Dakar Rally
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The Dakar Rally or simply "The Dakar", formerly known as the Paris–Dakar Rally, is an annual rally organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. It is a rally raid, an off-road endurance race, traversin
Thierry Sabine, founder of the Dakar Rally, pictured in 1986
1981 Dakar competitor Rolls-Royce Corniche.
Tracks through the Sahara desert in Mauritania
Cars on display in 1992 in Paris
Nasser al-Attiyah
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Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah al-Attiyah is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He was the 2006 Production World Rally Champion, 2014 and 2015 WRC-2 champion, a 20 time Middle East Rally Champion,
Dakar Rally
…withdrew from the competition and left Volkswagen as the sole works entrant. The German marque won the race for a third time in 2011, this time with Nasser Al-Attiyah, before they withdrew to focus on their upcoming WRC entry and leaving the Dakar with no factory participants in the car class. In the bikes, Despres…
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Al-Attiyah competing in the 2012 Wales Rally GB
Nasser al-Attiyah (left) posing for a picture with Mutaz Essa Barshim after winning bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Al-Attiyah drives a Subaru Impreza WRX STI at the 2006 Acropolis Rally