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1997 Paris–Dakar Rally

Off-road motorsport event in Africa

Field	Value
name	1997 Dakar Rally
previous_round	1996 Dakar Rally
next_round	1998 Dakar Rally
country
Mauritania
startdate	4
enddate	19 January 1997
stages	15
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overallkm_note
category1	Cars
driver1	JPN Kenjiro Shinozuka
AND Henri Magne
team1	Mitsubishi
category2	Bikes
driver2	FRA Stéphane Peterhansel
team2	Yamaha
category3	Trucks
driver3	AUT Peter Reif
AUT Johann Deinhofer
team3	Hino Ranger

Mauritania AND Henri Magne AUT Johann Deinhofer

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 winners	Bikes	Cars	Trucks
1	4 January	SEN Dakar	SEN Tambacounda	587		FRA S. Peterhansel	FRA J-P. Fontenay	FRA E. Pelichet
2	5 January	SEN Tambacounda	MLI Kayes	594	FRA S. Peterhansel	FRA J-L. Schlesser	AUT P. Reif
3	6 January	MLI Kayes	MLI Nara	592	FRA S. Peterhansel	JPN K. Shinozuka	AUT P. Reif
4	7 January	MLI Nara	MLI Timbuktu	658	FRA S. Peterhansel	FRA B. Saby	CZE M. Koreny
5	8 January	MLI Timbuktu	MLI Gao	482	FRA T. Magnaldi	FRA J-P. Fontenay	AUT P. Reif
6	9 January	MLI Gao	MLI Ménaka	332	FRA S. Peterhansel	JPN K. Shinozuka	CZE B. Slenovsky
7	10 January	MLI Ménaka	NIG Tahoua	396	ESP C. Sotelo	FRA J-P. Fontenay	CZE K. Loprais
8	11 January	NIG Tahoua	NIG Agadez	820	FRA S. Peterhansel	JPN K. Shinozuka	CZE K. Loprais
	12 January	NIG Agadez	Rest day
9	13 January	NIG Agadez	NIG Oclan	460	FRA T. Magnaldi	GER J. Kleinschmidt	AUT P. Reif
10	14 January	NIG Oclan	MLI Kidal	537	ESP J. Arcarons	POR D. Guedes	AUT P. Reif
11	15 January	MLI Kidal	MLI Timbuktu	577	USA J. Lewis	FRA J-P. Strugo	AUT P. Reif
12	16 January	MLI Timbuktu	MRT Néma	588	FRA S. Peterhansel	FRA J-P. Fontenay	AUT P. Reif
13	17 January	MRT Néma	MRT Kiffa	604	FRA É. Bernard	JPN H. Masuoka	AUT P. Reif
14	18 January	MRT Kiffa	SEN Saint-Louis	751	POR P. Marques	FRA J-P. Fontenay	AUT P. Reif
15	19 January	SEN Saint-Louis	SEN Dakar	255	FRA J. Brucy	DEU J. Kleinschmidt	BEL J. Petit

Final standings

Motorcycles

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Entrant	Time
1	1	FRA Stéphane Peterhansel	Yamaha	Yamaha Motor France	65:14:37
2	17	ESP Oscar Gallardo	Cagiva	Pelayo Mutua de Seguros	+2:35:16
3	8	FRA David Castera	Yamaha	Yamaha Motor France	+2:56:25
4	7	USA Jimmy Lewis	KTM	KTM USA	+3:28:15
5	11	DEU Dirk von Zitzewitz	KTM	KTM Sport	+4:28:38
6	73	DEU Jurgen Mayer	KTM	MSA	+6:01:53
7	45	FRA Jean Brucy	KTM	Raid Aventure	+7:17:10
8	41	PRT Paulo Manuel Marques	KTM	Portugal RPM	+7:18:10
9	27		DEU Norbert Schilcher	KTM	MSA	+7:20:30
10	10	FRA Eric Bernard	KTM	E.Leclerc	+7:27:54

Cars

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Entrant	Time
1	205	JPN Kenjiro Shinozuka	AND Henri Magne	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	61:56:31
2	200	FRA Jean-Pierre Fontenay	FRA Bruno Musmarra	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	+4:16
3	202	FRA Bruno Saby	FRA Dominique Serieys	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	+9:12
4	220	JPN Hiroshi Masuoka	DEU Andreas Schulz	Mitsubishi	Sonauto Mitsubishi	+2:25:27
5	206	DEU Jutta Kleinschmidt	FRA Jean Boutaire	Schlesser	Schlesser-SEAT	+4:35:51
6	204	ESP Salvador Servia	FRA Gilles Picard	Nissan	Nissan Europe	+5:15:14
7	216	FRA Jean-Pierre Strugo	FRA Bruno Catarelli	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi International	+6:20:08
8	208	PRT Duarte Guedes	FRA Jacky Dubois	Nissan	Team Dessoude	+9:23:13
9	268	ITA Edoardo Argazzi	ITA Riccardo Argazzi	Nissan	Team Dessoude	+9:40:41
10	224	PRT Carlos Sousa	FRA Philippe Rey	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi International	+23:28:05

Trucks

Pos	No.	Driver	Co-Drivers	Truck	Time
1	427	AUT Peter Reif	AUT Johann Deinhofer	Hino Ranger	78:21:02
2	402	JPN Yoshimasa Sugawara	JPN Naoko Matsumoto
JPN Katsumi Hamura	Hino Ranger	+3:33:27
3	411	BEL Joseph Petit	FRA Jean-Christophe Wagner
JPN Takeshi Hashimoto	Hino Ranger	+4:08:52
4	425	FRA Edmond Pelichet	FRA Hubert Molina	Mercedes-Benz	+6:43:50
5	406	FRA Gilbert Versino	FRA Christian Lacourt
FRA Christian Versino	Mitsubishi Fuso The Great	+7:51:50
6	415	FRA Christophe Granjon		JPN Masaaki Imai
FRA Anthony Martineau	Mitsubishi Fuso The Great	+10:33:16
7	404	FRA Christian Barbier	FRA Eric André
FRA Jean-Louis Berger	Mercedes-Benz	+15:41:33
8	417	FRA Yves Ferri	FRA Michel Plateau
FRA Hubert Auvray	Mercedes-Benz	+22:11:30
9	433	FRA Bernard Malferiol	FRA Patrick Croset
FRA Jean Rodrigues	Mercedes-Benz	+23:43:18
10	434	FRA Michel Gambillon	FRA Raymond Louin
FRA Reynald Prive	Mercedes-Benz	+25:52:51

References

"History of Dakar - RETROSPECTIVE 1979-2007". Dakar.

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