2010 Dakar Rally RESULTS

2010 Dakar Rally: The numbers involved

• 184 is the no of participants registered in the motorcycle and quad category
• 138 is the no of participants registered in the car category
• 50 is the no of participants registered in the truck category
• The rally covered an overall distance of 9,030 kilometres
• The overall competitive stages of the rally comprised of around 4,810 kilometres
• The longest competitive stage held on January 9th covered 600 kilometres
• The shortest competitive stage held on January 4th covered 182 kilometres
• The rally comprised of 14- day long stages that were scheduled from the 2nd of January till the 16th
• The rally coverage reached out to an audience of around 2.2 billion people through media channels
• At each stage one safety helicopter was tracking the competitors
• Across the rally’s 14 stages there were 57 secure spectator zones for the public
• To ensure public safety around 25,000 police officers were on duty
• This year’s rally resulted in a cash inflow of around £50m from the organizers into the areas through which it ran

Overall Standings Car Category:

Overall Standings Bike Category:

Carlos Sainz has won the 2010 Dakar rally in the overall car category driving for the Volkswagen team. His team-mate Nasser Nasser Al-Attiyah put up a strong fight but eventually had to settle for second place. The time gap between the two front runners dropped under 3 minutes during the final stage.