Dakar Rally 2022 | British success in motorcycles category
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The first two champions of the 2022 Dakar Rally have been announced. Sam Sunderland took the title for the second time in motorcycles and Nasser Al-Attiyah won Dakar for the fourth time in cars. Read all the final rankings of the Dakar Rally 2022 here.
Motorcycles
Sam Sunderland has won the Dakar Rally in motorcycles for the second time in his career. After a 2017 title, he was again extremely consistent in 2022. He won only one stage, but rarely lost much time on the competition. Pablo Quintanilla is three minutes short of taking his first title, despite a win in the final race. Matthias Walkner completes the top three without a victory.
| Place | Driver | Difference |
| 1. | Sam Sunderland | 38h47m30s |
| 2. | Pablo Quintanilla | +00:03:27 |
| 3. | Matthias Walkner | +00:06:47 |
| 4. | Adrien van Beveren | +00:18:41 |
| 5. | Joan Barreda Bort | +00:25:42 |
| 6. | Jose Ignacio Cornejo Florimo | +00:38:06 |
| 7. | Ricky Brabec | +00:46:04 |
| 8. | Andrew Short | +00:46:08 |
| 9. | Mason Klein | +00:49:07 |
| 10. | Toby Price | +00:49:20 |
Cars
In a quiet final day, Nasser Al-Attiyah captured his fourth Dakar title in the cars. The Qatari has already won the Dakar Rally once in 2011, 2015 and 2019 and finished on the podium every time he has finished since 2010. This year he took three victories, outpacing Sebastien Loeb and Yazeed al Rajhi. Carlos Sainz and Stephane Peterhansel could not resist this year due to various reasons.
| Place | Driver | Difference |
| 1. | Nasser Al-Attiyah | 38h33m03s |
| 2. | Sebastien Loeb | +00:27:46 |
| 3. | Yazeed Al Rajhi | +01:01:13 |
| 4. | Orlando Terranova | +01:27:23 |
| 5. | Giniel de Villiers | +01:41:48 |
| 6. | Jakub Przygonski | +01:53:06 |
| 7. | Mathieu Serradori | +02:32:05 |
| 8. | Sebastian Halpern | +02:38:26 |
| 9. | Mattias Ekstrom | +02:42:11 |
| 10. | Vaidotas Zala | +03:31:55 |
Quads
The final stage did not cause any changes in the classification of the quads. Only seven drivers completed the Dakar Rally 2022. Alexandre Giroud finished only fifth during the twelfth stage, but his lead in the general classification was never in danger. It is the first time that Giroud wins the title. The last two editions he dropped out. Before that his best result was fourth.
| Place | Driver | Brand | Difference |
| 1 (1) | ALEXANDRE GIROUD (FRA) | Yamaha YFZ 700 | 50h00m51s |
| 2 (2) | FRANCISCO MORENO (ARG) | Yamaha Raptor 700 | +02:21:11 |
| 3 (3) | KAMIL WISNIEWSKI (POL) | Yamaha Raptor 700 | +02:27:25 |
| 4 (4) | ZDENEK TUMA (CZE) | Yamaha RR 700 | +08:08:47 |
| 5 (5) | CARLOS ALEJANDRO VERZA (ARG) | Yamaha YFM700 R | +19:43:12 |
| 6 (6) | MARCELO MEDEIROS (BRA) | Yamaha YFM700R | +22:05:05 |
| 7 (7) | NICOLAS ROBLEDO SERNA (COL) | CAN-AM Renegade X XC 850 | +50:25:50 |
SxS
Austin Jones managed to keep Gerard Farres Guell from the final victory in the last stage. The American only has a 2:37 minute lead on the Spaniard in the final standings.
