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Dakar-2017-6.Pdf SUMMARY OF CONTENT Car 3 Competitors’ list 4 Competitors’ profiles 8 SSV 217 Competitors’ list 218 Competitors’ profiles 220 Truck 233 Competitors’ list 234 Competitors’ profiles 238 2/358 Car 3/358 COMPETITORS' LIST 4/358 Lista de los inscritos Auto - Liste des engagés Auto - Car entry List N° PILOTO COPILOTO NAC. MARCA EQUIPO PILOTE COPILOTE NAT. MARQUE EQUIPE DRIVER CO-DRIVER NAT. MARK TEAM 300 PETERHANSEL COTTRET JEAN PAUL FRA PEUGEOT TEAM PEUGEOT TOTAL STEPHANE 301 AL-ATTIYAH NASSER BAUMEL MATTHIEU QAT TOYOTA TOYOTA GAZOO RACING SA 302 DE VILLIERS GINIEL VON ZITZEWITZ DIRK ZAF TOYOTA TOYOTA GAZOO RACING SA 303 HIRVONEN MIKKO PERIN MICHEL FIN MINI X-RAID MINI JOHN COOPER WORKS RALLY TEAM 304 SAINZ CARLOS CRUZ LUCAS ESP PEUGEOT TEAM PEUGEOT TOTAL 305 ROMA NANI HARO BRAVO ALEX ESP TOYOTA OVERDRIVE TOYOTA 306 AL RAJHI YAZEED GOTTSCHALK TIMO SAU MINI X-RAID MINI JOHN COOPER WORKS RALLY TEAM 307 DESPRES CYRIL CASTERA DAVID FRA PEUGEOT TEAM PEUGEOT TOTAL 308 TERRANOVA ORLANDO SCHULZ ANDREAS ARG MINI X-RAID MINI JOHN COOPER WORKS RALLY TEAM 309 LOEB SEBASTIEN ELENA DANIEL FRA PEUGEOT TEAM PEUGEOT TOTAL 310 VAN LOON ERIK ROSEGAAR WOUTER NLD TOYOTA VANLOON RACING 311 PONS XAVIER GARCIA RUBEN ESP FORD DMAS SOUTH RACING 312 MENZIES BRYCE MORTENSEN PETER USA MINI X-RAID MINI JOHN COOPER WORKS RALLY TEAM 314 GARAFULIC BORIS PALMEIRO FILIPE CHL MINI X-RAID TEAM 315 SPATARO EMILIANO LOZADA BENJAMIN ARG RENAULT RENAULT DUSTER TEAM 316 PRZYGONSKI JAKUB COLSOUL TOM POL MINI ORLEN TEAM 317 CHABOT RONAN PILLOT GILLES FRA TOYOTA OVERDRIVE TOYOTA 318 DUMAS ROMAIN GUEHENNEC ALAIN FRA PEUGEOT RD LIMITED 319 AL QASSIMI SHEIKH MAIMON PASCAL ARE PEUGEOT PH-SPORT KHALID 320 RAUTENBACH CONRAD HOWIE ROBERT ZWE TOYOTA OVERDRIVE TOYOTA 321 PROKOP MARTIN MINOR ILKA CZE FORD MP-SPORTS 322 ABU-ISSA MOHAMMED PANSERI XAVIER QAT MINI X-RAID TEAM 323 FUCHS NICOLAS MUSSANO FERNANDO PER HRX WEVERS SPORT 324 BULACIA MARCO BUSTOS CLAUDIO BOL FORD SOUTH RACING 325 SCHOTT STEPHAN FIUZA PAULO DEU MINI X-RAID TEAM 326 VANAGAS BENEDIKTAS SEBASTIAN LTU TOYOTA GENERAL FINANCING TEAM ROZWADOWSKI PITLANE 327 LAVIEILLE CHRISTIAN GARCIN JEAN-PIERRE FRA TOYOTA TOYOTA AUTO BODY 328 JUKNEVICIUS ANTANAS VAICIULIS DARIUS LTU TOYOTA CRAFT BEARINGS 5/358 329 SILVA JUAN LAFUENTE SERGIO ARG MERCEDES COLCAR RACING TEAM 330 YACOPINI ALEJANDRO MERLO DANIEL ARG TOYOTA OVERDRIVE TOYOTA MIGUEL 331 FOJ XAVIER SANTAMARIA IGNACIO ESP TOYOTA FOJ - COOPERTIRES 332 MIURA AKIRA LICHTLEUCHTER JPN TOYOTA TOYOTA AUTO BODY LAURENT 333 BEREZOVSKIY DENIS NIKIZHEV ALEXEY KAZ TOYOTA ASTANA MOTORSPORTS 334 ARDUSSO FACUNDO SCICOLONE GERARDO ARG RENAULT RENAULT DUSTER TEAM 335 BERNARD ERIC VIGNEAU ALEXANDRE FRA BUGGY SODICARS RACING 336 BESSON JEAN - PASCAL SEILLET BRUNO FRA TOYOTA RALLY RAID COMCEPT 337 BASSO RONALD MENARD JULIEN FRA NISSAN JCB RACING 338 GUTIERREZ FLEIG RUBI JOAN BOL TOYOTA SOUTH RACING ALBERTO RODRIGO 340 ESTEVE ISIDRE VILLALOBOS TXEMA ESP MITSUBISHI KH-7 RALLY TEAM 341 WILLEMS MAIK VAN PELT ROBERT NLD TOYOTA BASTION HOTELS DAKAR TEAM 343 AMOR EDUARDO AMOR NICOLAS ARG TOYOTA SOUTH RACING OSVALDO 344 MALDONADO MARTIN SCHOLZ VERGNOLLE ARG MERCEDES COLCAR RACING TEAM SEBASTIAN 345 BLANGINO JOSE GAGLIARDI LUCIANO