2011 Dakar Rally
Introduction Carlos Sainz's Volkswagen Race Touareg during the twelfth stage of the rally. Sainz was unable to repeat his victory of 2010, finishing third behind teammates Nasser Al-Attiyah and Giniel de Villiers.The '''2011 Dakar Rally''' was the 33rd running of the event. It was held in Argentina and Chile for the third successive time, and ran from 1 to 16 January. The Amaury Sport Organisation and the governments of Argentina and Chile agreed to a return to South America for the event on 23 March 2010.The rally concluded in Buenos Aires, with Vladimir Chagin of Russia achieving a record seventh victory in the truck division, at the wheel of his Kamaz, thus becoming the most successful driver in a single category in the history of the event. Nasser Al-Attiyah of Qatar and Timo Gottschalk of Germany won in the car division, giving Volkswagen their third successive victory in the car class. Marc Coma from Spain won his third Dakar in the motorcycle category, and Alejandro Patronelli of Argentina repeated the feat of his brother—Marcos Patronelli in 2010—to win the class for quad-bikes.
Entrants The route of the 2011 Dakar Rally407 Teams started the race with 200 motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles, 140 cars, and 67 trucks on the podium across from the Obelisk, on the 9th of July Avenue; one of Buenos Aires' major boulevards. 203 of the crews finished the event.
The route The race began on New Year's Day in downtown Buenos Aires. The total racing distance was  for cars,  for bikes and quads and  for trucks. Of these distances,  was timed special stage for cars, with  for bikes and quads and  for trucks. Of the thirteen stages, six were in Argentina, five in Chile with two stages cross-country.===Stages===StageDateFromToClassRoad SectionSpecialTotalStage Winnerskm mi km mi km miBikesQuadsCarsTrucks11 January2 January Buenos Aires Victoria Victoria CórdobaBikes/Quads943586 C. Despres J. Macháček C. Sainz V. ChaginCars/Trucks23 January Córdoba TucumánBikes/Quads440273 C. Despres A. Patronelli C. Sainz F. KabirovCars/Trucks34 January San Miguel de Tucumán JujuyBikes/Quads231144 M. Coma T. Maffei N. Al-Attiyah V. ChaginCarsTrucks40825445 January San Salvador de Jujuy CalamaAll M. Coma T. Maffei C. Sainz V. Chagin56 January Calama IquiqueAll P. Gonçalves A. Patronelli S. Peterhansel F. Kabirov67 January Iquique AricaAll H. Rodrigues A. Patronelli C. Sainz A. Loprais – 8 January Arica''Rest day''79 January Arica AntofagastaBikes/Quads208129 F. López S. Halpern N. Al-Attiyah A. LopraisCars/Trucks810 January Antofagasta CopiapóAll M. Coma A. Patronelli N. Al-Attiyah V. Chagin911 January Copiapó CopiapóAll J. Street A. Patronelli C. Sainz F. Kabirov1012 January Copiapó ChilecitoAll M. Coma J. Santamarina G. de Villiers V. Chagin1113 January Chilecito San JuanAll C. Despres S. Halpern N. Al-Attiyah V. Chagin1214 January San Juan CórdobaBikes/Quads12376555345678421 M. Coma C. Declerck C. Sainz V. ChaginCarsTrucks3492171315 January Córdoba Buenos AiresAll F. Verhoeven Ł. Łaskawiec C. Sainz F. Kabirov – 16 January''Finish in Buenos Aires'' '''TOTALS''' km mi km mi km mi Bikes & Quads4,5982,857 Cars Trucks
