens Hugo Duisters	DAF	8:36	0:04	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	1:00:38	0:34
	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	8:49	0:17	3	Corrado Pattono Enrico Santoro	Mercedes-Benz	1:02:15	2:11
4	1	Jan de Rooy Yvo Geusens Hugo Duisters	DAF	23:26		1	Jan de Rooy Yvo Geusens Hugo Duisters	DAF	1:23:30
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	23:48	0:22	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	1:25:35	2:05
	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Ilgizar Mardeev	Kamaz	24:42	1:16	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	1:26:17	2:47
5	1	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	3:27:40		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:54:50
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	3:28:33	0:53	2	Karel Loprais Josef Kalina Petr Hamerla	Tatra	4:56:11	1:21
	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Ilgizar Mardeev	Kamaz	3:34:00	6:20	3	Jan de Rooy Yvo Geusens Hugo Duisters	DAF	5:00:43	5:53
6	1	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	2:34:40		1	Jan de Rooy Yvo Geusens Hugo Duisters	DAF	7:37:03
	2	Jan de Rooy Yvo Geusens Hugo Duisters	DAF	2:36:20	1:40	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	7:43:38	6:35
	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	2:43:30	8:50	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	7:44:11	7:08
7	1	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	6:15:46		1	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	13:59:24
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	6:17:27	1:41	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	14:01:38	2:14
	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	6:40:15	24:49	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	14:29:31	30:07
8	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:48:06		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	18:55:14
	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	4:56:22	8:16	2	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	18:55:46	0:32
	3	Jan de Rooy Yvo Geusens Hugo Duisters	DAF	5:01:43	13:37	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	19:42:48	47:34
9	1	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	6:56:49		1	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	25:52:35
	2	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Ilgizar Mardeev	Kamaz	7:02:49	6:00	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	26:14:07	21:32
	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	7:10:58	14:09	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	26:53:46	1:01:11
10	1	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	4:54:40		1	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	31:09:25
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:57:10	2:30	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	31:11:17	1:52
	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Ilgizar Mardeev	Kamaz	4:57:50	3:10	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	31:48:26	39:01
11	1	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	4:17:46		1	Gérard de Rooy Tom Colsoul Arno Slaats	DAF	35:27:11
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:20:46	3:00	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	35:32:03	4:52
	3	Jan de Rooy Yvo Geusens Hugo Duisters	DAF	4:24:27	6:41	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	36:17:23	50:12
12	1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:02:17		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	39:34:20
	2	Jan de Rooy Yvo Geusens Hugo Duisters	DAF	4:12:36	10:19	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	40:41:12	1:06:52
	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Ilgizar Mardeev	Kamaz	4:16:36	14:19	3	Jan de Rooy Yvo Geusens Hugo Duisters	DAF	42:05:56	2:31:36
13	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Ilgizar Mardeev	Kamaz	6:12:36		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	45:54:11
	2	Jan de Rooy Yvo Geusens Hugo Duisters	DAF	6:15:05	2:29	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	47:03:04	1:08:53
	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	6:19:51	7:15	3	Jan de Rooy Yvo Geusens Hugo Duisters	DAF	48:21:01	2:26:50
14	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Ilgizar Mardeev	Kamaz	3:37:38		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	50:01:02
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	4:06:51	29:13	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	51:12:03	1:11:01
	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	4:08:59	31:21	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Ilgizar Mardeev	Kamaz	52:23:43	2:22:41
15	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Ilgizar Mardeev	Kamaz	5:06:53		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	55:21:52
	2	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	5:20:50	13:57	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	56:34:19	1:12:27
	3	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	5:22:16	15:23	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Ilgizar Mardeev	Kamaz	57:30:36	2:08:44
16	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Ilgizar Mardeev	Kamaz	5:07:56		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	61:12:59
	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	5:40:30	32:34	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	62:14:49	1:01:50
	3	Jan de Rooy Yvo Geusens Hugo Duisters	DAF	5:47:50	39:54	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Ilgizar Mardeev	Kamaz	62:38:32	1:25:33
17	1	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Ilgizar Mardeev	Kamaz	23:12		1	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	61:12:59
	2	Yoshimasa Sugawara Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	23:29	0:17	2	André de Azevedo Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra	62:38:41	1:02:01
	3	Vladimir Chagin Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	23:41	0:29	3	Firdaus Kabirov Aydar Belyaev Ilgizar Mardeev	Kamaz	63:01:44	1:25:04

- Vladimir Chagin's time includes a penalty of 5:30.