A. ARG RAPIDO PLUMI RALLY TEAM ANTONIO 346 REINA ALICIA PELAYO CARLOS DANTE ARG TOYOTA PASION RALLY 347 CORONEL TIM NLD SUZUKI MAXXIS DAKAR TEAM POWERED BY SUPER B 348 FERRAND MALATESTA FERRAND DEL BUSTO PER TOYOTA PRO RAID PERU FERNANDO FERNANDO 349 GUAYASAMIN SEBASTIAN LIPEZ MAURO ECU TOYOTA ECUADOR DAKAR 350 DOLLEVOET EBERT VAN LEE PATRICK NLD VOLVO TOP EVENTS RALLY TEAM 352 CROIZON PHILIPPE DUPLE CEDRIC FRA BMW TEAM CROIZON TARTARIN 354 CORONEL TOM NLD SUZUKI MAXXIS DAKAR TEAM POWERED BY SUPER B 355 ENGLERT THOMAS THIEDE WEILER HANS DEU TOYOTA DK420 COMPETITION WALTER PAUL 356 VERZELETTI GIULIO CABINI ANTONIO ITA FIAT TEAM PANDAKAR 357 TARTARIN YVES DUPLE STEPHANE FRA LAND-ROVER TEAM CROIZON TARTARIN 358 ZHITAO HE ZHAO KAI CHN TOYOTA BOUNDLESS YOUNG TEAM 359 TRAMONI GERARD TOTAIN DOMINIQUE FRA SPRINGBOK MD SODICARS RACING 360 GUTIERREZ HERRERO LOPEZ CHAVES PEDRO ESP MITSUBISHI DKR RAID SERVICE TEAM CRISTINA 361 BARBERY PAZ LUIS ABEL SALAZAR BOL TOYOTA LB RACING FERNANDO 6/358 362 TASSI GIANNI LUCA CATARSI MASSIMILIANO ITA FORD R TEAM 363 ROCA MERCADO JULIO DAZA JIMENEZ HERNAN BOL TOYOTA JULIO ROCA CESAR 364 VALLEJO JUAN CARLOS BARONIO LEONARDO CHL TOYOTA PRO RAID PERU 367 ZAPAG BLAS ZAPAG ENRIQUE PRY TOYOTA COPETROL RALLY TEAM 368 SCANDOLA GRAZIANO FOSSA' GIAMMARCO ITA FORD R TEAM 369 JATON ARIEL ROLON GERMAN ARG ACCIONA ECO ACCIONA 100% ECOPOWERED POWERED 370 DE LORENZO DARIO DE LORENZO ALDO ITA TOYOTA 4WD JATON RACING 371 PASTEN INFANTE ACOSTA FERNANDO ARG TOYOTA RC COMPETICION GASTON JOSE 373 ZALA VAIDOTAS JURGELENAS SAULIUS LTU SEAT AGRORODEO 375 COUËDEL TRISTAN SINEUX EDOUARD FRA LAND-ROVER DESERT ABSOLU 376 STARIKOVICH ROMAN HESKES BERT CYP DESERT AUTOLIFE WARRIOR 377 VILLEGAS AGUERO DEL HUERTO MATTAR ARG NISSAN IAAM TEAM SPORT CARLOS ALBERTO SMITH MARIA COMPETICION 379 NAIVIRT ROBERTO DI PALMA JOSE LUIS ARG TOYOTA DEL VISO DAKAR TEAM 380 SHIKHOTAROV SERGEI UPERENKO OLEG RUS TOYOTA KONTURTERM RACING 381 MARRINI STEFANO ROSSI STEFANO ITA TOYOTA STEFANO MARRINI 383 PEREDO EDUARDO ARRIETA EUGENIO BOL TOYOTA HP RACING 385 MALDONADO ALANOCA VICTOR BOL TOYOTA MALDONADO TEAM FORTUNATO 387 NUNEZ RAMON CASAS SERGIO DAVID ARG TOYOTA RAMON NUNEZ 389 CAREAGA ORLANDO CORDANO ENZO BOL TOYOTA POTOSI CAREAGA DAKAR 390 PIANA MARCO GRIENER STEVEN FRA TOYOTA XTREMEPLUS/POLARIS RACING INTERNATIONAL 391 RECALDE ROBERTO SANCHEZ JUAN JOSE PRY TOYOTA DK420 COMPETITION 393 SALOM CARLOS HECTOR SALOM LUCAS JAVIER ARG VOLKSWAGEN SALOM DAKAR TEAM 7/358 COMPETITORS' PROFILES 8/358 No. 300 TEAM PEUGEOT TOTAL PETERHANSEL STEPHANE (FRA) COTTRET JEAN PAUL (FRA) « La clave de la carrera sigue siendo la misma: la resistencia » Joven campeón de skate, Stéphane Peterhansel ya vibraba frente a las imágenes del Dakar en los años 80, con Cyril Neveu y Hubert Auriol atravesando las dunas del Sahara. Su talento y su precocidad le permitieron tener un aprendizaje ultra-rápido del rally raid, al obtener su primer Dakar en 1991. El motorista de bandana azul ganó en total seis títulos en ocho años al mando de una Yamaha. Al pasar a las cuatro ruedas, las cualidades adquiridas en moto fueron rápidamente aprovechadas: 7º en su primer ensayo en 1999, subió al segundo escalón del podio al año siguiente, acompañado ya de Jean-Paul Cottret. La consagración