Stage results A motorcyclist rides in the desert beside the Flag of Chile===Motorcycles===KTM's Cyril Despres won the first two stages of the rally, to take an early lead of over two minutes on fellow KTM rider Marc Coma. Coma closed the gap to just fourteen seconds after his win on the third stage, and took the overall lead on stage four with his second stage win as Despres lost over ten minutes on the stage, dropping him to second in the standings. Coma maintained his lead overall until the end of the race, taking further stage wins in stages eight, ten and twelve en route to his third victory in the event. Despres, a three-time winner himself, won stage eleven but ended the rally fifteen minutes behind Coma in second place. Aprilia's Francisco López moved into third position after the fourth stage, and having won the seventh stage, had been set to complete the podium behind Coma and Despres. However, on the final stage, López suffered a mechanical failure  from the finish line and lost over an hour to his rivals. His misfortune allowed Hélder Rodrigues, riding a Yamaha to take third place. López took fourth position, almost half an hour behind Rodrigues. Stage result  General classification Stage PosCompetitorMakeTimeDifference PosCompetitorMakeTimeDifference 1'''1'''    KTM  1h 58' 31"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    KTM  1h 58' 31"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    KTM  1h 59' 02"  + 00' 31"'''2'''    KTM  1h 59' 02"  + 00' 31"'''3'''    KTM  1h 59' 17"  + 00' 46"'''3'''    KTM  1h 59' 17"  + 00' 46" 2'''1'''    KTM  3h 19' 11"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    KTM  5h 17' 42"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    KTM  3h 21' 00"  + 01' 49"'''2'''    KTM  5h 20' 17"  + 02' 35"'''3'''    Aprilia  3h 23' 17"  + 04' 06"'''3'''    KTM  5h 23' 55"  + 06' 13" 3'''1'''    KTM  4h 18' 55"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    KTM  9h 38' 58"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    KTM  4h 21' 16"  + 02' 21"'''2'''    KTM  9h 39' 12"  + 00' 14"'''3'''    BMW  4h 22' 31"  + 03' 36"'''3'''    KTM  9h 48' 36"  + 09' 38" 4'''1'''    KTM  2h 04' 00"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    KTM  11h 43' 12"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    Aprilia  2h 06' 05"  + 02' 05"'''2'''    KTM  11h 53' 14"  + 10' 02"'''3'''    Yamaha  2h 10' 20"  + 06' 20"'''3'''    Aprilia  12h 03' 24"  + 20' 12" 5'''1'''    BMW  5h 12' 23"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    KTM  16h 59' 33"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    Aprilia  5h 14' 41"  + 02' 18"'''2'''    KTM  17h 09' 47"  + 10' 14"'''3'''    BMW  5h 14' 42"  + 02' 19"'''3'''    Aprilia  17h 18' 05"  + 18' 32" 6'''1'''    Yamaha  5h 36' 17"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    KTM  22h 40' 20"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    KTM  5h 39' 21"  + 03' 04"'''2'''    KTM  22h 49' 08"  + 08' 48"'''3'''    KTM  5h 40' 47"  + 04' 30"'''3'''    Aprilia  23h 02' 32"  + 22' 12" 7'''1'''    Aprilia  3h 29' 45"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    KTM  26h 13' 50"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    