1997 Dakar Rally also known as the 1997 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 19th running of the Dakar Rally event. The rally started and finished in Dakar, taking in a loop including Niger and the Ténéré desert. Jutta Kleinschmidt became the first woman to win a stage of the Dakar Rally. Japanese driver, Kenjiro Shinozuka, won the car class and Stephane Peterhansel won his fifth motorcycle title.
Stages Stage Date From To Total(km)Stage winnersBikesCarsTrucks1 4 January Dakar Tambacounda 587 S. Peterhansel J-P. Fontenay E. Pelichet2 5 January Tambacounda Kayes 594 S. Peterhansel J-L. Schlesser P. Reif3 6 January Kayes Nara 592 S. Peterhansel K. Shinozuka P. Reif4 7 January Nara Timbuktu 658 S. Peterhansel B. Saby M. Koreny5 8 January Timbuktu Gao 482 T. Magnaldi J-P. Fontenay P. Reif6 9 January Gao Ménaka 332 S. Peterhansel K. Shinozuka B. Slenovsky7 10 January Ménaka Tahoua 396 C. Sotelo J-P. Fontenay K. Loprais8 11 January Tahoua Agadez 820 S. Peterhansel K. Shinozuka K. Loprais 12 January Agadez Rest day9 13 January Agadez Oclan 460 T. Magnaldi J. Kleinschmidt P. Reif10 14 January Oclan Kidal 537 J. Arcarons D. Guedes P. Reif11 15 January Kidal Timbuktu 577 J. Lewis J-P. Strugo P. Reif12 16 January Timbuktu Néma 588 S. Peterhansel J-P. Fontenay P. Reif13 17 January Néma Kiffa 604 É. Bernard H. Masuoka P. Reif14 18 January Kiffa Saint-Louis 751 P. Marques J-P. Fontenay P. Reif15 19 January Saint-Louis Dakar 255 J. Brucy J. Kleinschmidt J. Petit
Final standings
Motorcycles PosNo.RiderBikeEntrantTime 1 1 Stéphane PeterhanselYamahaYamaha Motor France65:14:37 2 17 Oscar GallardoCagivaPelayo Mutua de Seguros+2:35:16 3 8 David CasteraYamahaYamaha Motor France+2:56:25 4 7 Jimmy LewisKTMKTM USA+3:28:15 5 11 Dirk von ZitzewitzKTMKTM Sport+4:28:38 6 73 Jurgen MayerKTMMSA+6:01:53 7 45 Jean BrucyKTMRaid Aventure+7:17:10 8 41 Paulo Manuel MarquesKTMPortugal RPM+7:18:10 9 27 Norbert SchilcherKTMMSA+7:20:30 10 10 Eric BernardKTME.Leclerc+7:27:54
Cars PosNo.DriverCo-DriverCarEntrantTime 1205 Kenjiro Shinozuka Henri MagneMitsubishiSonauto Mitsubishi61:56:31 2200 Jean-Pierre Fontenay Bruno MusmarraMitsubishiSonauto Mitsubishi+4:16 3202 Bruno Saby Dominique SerieysMitsubishiSonauto Mitsubishi+9:12 4220 Hiroshi Masuoka Andreas SchulzMitsubishiSonauto Mitsubishi+2:25:27 5206 Jutta Kleinschmidt Jean BoutaireSchlesserSchlesser-SEAT+4:35:51 6204 Salvador Servia Gilles PicardNissanNissan Europe+5:15:14 7216 Jean-Pierre Strugo Bruno CatarelliMitsubishiMitsubishi International+6:20:08 8208 Duarte Guedes Jacky DuboisNissanTeam Dessoude+9:23:13 9268 Edoardo Argazzi Riccardo ArgazziNissanTeam Dessoude+9:40:41 10224 Carlos Sousa Philippe ReyMitsubishiMitsubishi International+23:28:05
Trucks
PosNo.DriverCo-DriversTruckTime 1427 Peter Reif Johann DeinhoferHino Ranger78:21:02 2402 Yoshimasa Sugawara Naoko Matsumoto Katsumi HamuraHino Ranger+3:33:27 3411 Joseph Petit Jean-Christophe Wagner Takeshi HashimotoHino Ranger+4:08:52 4425 Edmond Pelichet Hubert MolinaMercedes-Benz+6:43:50 5406 Gilbert Versino Christian Lacourt Christian VersinoMitsubishi Fuso The Great+7:51:50 6415 Christophe Granjon Masaaki Imai Anthony MartineauMitsubishi Fuso The Great+10:33:16 7404 Christian Barbier Eric André Jean-Louis BergerMercedes-Benz+15:41:33 8417 Yves Ferri Michel Plateau Hubert AuvrayMercedes-Benz+22:11:30 9433 Bernard Malferiol Patrick Croset Jean RodriguesMercedes-Benz+23:43:18 10434 Michel Gambillon Raymond Louin Reynald PriveMercedes-Benz+25:52:51
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