List of Dakar Rally competitors
This is a list of notable motorsports athletes that have competed in the Dakar Rally. This list includes drivers, riders, co-drivers, and mechanics.
Drivers
| Name | Country | Dakar Début | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Abu-Issa |  Qatar |
2014 | |
| Joseph Adua |  France |
2004 | |
| Nasser Al-Attiyah | Qatar |
2004 | Cars - 2011, 2015 |
| Yazeed Al-Rajhi |  Saudi Arabia |
2015 | |
| Philippe Alliot | France |
1988 | |
| Fernando Alonso |  Spain |
2020 | |
| Luc Alphand | France |
1998 | Cars - 2006 |
| Alain Ambrosino | France |
1983 | |
| Jacques Anquetil | France |
1986 | |
| Artur Ardavichus |  Kazakhstan |
2011 | |
| Zohra Ataouat |  Algeria |
1980 | Trucks - 1980 |
| Jean Karl Atzert | France |
2013 | |
| Hubert Auriol | France |
1979 | Bikes - 1981, 1983 Cars - 1992 |
| Brian Baragwanath |  South Africa |
2015 | |
| Joan Barreda | Spain |
2011 | |
| Matthieu Baumel | France |
2005 | Cars (co-driver) - 2015 |
| Piotr Beaupre |  Poland |
2012 | |
| Christine Beckers | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
1979 | |
| Bernard Béguin | France |
1985 | |
| Paul Belmondo | France |
1990 | |
| Luciano Benavides |  Argentina |
2018 | |
| Denis Berezovskiy | Kazakhstan |
2011 | |
| Miki Biasion |  Italy |
1999 | |
| Jorge Andrés Boero | Argentina |
2011 | |
| Lucas Bonetto | Argentina |
2012 | |
| Charley Boorman |  Great Britain |
2006 | |
| Wessel Bosman | South Africa |
2015 | |
| Jan Roelf Bouwknegt |  New Zealand |
2015 | |
| Claude Brasseur | France |
1981 | Cars (co-driver) - 1983 |
| Jean-Claude Briavoine | France |
1980 | |
| Alex Caffi |  Monaco |
2012 | |
| Andy Caldecott | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia |
2004 | |
| Ignacio Casale |  Chile |
2010 | Quads - 2014 |
| Kurt Caselli |  United States |
2013 | |
| Caroline Casiraghi Princess | Monaco |
1985 | |
| David Casteu | France |
2003 | |
| Matt Campbell | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
2014 | |
| Jost Capito |  Germany |
1983 | Trucks (co-driver) - 1985 |
| Karl-Friedrich Capito | Germany |
1981 | Trucks - 1985 |
| Petar Cenkov |  Bulgaria |
2011 | |
| Ronan Chabot | France |
2003 | |
| Vladimir Chagin |  Russia |
1990 | Trucks - 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011 |
| Guerlain Chicherit | France |
2005 | |
| Quinn Cody | United States |
2011 | |
| Nunzio Coffaro |  Venezuela |
2012 | Cars T1.2 - 2012 |
| Marc Coma | Spain |
2002 | Bikes - 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015 |
| Gilles Comte | France |
1979 | |
| Tim Coronel |  Netherlands |
2007 | |
| Tom Coronel | Netherlands |
2007 | |
| Hervé Cotel | France |
1980 | |
| Jean-Paul Cottret | France |
1999 | Cars (co-driver) - 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013 |
| Andrew Cowan | Great Britain |
1983 | |
| Jacek Czachor | Poland |
2000 | |
| Marek Dabrowski | Poland |
2000 | |
| Peter Dalkin | Great Britain |
1980 | |
| Bernard Darniche | France |
1983 | |
| Christophe Declerck | France |
2009 | |
| Cyril Despres | France |
2000 | Bikes - 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013 |
| Carlo de Gavardo | Chile |
1996 | |
| Gérard de Rooy | Netherlands |
2002 | Trucks - 2012, 2016 |
| Jan de Rooy | Netherlands |
1982 | Trucks - 1987 |
| Giniel de Villiers | South Africa |
2003 | Cars - 2009 |
| Roberto di Persio | Italy |
1991 | |
| Alain Duclos | France |
2000 | |
| Romain Dumas | France |
2015 | |
| Vic Elford | Great Britain |
1982 | |
| Beñat Errandonea |  Andorra |
2003 | |
| Ruben Faria | .svg.png){kind=small} Portugal |
2006 | |
| Ignacio Flores |  Peru |
2012 | |
| Xavier Foj | Spain |
1991 | |
| Jean-Pierre Fontenay | France |
1989 | Cars - 1998 |
| Paulo Fiuza | Portugal |
2007 | |
| Philippe Gache | France |