llegó en el 2004, año en que en Dakar, « Peter » se convirtió en el segundo piloto de la historia después de Hubert Auriol en imponerse a la vez en moto y en auto. La continuación de la saga « Mitsu » le valió otras dos victorias, en el 2005 y el 2007. Después del abandono de la firma japonesa, Peterhansel se unió a X-Raid, pero recién en el 2012 obtuvo su 10ª consagración. Para nada saciado con este ciclo victorioso, « el Sr Dakar » encadenó con otra victoria en el 2013. Un nuevo desafío se presentó en el 2015 con el regreso de Peugeot al Dakar. En un primer tiempo, los defectos de juventud de la 2008 DKR privaron a « Peter » de un resultado a la altura de sus esperanzas (nº 11), pero el proyecto estaba completamente en la vía de la madurez desde la edición 2016. El recital de los pilotos de la marca del león duró solamente una semana, sin embargo Peterhansel supo mantener hasta el final su position en los primeros puestos del podio. Y conquistar un 12º título de alto valor simbólico. Rodeado incluso de compañeros de equipo tan ambiciosos como Loeb, Sainz y Despres para utilizar las chances de éxito del 3008 DKR, el apetito de « Peter » sigue intacto. « Al principio en mi primer Dakar, tenía el ánimo del soldado que se va a la guerra, a la vez impresionado por lo desconocido y extremadamente motivado. Y rápidamente me di de con la realidad en la cara cuando al cabo de tres días, mi compañero de equipo André Malherbe, campeón del mundo de moto-cross, tuvo una grave caída, al punto de quedarse tetrapléjico. Enseguida entendí que no era una carrera de graciosos y ciertamente por eso nunca tuve grandes heridas. El año pasado, la victoria tenía un sabor particular porque el programa Peugeot es muy importante para mí. Me doy cuenta que el Dakar evolucionó mucho: lo gané sin GPS, luego con las distintas tecnologías de navegación, en África, luego en América del sur, y ahora con Peugeot! Es porque la clave de la carrera sigue siendo la misma: la resistencia. Este verano, en el Silk Way Rally cometí un error, lo que no me sucedía desde el 2009. Pero no fue tan frustrante porque luego pude correr sin tener el mismo peso sobre los hombros. Parto con el objetivo de un 13º título, pero todos sabemos que con el menor error nos podemos encontrar como piloto-asistente para los demás autos del equipo. Si tuviese que dar un pronóstico sobre las chances de Cyril Despres o de Sebastien Loeb de imponerse primeros en auto, diría 60/40 en favor de Seb, porque el terreno sudamericano le da una pequeña ventaja ». « La clé de la course reste la même : l’endurance » Jeune champion de skate, Stéphane Peterhansel vibrait déjà devant les images du Dakar des années 80, avec Cyril Neveu et Hubert Auriol avalant les dunes du Sahara. Son talent et sa précocité lui ont permis de mener un apprentissage 9/358 ultra-rapide du rallye raid, remportant son premier Dakar en 1991. Le motard au bandana bleu a remporté au total six titres en huit ans au guidon d’une Yamaha. A son passage sur quatre roues, les qualités acquises à moto ont rapidement été mises à profit : 7ème pour son coup d’essai en 1999, il est monté sur la deuxième marche du podium dès l’année suivante, déjà accompagné de Jean-Paul Cottret.
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