| Place | Driver | Brand | Difference |
| 1 (2) | AUSTIN JONES (USA) | CAN - AM XRS | 47h22m50s |
| 2 (1) | GERARD FARRES GUELL (ESP) | CAN-AM MAVERICK XRS | +00:02:37 |
| 3 (4) | ROKAS BACIUSKI (LTU) | CAN-AM MAVERICK XRS | +00:15:18 |
| 4 (3) | MAREK GOCZAL (POL) | CAN - AM XRS | +00:16:21 |
| 5 (5) | MICHAL GOCZAL (POL) | CAN - AM XRS | +00:28:28 |
| 6 (6) | RODRIGO LUPPI DE OLIVEIRA (BRA) | CAN - AM XRS | +00:55:44 |
| 7 (7) | LUIS PORTELA MORAIS (PRT) | CAN - AM X3 XRS | +03:20:29 |
| 8 (8) | ERIC ABEL (FRA) | CAN-AM XRS | +05:22:46 |
| 9 (9) | JOAN LASCORZ MORENO (ES) | CAN-AM MAVERICK X3 | +05:57:59 |
| 10 (10) | DAVID ZILLE (ARG) | CAN - AM MAVERICK XRS | +06:15:55 |
Prototype
Francisco Lopez Contardo has won the Dakar in the Protoype class. With the second place of the Swedish driver Sebastian Eriksson there is also some Dutch success in this class. Eriksson drives with the Dutch navigator Wouter Rosegaar.
| Place | Driver | Brand | Difference |
| 1 (1) | FRANCISCO LOPEZ CONTARDO (CHL) | CAN-AM MAVERICK X3 | 45h50m51s |
| 2 (2) | SEBASTIAN ERIKSSON (SWE) | CAN-AM MAVERICK X3 | +00:51:28 |
| 3 (4) | CRISTINA GUTIERREZ HERRERO (ESP) | OT3 OT3 - 01 | +04:34:43 |
| 4 (5) | SANTIAGO NAVARRO (ESP) | CAN-AM MAVERICK X3 | +05:11:35 |
| 5 (4) | PAVEL LEBEDEV (RAF) | CAN-AM MAVERICK | +05:52:14 |
| 6 (6) | CAMELIA LIPAROTI (ITA) | YAMAHA YXZ 1000R RALLY EDITION | +08:26:11 |
| 7 (7) | THOMAS BELL (GBR) | ... | +08:35:01 |
| 8 (8) | DANIA AKEEL (SAU) | CAN-AM MAVERICK X3 | +10:00:07 |
| 9 (9) | SERGE GOUNON (FRA) | CAN - AM XRS | +10:59:18 |
| 10 (10) | LIONEL COSTES (FRA) | PH-SPORT ZEPHYR | +11:33:10 |
Trucks
The Kamaz drivers were supreme in this edition of the Dakar Rally. For Dmitry Sotnikov it was his second title in a row. The Dutch did good business this year. Janus van Kasteren is the best Dutchman in fifth place, but also Martin van den Brink (6th), Victor Versteijen (8th), Richard de Groot (9th) and Mitchel van den Brink (10th) achieved a top ten ranking.
| Place | Driver | Brand | Difference |
| 1 (1) | DMITRY SOTNIKOV (RAF) | KAMAZ 43509 | 41h37m34s |
| 2 (2) | EDUARD NIKOLAEV (RAF) | KAMAZ 43509 | +00:09:58 |
| 3 (3) | ANTON SHIBALOV (RAF) | KAMAZ 43509 | +01:11:11 |
| 4 (4) | ANDREY KARGINOV (RAF) | KAMAZ 43509 | +01:49:55 |
| 5 (5) | JANUS VAN KASTEREN (NLD) | IVECO POWERSTAR | +03:08:30 |
| 6 (6) | MARTIN VAN DEN BRINK (NLD) | IVECO POWERSTAR | +03:43:32 |
| 7 (8) | MARTIN MACIK (CZE) | IVECO IVECO POWERSTAR | +04:44:11 |
| 8 (7) | VICTOR WILLEM CORNE VERSTEIJNEN (NLD) | IVECO POWERSTAR | +04:44:34 |
| 9 (9) | RICHARD DE GROOT (NLD) | IVECO MAGIRUS 4X4 DRNL | +06:29:27 |
| 10 (10) | MITCHEL VAN DEN BRINK (NLD) | IVECO POWERSTAR | +08:10:34 |