1981 Paris–Dakar Rally

Off-road motorsport event in France and Africa October 2018 1981 Paris–Dakar Rally 1980 Paris–Dakar Rally 1982 Paris–Dakar Rally Upper Volta Cars Bikes Trucks 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.http://www.dakar.com/2009/DAK/presentation/docs/histo_1979_2007_us.pdf PDF History of Dakar - RETROSPECTIVE 1979-2007 Dakar 2009-01-07 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100601010721/http://www.dakar.com/2009/DAK/presentation/docs/histo_1979_2007_us.pdf 2010-06-01 Cars Year 1st 2nd 3rdDriverCar DriverCar DriverCar 1981FRA René Metge Range Rover V8FRA Hervé Cotel Buggy CotelFRA Jean-Claude Briavoine Lada Niva Stages StageDateFromToTotal (km)11 JanuaryFrance Paris France Olivet approx 12022 JanuaryFrance Olivet France Sète approx 625 3 JanuaryTransportation to Africa34 JanuaryAlgeria Algiers Algeria Moudjbara 30045 JanuaryAlgeria Moudjbara Algeria Bordj Omar Driss 94956 January Algeria Bordj Omar Driss Algeria Tit 60567 January Algeria Tit Algeria Timeaouine 54078 January Algeria Timeaouine Mali Gao 740 9 January Rest day in Gao810 JanuaryMali Gao Mali Tombouctou 412911 JanuaryMali Tombouctou Mali Niono 5701012 JanuaryMali Niono Upper Volta Bobo-Dioulasso 10801113 JanuaryUpper Volta Bobo-Dioulasso Côte d'Ivoire Bouna 8281214 January Côte d'Ivoire Bouna Côte d'Ivoire Korhogo 3261315 January Côte d'Ivoire Korhogo Mali Kolokani 310 16 January Rest day in Kolokani1417 JanuaryMali Kolokani Mali Nioro du Sahel 2971518 JanuaryMali Nioro du Sahel Senegal Bakel 3251619 JanuarySenegal Bakel Senegal Louga 1431720 JanuarySenegal Louga Senegal Dakar 96 References Category:Dakar Rally by year D Category:1981 in African sport Category:1981 in French motorsport