2003 | |
| Victor Gallegos | Chile |
2014 | |
| Alain Génestier | France |
1979 | Cars - 1979 |
| Raphael Gimbre | France |
1985 | |
| Jordi Ginesta | Andorra |
1987 | |
| Jeremias González | Argentina |
2014 | |
| Robby Gordon | United States |
2005 | |
| Timo Gottschalk | Germany |
2007 | Cars (co-driver) - 2011 |
| Georges Groine | France |
1981 | Trucks - 1982, 1983 |
| Albert Grimaldi | Monaco |
1985 | |
| Sebastián Guayasamin |  Ecuador |
2014 | |
| Rodolfo Guilloli |  Guatemala |
2015 | |
| Cristina Gutiérrez | Spain |
2017 | Challenger - 2024 |
| Emanuel Gyenes |  Romania |
2007 | |
| Kasih Hanggoro |  Indonesia |
2010 | |
| Michał Hernik | Poland |
2015 | |
| Michel Hidalgo | France |
1991 | |
| Krzysztof Hołowczyc | Poland |
2005 | |
| Jacques Houssat | France |
1985 | Trucks - 1991 |
| Todor Hristov | Bulgaria |
2011 | |
| Sebastian Husseini | Netherlands |
2013 | |
| Gert Huzink | Netherlands |
2012 | |
| Jacky Ickx | Belgium |
1981 | Cars - 1983 |
| Jean-Pierre Jabouille | France |
1984 | |
| Clayton Jacobsen | Australia |
2014 | |
| Ivan Jakeš |  Slovakia |
2007 | |
| Jean-Pierre Jaussaud | France |
1982 | |
| Peter Jerie | Australia |
2005 | |
| Firdaus Kabirov | Russia |
2000 | Trucks - 2005, 2009 |
| Juha Kankkunen |  Finland |
1988 | Cars - 1988 |
| Andrey Karginov | Russia |
2010 | Trucks - 2014 |
| Ukyo Katayama |  Japan |
2002 | |
| Jutta Kleinschmidt | Germany |
1988 | Cars - 2001 |
| Ondrej Klymciw |  Czech Republic |
2015 | |
| Henk Knuiman | Netherlands |
1999 | |
| Raymond Kopa | France |
1985 | |
| Corrine Koppenhague | France |
1979 | |
| Freddy Kottulinsky |  Sweden |
1980 | Cars - 1980 |
| Jacques Laffite | France |
1988 | |
| Sergio Lafuente |  Uruguay |
2011 | |
| Jan Lammers | Netherlands |
2010 | |
| Pierre Lartigue | France |
1982 | Cars - 1994, 1995, 1996 |
| Gérard Lenorman | France |
1990 | |
| Camélia Liparoti | Italy |
2009 | |
| Albert Llovera | Andorra |
2007 | |
| Sébastien Loeb | France |
2016 | |
| Aleš Loprais | Czech Republic |
2006 | |
| Karel Loprais | Czech Republic |
1986 | Trucks - 1988, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001 |
| Gianni Lora Lamia | Italy |
1990 | |
| Josef Macháček | Czech Republic |
1999 | Quads - 2009 |
| Thierry Magnaldi | France |
1990 | |
| Henri Magne | France |
1982 | Cars (co-driver) - 1997, 2000 |
| Adam Małysz | Poland |
2012 | |
| Ayrat Mardeev | Russia |
2009 | Trucks - 2015 |
| Bernard Marreau | France |
1979 | Cars (co-driver) - 1982 |
| Claude Marreau | France |
1979 | Cars - 1982 |
| Hiroshi Masuoka | Japan |
1987 | Cars - 2002, 2003 |
| Alister McRae | Great Britain |
2009 | |
| Colin McRae | Great Britain |
2004 | |
| Sue Mead | United States |
2000 | |
| Fabrizio Meoni | Italy |
1992 | Bikes - 2001, 2002 |
| Michel Merel | France |
1980 | |
| René Metge | France |
1979 | Cars - 1981, 1984, 1986 |
| Mark Miller | United States |
2002 | |
| Jiří Moskal | Czech Republic |
1986 | Trucks - 1986, 1987, 1988 |
| Jes Munk |  Denmark |
2011 | |
| Cyril Neveu | France |
1979 | Bikes - 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1987 |
| Eduard Nikolaev | Russia |
2007 | Trucks - 2013 |
| Walter Nosiglia |  Bolivia |
2014 | |
| Edi Orioli | Italy |
1986 | Bikes - 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996 |
| Alain Padou | Belgium |
1979 | |
| Olivier Pain | France |
2006 | |
| Eric Palante | Belgium |
2003 | |
| Alejandro Patronelli | Argentina |
2010 | Quads - 2011, 2012 |
| Marcos Patronelli | Argentina |
2009 | Quads - 2010, 2013 |
| Llewelyn Pavey | Australia |
2015 | |
| Simon Pavey | Australia |
1998 | |
| Michel Périn | France |
1993 | Cars (co-driver) - 1994, 1995, 1996, 2014 |
| Henri Pescarolo | France |
1980 | |
| Stéphane Peterhansel | France |
