2016 Dakar Rally | |||
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Part of the Dakar Rally
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Host country | Argentina and Bolivia | ||
Dates run | 2–16 January 2016 | ||
Start | Buenos Aires | ||
Finish | Buenos Aires | ||
Stages | 14 | ||
Stage surface | Gravel, dirt, sand | ||
Overall distance | 9,237.00 km (5,739.61 mi) | ||
Results | |||
Bikes winner | Toby Price Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | ||
Quads winner | Marcos Patronelli Yamaha Racing | ||
Cars winner | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret Team Peugeot Total | ||
Trucks winner | Gerard de Rooy Moi Torrallardona Darek Rodewald Iveco | ||
Crews | 354 at start, 215 at finish |
The 2016 Dakar Rally was the 38th edition of the event and the eighth successive year that the event was held in South America. The event started in Buenos Aires, Argentina on January 2, then ran through Argentina and Bolivia.[1]
Sébastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen made their debuts in rally-raid, driving for Peugeot and MINI respectively.[2][3]
The victory in cars category was contested in court by runner-up X-Raid Team.[4]