KTM  3h 32' 06"  + 02' 21"'''2'''    KTM  26h 21' 14"  + 07' 24"'''3'''    KTM  3h 33' 30"  + 03' 45"'''3'''    Aprilia  26h 32' 17"  + 18' 27" 8'''1'''    KTM  6h 05' 02"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    KTM  32h 18' 52"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    KTM  6h 06' 57"  + 01' 55"'''2'''    KTM  32h 28' 11"  + 09' 19"'''3'''    Aprilia  6h 09' 23"  + 04' 21"'''3'''    Aprilia  32h 41' 40"  + 22' 48" 9'''1'''    Yamaha  3h 06' 56"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    KTM  35h 32' 56"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    BMW  3h 10' 34"  + 03' 38"'''2'''    KTM  35h 41' 10"  + 08' 14"'''3'''    Sherco  3h 10' 36"  + 03' 40"'''3'''    Aprilia  35h 56' 29"  + 23' 33" 10'''1'''    KTM  3h 06' 35"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    KTM  38h 39' 31"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    KTM  3h 16' 31"  + 09' 56"'''2'''    KTM  38h 57' 41"  + 18' 10"'''3'''    KTM  3h 19' 57"  + 13' 22"'''3'''    Aprilia  39h 24' 47"  + 45' 16" 11'''1'''    KTM  4h 33' 13"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    KTM  43h 14' 55"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    KTM  4h 35' 24"  + 02' 11"'''2'''    KTM  43h 30' 54"  + 15' 59"'''3'''    Aprilia  4h 39' 32"  + 06' 19"'''3'''    Aprilia  44h 04' 19"  + 49' 24" 12'''1'''    KTM  6h 42' 42"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    KTM  49h 57' 37"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    KTM  6h 43' 19"  + 00' 37"'''2'''    KTM  50h 14' 13"  + 16' 36"'''3'''    Yamaha  6h 50' 03"  + 07' 21"'''3'''    Aprilia  50h 57' 04"  + 59' 27" 13'''1'''    BMW  1h 25' 07"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    KTM  51h 25' 00"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    Yamaha  1h 25' 12"  + 00' 05"'''2'''    KTM  51h 40' 04"  + 15' 04"'''3'''    KTM  1h 25' 26"  + 00' 19"'''3'''    Yamaha  53h 05' 20"  + 1h 40' 20"===Quads=== Stage result  General classification Stage PosCompetitorMakeTimeDifference PosCompetitorMakeTimeDifference 1'''1'''    Yamaha  2h 14' 07"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    Yamaha  2h 14' 07"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    Yamaha  2h 15' 13"  + 01' 06"'''2'''    Yamaha  2h 15' 13"  + 01' 06"'''3'''    Yamaha  2h 17' 11"  + 03' 04"'''3'''    Yamaha  2h 17' 11"  + 03' 04" 2'''1'''    Yamaha  3h 40' 35"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    Yamaha  6h 00' 06"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    Yamaha  3h 44' 56"  + 04' 21"'''2'''    Yamaha  6h 02' 50"  + 02' 44"'''3'''    Yamaha  3h 45' 39"  + 05' 04"'''3'''    Yamaha  6h 02' 51"  + 02' 45" 3'''1'''    Yamaha  4h 58' 04"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    Yamaha  11h 02' 21"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    Yamaha  4h 59' 31"  + 01' 27"'''2'''    Yamaha  11h 02' 33"  + 00' 12"'''3'''    Yamaha  5h 02' 27"  + 04' 23"'''3'''    Yamaha  11h 03' 33"  + 01' 12" 4'''1'''    Yamaha  2h 30' 23"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    Yamaha  13h 33' 56"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    