Stéphane Peterhansel

Stéphane Peterhansel
Stéphane Peterhansel
Nationality	French
Born	6 August 1965; Échenoz-la-Méline, France
Dakar Rally career
Debut season	1988
Current team	BAHRAIN JCW X-RAID TEAM
Car number	302
Championships	Dakar Rally
Wins	14

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 14 times. In the 2018 season he was one of the official drivers of the Team Peugeot Total.[1]

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.[2] 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. From 1999 to 2018, his Dakar co-driver was Jean-Paul Cottret.

He also competed in the 2018 Rallye du Maroc in the UTV category with a Yamaha YXZ with his wife Andrea Mayer as his co-driver.[3]

Since the 2018 Baja Portalegre 500, Peterhansel and Cyril Despres has swapped their co-drivers, making David Castera as Peterhansel's co-driver and Cottret the co-driver for Despres.[4][5]

Dakar Rally

Year	Class	Vehicle	Position	Stages won
1988	Motorbike	Yamaha	18th	1
1989			4th	6
1990			DSQ	1
1991			1st	1
1992			1st	4
1993			1st	3
1994	Did not enter
1995	Motorbike	Yamaha	1st	4
1996			DNF	3
1997			1st	7
1998			1st	3
1999	Cars	Nissan	7th	0
2000		Mega	2nd	2
2001		Nissan	12th	0
2002		Nissan	DNF	1
2003		Mitsubishi	3rd	6
2004			1st	2
2005			1st	4
2006			4th	3
2007			1st	0
2008	Event cancelled – replaced by Central Europe Rally
2009	Cars	Mitsubishi	DNF	0
2010		BMW	4th	4
2011		BMW	4th	1
2012		Mini	1st	3
2013			1st	2
2014			2nd	4
2015		Peugeot	11th	0
2016			1st	3
2017			1st	3
2018			4th	3
2019		Mini	DNF	2
2020			3rd	4
2021			1st	1

Other Honours

Year	Event
1992	Paris-Moscow-Beijing Rally – Motorcycle
1996	UAE Desert Challenge – Motorcycle
1998	24 Hours of Chamonix
2002	Tunisia Rally
2002	UAE Desert Challenge – Car
2003	UAE Desert Challenge – Car
2004	Tunisia Rally
2004	Morocco Rally
2005	UAE Desert Challenge – Car
2007	UAE Desert Challenge – Car
2019	Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge - Car
2019	FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies - Car

References

"Team Peugeot Total - The team". redbull.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
"Rally, Dakar 2012: storico decimo successo per Peterhansel" (in Italian). notiziariosportivo.it. Archived from the original on 13 December 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
"Rallye du Maroc 2018 - Peterhansel and Andre Villas Boas Put a Spotlight on the SSV Category". Rally-Raid Network. September 24, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
"Baja Portalegre 2018: Debut for Peterhansel and Castera in the MINI JCW Rally". Rally-Raid Network. October 18, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
"Rallye du Maroc 2018: Sainz, Peterhansel and Despres in the MINI John Cooper Works Buggy". Rally-Raid Network. October 2, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2019.

External links

Stéphane Peterhansel at DriverDB.com
Driver profile at Monster Energy website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Edi Orioli	Dakar Rally Motorcycle Winner 1991–1993	Succeeded by Edi Orioli
Preceded by Edi Orioli	Dakar Rally Motorcycle Winner 1995	Succeeded by Edi Orioli
Preceded by Edi Orioli	Dakar Rally Motorcycle Winner 1997–1998	Succeeded by Richard Sainct
Preceded by Hiroshi Masuoka	Dakar Rally Car Winner 2004–2005	Succeeded by Luc Alphand
Preceded by Luc Alphand	Dakar Rally Car Winner 2007	Succeeded by Giniel de Villiers
Preceded by Nasser Al-Attiyah	Dakar Rally Car Winner 2012–2013	Succeeded by Nani Roma
Preceded by Nasser Al-Attiyah	Dakar Rally Car Winner 2016–2017	Succeeded by Carlos Sainz

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[1] "Team Peugeot Total - The team". redbull.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

[2] "Rally, Dakar 2012: storico decimo successo per Peterhansel" (in Italian). notiziariosportivo.it. Archived from the original on 13 December 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

[3] "Rallye du Maroc 2018 - Peterhansel and Andre Villas Boas Put a Spotlight on the SSV Category". Rally-Raid Network. September 24, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2019.

[4] "Baja Portalegre 2018: Debut for Peterhansel and Castera in the MINI JCW Rally". Rally-Raid Network. October 18, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2019.

[5] "Rallye du Maroc 2018: Sainz, Peterhansel and Despres in the MINI John Cooper Works Buggy". Rally-Raid Network. October 2, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2019.