The 2009 Dakar Rally was the 31st running of the Dakar Rally. The race began on 3 January 2009, and took place across Argentina and Chile. The rally was for the first time to take place outside of Eur
Cars before the event began
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev meets with the KAMAZ-Master team at the Moscow Kremlin on 28 January 2009.
The quad class winner J. Macháček (CZE) driving Yamaha.
The car category winners G. De Villiers (RSA) and D. von Zitzewitz (GER) in Volkswagen.
The 2010 Dakar Rally was the 32nd running of the event. It was held in South America for the second successive time, and ran from 1 to 16 January. The Amaury Sport Organisation and the governments of
2009 Dakar Rally
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Nasser Al-Attiyah and Timo Gottschalk during the ninth stage; they finished second in the cars class, behind team-mates Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz.
Technical Review at Buenos Aires
Support Truck at Buenos Aires
Nine-time winner Stéphane Peterhansel. Peterhansel finished as the highest non-Volkswagen driver, in fourth place.