Yamaha  2h 33' 17"  + 02' 54"'''2'''    Yamaha  13h 35' 50"  + 01' 54"'''3'''    Yamaha  2h 34' 46"  + 04' 23"'''3'''    Yamaha  13h 37' 07"  + 03' 11" 5'''1'''    Yamaha  6h 04' 34"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    Yamaha  19h 40' 24"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    Yamaha  6h 07' 55"  + 03' 21"'''2'''    Yamaha  19h 41' 51"  + 01' 27"'''3'''    Yamaha  6h 40' 36"  + 36' 02"'''3'''    Yamaha  20h 23' 19"  + 42' 55" 6'''1'''    Yamaha  6h 57' 33"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    Yamaha  26h 37' 57"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    Yamaha  7h 02' 37"  + 05' 04"'''2'''    Yamaha  26h 44' 28"  + 06' 31"'''3'''    Yamaha  7h 29' 34"  + 32' 01"'''3'''    Yamaha  28h 10' 04"  + 1h 32' 07" 7'''1'''    Yamaha  4h 01' 26"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    Yamaha  31h 44' 45"  + 00' 00"'''2'''   Yamaha  4h 03' 36"  + 02' 10"'''2'''    Yamaha  31h 47' 48"  + 03' 03"'''3'''    Honda  4h 07' 42"  + 06' 16"'''3'''    Yamaha  32h 11' 30"  + 26' 45" 8'''1'''    Yamaha  7h 57' 26"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    Yamaha  39h 45' 14"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    Yamaha  8h 05' 28"  + 08' 02"'''2'''    Yamaha  40h 43' 46"  + 58' 32"'''3'''    Yamaha  8h 08' 26"  + 11' 00"'''3'''    Yamaha  42h 27' 02"  + 2h 41' 48" 9'''1'''    Yamaha  3h 43' 27"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    Yamaha  43h 28' 41"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    Yamaha  3h 48' 48"  + 05' 21"'''2'''    Yamaha  44h 45' 04"  + 1h 16' 23"'''3'''    Yamaha  3h 53' 42"  + 10' 15"'''3'''    Yamaha  46h 15' 50"  + 2h 47' 09" 10'''1'''    Honda  4h 14' 49"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    Yamaha  47h 48' 53"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    Yamaha  4h 14' 57"  + 00' 08"'''2'''    Yamaha  49h 00' 01"  + 1h 11' 08"'''3'''    Yamaha  4h 17' 52"  + 03' 03"'''3'''    Yamaha  50h 34' 49"  + 2h 45' 56" 11'''1'''    Yamaha  5h 35' 30"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    Yamaha  53h 28' 59"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    Yamaha  5h 39' 22"  + 03' 52"'''2'''    Yamaha  54h 35' 31"  + 1h 06' 32"'''3'''    Yamaha  5h 40' 06"  + 04' 36"'''3'''    Polaris  59h 58' 59"  + 6h 30' 00" 12'''1'''    Polaris  8h 30' 07"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    Yamaha  62h 07' 34"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    Yamaha  8h 30' 21"  + 00' 14"'''2'''    Yamaha  63h 05' 52"  + 58' 18"'''3'''    Yamaha  8h 32' 39"  + 02' 32"'''3'''    Polaris  68h 29' 06"  + 6h 21' 32" 13'''1'''    Yamaha  1h 35' 00"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    Yamaha  63h 49' 47"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    Polaris  1h 39' 11"  + 04' 11"'''2'''    Yamaha  64h 49' 40"  + 59' 53"'''3'''    Yamaha  1h 42' 13"  + 07' 13"'''3'''    Yamaha  70h 07' 25"  + 6h 17' 38"===Cars=== Stage result  General classification Stage PosCompetitorMakeTimeDifference PosCompetitorMakeTimeDifference 1'''1'''     Volkswagen  2h 18' 32"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    Volkswagen  