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1992 PARIS - SIRTE - CAPE TOWN • 10/13: the Marreau brothers complete their 10th Dakar rally in 13 appearances. They hit the jackpot in 1982. • Auriol ascends to the pantheon: a motorcycle winner (1981 and '83), Hubert Auriol is the first to win titles in two classes by also taking the top prize in a car. A record that still holds to this day! THE ROUTE • Prologue : Rouen (3,6 km) • 1 ère étape : Rouen – Paris-Château de Vincennes (liaison 130 km) • 2 ème étape : Paris – Sète (liaison 820 km) • 3 ème étape : Misratah-Syrte (653 km dont 204 km de spéciale) • 4 ème étape : Syrte-Sabha (375 km de spéciale) • 5 ème étape : Sabah-Wah El Kbir (546 km de spéciale) • 6 ème étape : Wah El Kbir-Tumu (520 km de spéciale) • 7 ème étape : Tumu-Dirkou (738 km de spéciale) • 8 ème étape : Dirkou-N’Guigmi (601 km de spéciale) • 9 ème étape : N’Guigmi-N’Djamena (438 km en convoi) • 10 ème étape : N’Djaména-Sahr (695 km dont 331 de spéciale) • 11 ème étape : Sahr-Bouar (663 km dont 260 km de spéciale) • 12 ème étape : Bouar-Yaoundé (660 km dont 260 km de spéciale) • 13 ème étape : Yaoundé-Oyem (400 km dont 113 km de spéciale) • 14 ème étape : Oyem-Franceville (793 km dont 619 km de spéciale) • 15 ème étape :Franceville-Pointe Noire (677 km dont 354 km de spéciale) • Repos à Pointe Noire • 16 ème étape : Lobito-Namibe (500 km dont 150 km de spéciale) • 17 ème étape : Namibe-Ruacana (517 km dont 225 km de spéciale) • 18 ème étape : Ruacana-Grootfontein (600 km dont 280 km de spéciale) • 19 ème étape : Grootfontein-Gobabis (liaison 450 km) • 20 ème étape : Gobabis-Keemanshoop (liaison 600 km) • 21 ème étape : Keemanshoop-Springbok (450 km dont 100 km de spéciale) • 22 ème étape : Springbok-Le Cap (liaison 611 km) THE RACE • Prologue: Rouen (3.6 km) Charbonnel wins his fourth consecutive prologue in Rouen, but finishes in a tie this time with Kinigadner. The Weber-Hiemer team wins this time in the car class. • 1 st and 2 nd stages: Rouen – Paris-Château de Vincennes – Sète 950 km of liaison before heading to Africa. • 3 rd stage: Misratah - Syrte (653 km, including 204 km of special) Between Misratah and Syrte, Hubert Auriols enjoys his first win at the wheel of his Mitsubishi Pajero. Peterhansel also prevails ahead of Mas and Laporte. • 4 th stage: Syrte - Sabha (375 km of special) De Pétri and Waldegard turn in the best times. Servia and De Pétri lead in the overall standings. • 5th stage: Sabah - Wah El Kbir (546 km of special) In the Sabah-Wah El Kbir stage, a long stretch of sand and pebbles, Vatanen and Arcarons prove to be the fastest. • 6th stage: Wah El Kbir - Tumu (520 km of special) Ten flat tires for the Citroën ZX's, roll-overs for Saby's Pajero who was the overall leader: the rally spares no one. Auriol wins the scratch and moves into the lead in the general rankings. Peterhansel, the day's motorcycle winner, climbs to second place. • 7th stage: Tumu - Dirkou (738 km of special) History is made! Five Mitsubishis take the top five finishes for the stage. The Auriol-Monnet team, winners of the special, tighten their hold on the top spot as their primary rival, Citroën, continues to lose ground. Orioli wrests a motorcycle victory out of the stage, but Laporte takes over the overall lead. • 8th stage: Dirkou - N’Guigmi (601 km of special) Another success for Mitsubishi, but it is Weber's turn to finish with the best time. Not much time separates the competitors, but Citroën continues to fall behind. In the motorcycle class, Yamaha strings together successes with a stage win for Magnaldi and an overall lead for Peterhansel. De Pétri and Schlesser withdraw from the race again. • 9th stage: N’Guigmi - N’Djamena (438 km in a convoy) Not wanting to take any chances in this region, the organizers decide it is better to cancel the race to regain N’Djaména in a convoy. • 10th stage: N’Djaména - Sahr (695 km, including 331 of special) Shinozuka and Magne dominate in the car class and Laporte is best on a bike. The overall standings remain unchanged. • 11th stage: Sahr - Bouar (663 km, including 260 km of special) Citroën comes to life and takes a double. Vatanen wins his second scratch since the start. Charbonnel, on a Suzuki, also scores his second scratch. Auriol-Monnet and Peterhansel are still on top in the overall standings. • 12th stage: Bouar - Yaoundé (660 km, including 260 km of special) Vatanen returns to form and triumphs in his second straight scratch. Among the motorcyclists, Orioli beats Wagner.