Final standings

Motorcycles

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Entrant	Time
1	3	Richard Sainct	KTM	Gauloises KTM	53:24:32
2	7	Cyril Despres	KTM	Gauloises KTM	+7:18
3	1	Fabrizio Meoni	KTM	Gauloises KTM	+37:30
4	9	Jean Brucy	KTM	Gauloises KTM	+1:36:29
5	25	Jean de Azevedo	KTM	Petrobras Lubrax	+1:46:05
6	16	Per-Gunnar Lundmark	KTM	Farmerlips	+1:55:57
7	12	Pål Anders Ullevålseter	KTM	Farmerlips	+2:40:42
8	5	Carlo de Gavardo	KTM	KTM Factory Team	+3:29:01
9	19	Marek Dabrowski		KTM	Orlen Team	+3:51:00
10	22	François Flick	KTM	Bijouterie Carador	+4:03:06

Cars

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Entrant	Time
1	200	Hiroshi Masuoka	Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	Team ENEOS Mitsubishi Ralliart	49:08:52
2	202	Jean-Pierre Fontenay	Gilles Picard	Mitsubishi	Team ENEOS Mitsubishi Ralliart	+1:52:12
3	206	Stéphane Peterhansel	Jean-Paul Cottret	Mitsubishi	Team ATS Mitsubishi Ralliart	+2:16:28
4	211	Carlos Sousa	Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Ralliart	+2:27:47
5	217	Giniel de Villiers	Pascal Maimon	Nissan	Nissan Rally Raid Team	+2:45:55
6	215	Stéphane Henrard	Bobby Willis		Volkswagen Motorsport	+3:42:15
7	204	Ari Vatanen	Tina Thörner	Nissan	Nissan Rally Raid Team	+4:25:59
8	203	Jutta Kleinschmidt	Fabrizia Pons	Volkswagen	Volkswagen Motorsport	+8:16:56
9	221	Luc Alphand	Matthew Stevenson	BMW	Team X-Raid	+8:56:06
10	224	José Luis Monterde	Rafael Tornabell	Mitsubishi	Ralliart	+9:08:19

Trucks

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Drivers	Truck	Time
1	407	Vladimir Chagin	Semen Yakubov Sergey Savostin	Kamaz	61:36:40
2	410	André de Azevedo	Tomáš Tomeček Jaromír Martinec	Tatra 815	+1:02:01
3	412	Firdaus Kabirov	Aydar Belyaev Ilgizar Mardeev	Kamaz	+1:25:04
4	409	Jan de Rooy	Yvo Guesens Hugo Duisters	DAF	+2:38:49
5	400	Yoshimasa Sugawara	Seiichi Suzuki Teruhito Sugawara	Hino	+10:21:28
6	443	Philippe Jacquot	Jacky Maillot Eric Simonin	MAN	+17:27:42
7	419	Jean-Paul Bosonnet	Serge Lacourt Pascal Bonnaire	Mercedes-Benz	+17:53:05
8	402	Corrado Pattono	Enrico Santoro	Mercedes-Benz	+18:30:29
9	404	Maurizio Panseri	Giacomo Paccani Mario Cambiaghi	Mercedes-Benz	+19:31:28
10	440	Franz Echter	Johannes Lehrer Detlef Ruf	MAN	+19:52:38

Notes and References

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News: Rally competitors set for start. 31 December 2002. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: Shinozuka 'out of danger'. 10 January 2003. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: Shinozuka in coma after Dakar crash . 10 January 2003. Independent (South Africa). Independent News & Media. 2009-02-28.
News: Vatanen on comeback trail. 4 November 2002. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: Vatanen upstages favourites. 10 January 2003. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: Vatanen seals stage victory. 15 January 2003. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: Vatanen claims third stage win. 17 January 2003. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: French driver dies in Dakar Rally. 12 January 2003. The Age (Australia) . The Age Company Ltd. 2009-02-28.
News: Tragedy hits Dakar Rally. 11 January 2003. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: Peterhansel extends Dakar lead. 5 January 2003. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: Peterhansel's Dakar dream dies. 18 January 2003. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
News: Japan's Masuoka wins second straight Dakar Rally. 19 January 2003. Sports Illustrated. CNN/Sports Illustrated. 2009-02-28.
News: Masuoka clinches Dakar victory. 19 January 2003. BBC Sport. 2009-02-28.
Web site: Masuoka triumphs & claims record-breaking eighth Dakar victory for Mitsubishi. 6 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045454/http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/motorsports/e/03dakar_e/report/leg17.html. 4 March 2016. dead. dmy-all.