2h 18' 32"  + 00' 00"'''2'''     BMW  2h 20' 03"  + 01' 31"'''2'''     BMW  2h 20' 03"  + 01' 31"'''3'''     Volkswagen  2h 20' 48"  + 02' 16"'''3'''     Volkswagen  2h 20' 48"  + 02' 16" 2'''1'''    Volkswagen  3h 10' 48"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    Volkswagen  5h 29' 20"  + 00' 00"'''2'''     Volkswagen  3h 12' 31"  + 01' 43"'''2'''     BMW  5h 33' 05"  + 03' 45"'''3'''     BMW  3h 13' 02"  + 02' 14"'''3'''     Volkswagen  5h 33' 19"  + 03' 59" 3'''1'''     Volkswagen  3h 42' 20"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    Volkswagen  9h 12' 05"  + 00' 00"'''2'''    Volkswagen  3h 42' 45"  + 00' 25"'''2'''     Volkswagen  9h 15' 39"  + 03' 34"'''3'''     BMW  3h 43' 19"  + 00' 59"'''3'''     BMW  9h 16' 24"  + 04' 19" 4'''1'''    Volkswagen  1h 57' 09"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    Volkswagen  11h 09' 14"  + 00' 00"'''2'''     Volkswagen  1h 57' 59"  + 00' 50"'''2'''     Volkswagen  11h 13' 38"  + 04' 24"'''3'''     BMW  1h 58' 31"  + 01' 22"'''3'''     BMW  11h 14' 55"  + 05' 41" 5'''1'''     BMW  4h 33' 19"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    Volkswagen  15h 45' 48"  + 00' 00"'''2'''     Volkswagen  4h 34' 43"  + 01' 24"'''2'''     BMW  15h 48' 14"  + 02' 26"'''3'''    Volkswagen  4h 36' 34"  + 03' 15"'''3'''     Volkswagen  15h 48' 21"  + 02' 33" 6'''1'''    Volkswagen  4h 53' 53"  + 00' 00"'''1'''    Volkswagen  20h 39' 41"  + 00' 00"'''2'''     Volkswagen  4h 54' 02"  + 00' 09"'''2'''     Volkswagen  20h 42' 23"  + 02' 42"'''3'''     Volkswagen  5h 03' 42"  + 09' 49"'''3'''     BMW  20h 54' 32"  + 14' 51" 7'''1'''     Volkswagen  2h 40' 57"  + 00' 00"'''1'''     Volkswagen  23h 21' 58"  + 00' 00"'''2'''     Volkswagen  2h 42' 17"  + 01' 20"'''2'''     Volkswagen  23h 23' 20"  + 01' 22"'''3'''     Volkswagen  2h 43' 53"  + 02' 56"'''3'''     BMW  23h 43' 09"  + 21' 11" 8'''1'''     Volkswagen  5h 16' 30"  + 00' 00"'''1'''     Volkswagen  28h 39' 50"  + 00' 00"'''2'''     Volkswagen  5h 23' 06"  + 06' 36"'''2'''     Volkswagen  28h 45' 04"  + 05' 14"'''3'''     Volkswagen  5h 33' 52"  + 17' 22"'''3'''     Volkswagen  29h 28' 35"  + 48' 45" 9'''1'''    Volkswagen  2h 14' 39"  + 00' 00"'''1'''     Volkswagen  30h 56' 25"  + 00' 00"'''2'''     Volkswagen  2h 16' 35"  + 01' 56"'''2'''     Volkswagen  30h 59' 43"  + 03' 18"'''3'''     Volkswagen  2h 23' 41"  + 09' 02"'''3'''     Volkswagen  31h 52' 16"  + 55' 51" 10'''1'''     Volkswagen  2h 53' 15"  + 00' 00"'''1'''     Volkswagen  33h 58' 34"  + 00' 00"'''2'''     BMW  2h 57' 38"  + 04' 23"'''2'''     Volkswagen  34h 11' 11"  + 12' 37"'''3'''     BMW  2h 58' 53"  + 05' 38"'''3'''     Volkswagen  34h 45' 31"  + 46' 57" 11'''1'''     Volkswagen  4h 17' 27"  + 00' 00"'''1'''     Volkswagen  38h 16' 01"  + 00' 00"'''2'''     BMW  4h 18' 40"  + 01' 13"'''2'''     Volkswagen  39h 07' 50"  + 51' 49"'''3'''     Volkswagen  4h 22' 19"  + 04' 52"'''3'''     Volkswagen  39h 43' 28"  + 1h 27' 27" 12'''1'''     Volkswagen  5h 37' 18"  + 00' 00"'''1'''     Volkswagen  43h 59' 30"  + 00' 00"'''2'''     Volkswagen  5h 40' 01"  + 02' 43"'''2'''     Volkswagen  44h 47' 51"  + 48' 21"'''3'''     Volkswagen  5h 43' 29"  + 06' 11"'''3'''     