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Stéphane Peterhansel
French racecar driver and motorcycle rider

Stéphane Peterhansel

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French racecar driver and motorcycle rider
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Vesoul
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59 years
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Biography

Stéphane Peterhansel (born 6 August 1965 in Échenoz-la-Méline, Haute-Saône) is a rally racing driver from France. He is best known for winning the Dakar Rally for a record 13 times.

Biography

He made his Paris to Dakar Rally debut in 1988 in the motorcycle category for Yamaha, later winning the event in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, and 1998. He switched to the car category for 1999, joining the works Mitsubishi in 2003. He went on to win the event for the Japanese marque in 2004, 2005 and 2007, and took his 11th victory in 2013 driving an X-Raid prepared Mini Countryman – making him the most successful competitor in the history of the Dakar Rally. In 2014 he was leading the Dakar in the final stage, but was controversially ordered to allow his team-mate, Nani Roma, to overtake and win - leaving himself to finish in second place. In 2015 he joined Peugeot as the manufacturer returned to compete in the Dakar for the first time since 1990. He took his 12th and 13th Dakar victory in 2016 and 2017.

He competed in the Race of Champions in 2005 and 2006 and is also a two-time World Enduro Champion. Since 1999, his Dakar co-driver has been compatriot Jean-Paul Cottret.

Dakar Rally results

YearClassVehicleResultStages
1988MotorbikeJapan Yamaha18th1
19894th6
1990DSQ1
19911st1
19921st4
19931st3
1994Did not enter
1995MotorbikeJapan Yamaha1st4
1996WD3
19971st7
19981st3
1999CarJapan Nissan7th0
2000France Mega2nd2
2001Japan Nissan12th0
2002DNF1
2003Japan Mitsubishi3rd6
20041st2
20051st4
20064th3
20071st0
2008Event cancelled – replaced by Central Europe Rally
2009CarJapan MitsubishiDNF0
2010Germany BMW4th4
20114th1
2012United Kingdom Mini1st3
20131st2
20142nd4
2015France Peugeot11th0
20161st3
20171st3

Other Honours

YearEvent
1992Paris-Moscow-Beijing Rally – Motorcycle
1996UAE Desert Challenge – Motorcycle
199824 Hours of Chamonix
2002Tunisia Rally
UAE Desert Challenge – Car
2003UAE Desert Challenge – Car
2004Tunisia Rally
Morocco Rally
2005UAE Desert Challenge – Car
2007UAE Desert Challenge – Car

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