1988 | Bikes - 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998 Cars - 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013 |
| Loïck Peyron | France |
1988 | |
| Jean-Marie Pfaff | Belgium |
2003 | |
| Leeroy Poulter | South Africa |
2014 | |
| Toby Price | Australia |
2015 | |
| Jakub Przygonski | Poland |
2009 | |
| Pablo Quintanilla | Chile |
2013 | |
| Jean Ragnotti | France |
1980 | |
| Gaston Rahier | Belgium |
1983 | Bikes - 1984, 1985 |
| Jean-Jacques Ratet | France |
1979 | |
| Christian Rayer | France |
1979 | |
| Yves Rénier | .svg.png){kind=small} Switzerland |
1980 | |
| Peter Reif |  Austria |
1991 | Trucks - 1997 |
| Alicia Reina | Argentina |
2014 | |
| Hubert Rigal | Monaco |
1979 | |
| Hélder Rodrigues | Portugal |
2006 | |
| Nani Roma | Spain |
1996 | Bikes - 2004 Cars - 2014 |
| Willem Saaijman | South Africa |
2015 | |
| Bruno Saby | France |
1992 | Cars - 1993 |
| Richard Sainct | France |
1991 | Bikes - 1999, 2000, 2003 |
| Carlos Sainz | Spain |
2006 | Cars - 2010, 2020 |
| Eliseo Salazar | Chile |
2009 | |
| Juan Carlos Salvatierra | Bolivia |
2011 | |
| Nelson Sanabria |  Paraguay |
2014 | |
| Laia Sanz | Spain |
2011 | |
| Jean-Louis Schlesser | France |
1984 | Cars - 1999, 2000 |
| Annie Seel | Sweden |
2002 | |
| Kenjiro Shinozuka | Japan |
1986 | Cars - 1997 |
| Paul Smith | Australia |
2013 | |
| Rafał Sonik | Poland |
2009 | Quads - 2015 |
| Dmitry Sotnikov | Russia |
2014 | |
| Carlos Sousa | Portugal |
1995 | |
| Emiliano Spataro | Argentina |
2011 | |
| Guilherme Spinelli |  Brazil |
2009 | |
| Hans Stacey | Netherlands |
2004 | Trucks - 2007 |
| Chuck Stearns | United States |
1985 | Bikes - 1985 |
| Jonah Street | United States |
2006 | |
| Teruhito Sugawara | Japan |
1999 | |
| Yoshimasa Sugawara | Japan |
1983 | |
| Sam Sunderland | Great Britain |
2012 | |
| Elmer Symons | South Africa |
2005 | |
| Zoltán Szaller |  Hungary |
2009 | |
| Patrick Tambay | France |
1987 | |
| Sylviane Telliez | France |
1980 | |
| Orlando Terranova | Argentina |
2005 | |
| Mark Thatcher | Great Britain |
1982 | |
| Maurice Trintignant | France |
1982 | |
| André Trossat | France |
1980 | |
| Pål Anders Ullevålseter |  Norway |
2002 | |
| Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Netherlands |
2009 | |
| Peter van Merksteijn, Sr. | Netherlands |
2009 | |
| Aleksandr Vasilevski |  Belarus |
2012 | |
| Vladimir Vasilyev | Russia |
2013 | |
| Philippe Vassard | France |
1979 | |
| Ari Vatanen | Finland |
1987 | Cars - 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991 |
| Jordi Viladoms | Spain |
2006 | |
| Federico Villagra | Argentina |
2014 | |
| André Villas-Boas | Portugal |
2018 | |
| Adrien Villette | France |
1981 | Trucks - 1981 |
| Giacomo Vismara | Italy |
1984 | Trucks - 1986 |
| Dirk von Zitzewitz | Germany |
1997 | Cars (co-driver) - 2009 |
| Matthias Walkner | Austria |
2015 | |
| Achim Warmbold | Germany |
1985 | |
| Koen Wauters | Belgium |
1999 | |
| Patrick Zaniroli | France |
1980 | Cars - 1985 |
Gallery
Vladimir Chagin, six times winner in the trucks category
Stéphane Peterhansel, an eleven times winner in trucks and car
Carlos Sainz won the Dakar Rally in 2010
Belgian television presenter Koen Wauters competes in the rally frequently
French footballer Michel Hidalgo took part in Paris-Dakar in 1991
French footballer Raymond Kopa took part in Paris-Dakar in 1985
French driver Patrick Zaniroli during the 1988 Paris-Dakar
Gianni Lora Lamia During the Granada-Dakar 1999. Italian rally raid driver, he took part in numerous editions of the Dakar Rally from 1989 to 2004 and other international rally raid races representing Italy.
Nunzio Coffaro, Piloto de automovilismo, Rally Cross Country, ha participado en numerosas ocaciones en competencias internacionales representando a Venezuela.