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.
Cars Year 1st 2nd 3rdDriverCar DriverCar DriverCar 1981 René Metge Range Rover V8 Hervé Cotel Buggy Cotel Jean-Claude Briavoine Lada Niva
Stages StageDateFromToTotal (km)11 January Paris Olivet approx 12022 January Olivet Sète approx 625 3 JanuaryTransportation to Africa34 January Algiers Moudjbara 30045 January Moudjbara Bordj Omar Driss 94956 January Bordj Omar Driss Tit 60567 January Tit Timeaouine 54078 January Timeaouine Gao 740 9 January Rest day in Gao810 January Gao Tombouctou 412911 January Tombouctou Niono 5701012 January Niono Bobo-Dioulasso 10801113 January Bobo-Dioulasso Bouna 8281214 January Bouna Korhogo 3261315 January Korhogo Kolokani 310 16 January Rest day in Kolokani1417 January Kolokani Nioro du Sahel 2971518 January Nioro du Sahel Bakel 3251619 January Bakel Louga 1431720 January Louga Dakar 96
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