1992 PARIS - SIRTE - CAPE TOWN • 13th stage: Yaoundé - Oyem (400 km, including 113 km of special) Auriol has a close call as he suffers a partial roll-over. An upside-down timeout that costs him 16 minutes. Vatanen leaves no doubts and shifts into overdrive as he sets his sights on his third win in a row. Peterhansel triumphs and gains two minutes on Laporte, who is still hot on his heels in the overall standings. • 14th stage: Oyem - Franceville (793 km, including 619 km of special) For the first time since its inception, the rally crosses the Equator. The Citroëns, which were counting on the mud to make up some time, encounter nothing but dust. Nevetheless, they record a sixth straight stage win and a hat trick with, in order, Lartigue, Vatanen and Waldegard. Charbonnel turns in his third scratch. • 15 th stage: Franceville - Pointe Noire (677 km, including 354 km of special) The rally is in mourning. After finishing the special in fourth place, Gilles Lalay runs into a medical support car during the liaison. Peterhansel and Saby are victorious with the best times of the special. • 16th stage: Lobito - Namibia (500 km, including 150 km of special) Orioli and Vatanen record victories. There is no movement in the overall standings. • 17th stage: Namibia - Ruacana (517 km, including 225 km of special) Moralès and Vatanen pocket the day's scratches, marking the Finn's fifth since the beginning of the rally. • 18th stage: Ruacana - Grootfontein (600 km, including 280 km of special) The race is far from over. Hubert Auriol has to slow down after he has overheating problems with his Pajero. He now has just a six-minute lead over Weber. Orioli is once again the most rapid of the motorcyclists. • 19 th stage: Grootfontein - Gobabis The path offers the competitors 450 km of open road on a particularly fast stretch… • 20 ème étape : Gobabis - Keemanshoop …then 600 km of liaison in the heat and dust. • 21 st stage: Keemanshoop - Springbok (450 km, including 100 km of special) The last special of this rally goes to Vatanen and Moralès. • 22 nd stage: Springbok-Cape Town (liaison 611 km) Stéphane Peterhansel (Yamaha) rides away with his second title. Hubert Auriol earns his definitive spot in the annals of Dakar legend: his third victory, but the first on four wheels for this African giant. He wins this edition with less than five minutes ahead of his protegé, Germany's Weber. Citroën falls just short of the podium. The first ZX--driven by Waldegarde--finishes fourth. It is not much consolation for the French maker, but Ari Vatanen does score the most scratches, with seven in all. In the T2 class, Wambergue and Vantouroux are the best of the pack in a Toyota. The T1 marathon category is won by Rivière and Marion for Nissan. Perlini-Albieiro-Vinante are crowned in the truck class. Lastly, Montebelli outcompetes on his Yamaha in the motorcycle marathon class.
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