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Stéphane Peterhansel (MINI) secured his fifth win in the car category of the Dakar rally, 42 minutes ahead of Giniel de Villiers' Toyota, Saturday in Santiago du Chili, the final halt of the event.
This adds to be Peterhansel's 11th Dakar win, including his victories on two wheels.
The Frenchman dominated the 2013 race, despite early pressure from Carlos Sainz and Nasser Al Attiyah. Eventually, both buggy drivers were forced to retirement by mechanical issues.
Leonid Novitskiy takes third position driving a 4x4 MINI ahead of Juan Roma, who sacrificed his podium position to protect his teammate Stéphane Peterhansel in the last days.
The buggies of Guerlain Chicherit and Robby Gordon were fast during the two weeks of the race, but both lost hopes of a good result to mechanical and navigational issues.
Dakar - Final classification:
1. Peterhansel-Cottret (MINI) in 38h32'39''
2. De Villiers-Von Zitzewitz (Toyota) +42'22''
3. Novitskiy-Zhiltsov (MINI) +1h28'22''
4. Roma-Perin (MINI) +1h36'43''
5. Terranova-Fiuza (BMW) +1h49'10''
6. Sousa-Ramalho (Great Wall) +2h38'16''
7. Chabot-Pillot (buggy SMG) +3h18'05''
8. Chicherit-Garcin (buggy SMG) +3h27'44''
Etc.
This adds to be Peterhansel's 11th Dakar win, including his victories on two wheels.
The Frenchman dominated the 2013 race, despite early pressure from Carlos Sainz and Nasser Al Attiyah. Eventually, both buggy drivers were forced to retirement by mechanical issues.
Leonid Novitskiy takes third position driving a 4x4 MINI ahead of Juan Roma, who sacrificed his podium position to protect his teammate Stéphane Peterhansel in the last days.
The buggies of Guerlain Chicherit and Robby Gordon were fast during the two weeks of the race, but both lost hopes of a good result to mechanical and navigational issues.
Dakar - Final classification:
1. Peterhansel-Cottret (MINI) in 38h32'39''
2. De Villiers-Von Zitzewitz (Toyota) +42'22''
3. Novitskiy-Zhiltsov (MINI) +1h28'22''
4. Roma-Perin (MINI) +1h36'43''
5. Terranova-Fiuza (BMW) +1h49'10''
6. Sousa-Ramalho (Great Wall) +2h38'16''
7. Chabot-Pillot (buggy SMG) +3h18'05''
8. Chicherit-Garcin (buggy SMG) +3h27'44''
Etc.