Volkswagen  45h 20' 46"  + 1h 21' 16" 13'''1'''     Volkswagen  1h 16' 08"  + 00' 00"'''1'''     Volkswagen  45h 16' 16"  + 00' 00"'''2'''     Volkswagen  1h 16' 46"  + 00' 38"'''2'''     Volkswagen  46h 05' 57"  + 49' 41"'''3'''     BMW  1h 17' 33"  + 01' 25"'''3'''     Volkswagen  46h 36' 54"  + 1h 20' 38"===Trucks=== Stage result  General classification Stage PosCompetitorMakeTimeDifference PosCompetitorMakeTimeDifference 1'''1'''      Kamaz  2h 44' 22"  + 00' 00"'''1'''      Kamaz  2h 44' 22"  + 00' 00"'''2'''      Tatra  2h 49' 03"  + 04' 41"'''2'''      Tatra  2h 49' 03"  + 04' 41"'''3'''      Kamaz  2h 50' 14"  + 05' 52"'''3'''      Kamaz  2h 50' 14"  + 05' 52" 2'''1'''      Kamaz  3h 50' 46"  + 00' 00"'''1'''      Kamaz  6h 41' 00"  + 00' 00"'''2'''      Tatra  3h 52' 06"  + 01' 20"'''2'''      Tatra  6h 41' 09"  + 00' 09"'''3'''      MAN  3h 55' 55"  + 05' 09"'''3'''      Kamaz  6h 41' 22"  + 00' 22" 3'''1'''      Kamaz  2h 57' 36"  + 00' 00"'''1'''      Kamaz  9h 38' 58"  + 00' 00"'''2'''      Kamaz  3h 04' 21"  + 06' 45"'''2'''      Kamaz  9h 45' 21"  + 06' 23"'''3'''      Tatra  3h 04' 26"  + 06' 50"'''3'''      Tatra  9h 45' 35"  + 06' 37" 4'''1'''      Kamaz  2h 10' 18"  + 00' 00"'''1'''      Kamaz  11h 49' 16"  + 00' 00"'''2'''      Kamaz  2h 12' 36"  + 02' 18"'''2'''      Kamaz  11h 57' 57"  + 08' 41"'''3'''      Tatra  2h 16' 17"  + 05' 59"'''3'''      Tatra  12h 01' 52"  + 12' 36" 5'''1'''      Kamaz  5h 41' 11"  + 00' 00"'''1'''      Kamaz  17h 39' 08"  + 00' 00"'''2'''      Kamaz  6h 01' 16"  + 20' 05"'''2'''      Kamaz  17h 52' 44"  + 13' 36"'''3'''      Tatra  6h 02' 36"  + 21' 25"'''3'''      Tatra  18h 04' 28"  + 25' 20" 6'''1'''      Tatra  6h 00' 37"  + 00' 00"'''1'''      Kamaz  23h 43' 40"  + 00' 00"'''2'''      Kamaz  6h 04' 32"  + 03' 55"'''2'''      Kamaz  24h 03' 00"  + 19' 20"'''3'''      Kamaz  6h 10' 16"  + 09' 39"'''3'''      Tatra  24h 05' 05"  + 21' 25" 7'''1'''      Tatra  2h 23' 43"  + 00' 00"'''1'''      Kamaz  26h 12' 26"  + 00' 00"'''2'''      Kamaz  2h 28' 46"  + 05' 03"'''2'''      Tatra  26h 28' 48"  + 16' 22"'''3'''      Kamaz  2h 37' 48"  + 14' 05"'''3'''      Kamaz  26h 40' 48"  + 28' 22" 8'''1'''      Kamaz  6h 01' 12"  + 00' 00"'''1'''      Kamaz  32h 42' 00"  + 00' 00"'''2'''      Kamaz  6h 33' 01"  + 31' 49"'''2'''      Kamaz  32h 45' 27"  + 03' 27"'''3'''      Kamaz  6h 38' 07"  + 36' 55"'''3'''      Tatra  33h 11' 36"  + 29' 36" 9'''1'''      Kamaz  2h 45' 21"  + 00' 00"'''1'''      Kamaz  35h 30' 48"  + 00' 00"'''2'''      Kamaz  2h 52' 59"  + 07' 38"'''2'''      Kamaz  35h 34' 59"  + 04' 11"'''3'''      Kamaz  3h 00' 11"  + 14' 50"'''3'''      Kamaz  37h 34' 39"  + 2h 03' 51" 10'''1'''      Kamaz  3h 21' 39"  + 00' 00"'''1'''      Kamaz  38h 56' 38"  + 00' 00"'''2'''      Kamaz  3h 43' 17"  + 21' 38"'''2'''      Kamaz  39h 14' 05"  + 17' 27"'''3'''      MAN  3h 56' 16"  + 34' 37"'''3'''      Kamaz  41h 40' 44"  + 2h 44' 06" 11'''1'''      Kamaz  5h 12' 02"  + 00' 00"'''1'''      Kamaz  44h 08' 40"  + 00' 00"'''2'''      Iveco  5h 23' 06"  + 11' 04"'''2'''      Kamaz  44h 39' 11"  + 30' 31"'''3'''      Kamaz  5h 25' 06"  + 13' 04"'''3'''      Kamaz  47h 07' 23"  + 2h 58' 43" 12'''1'''      Kamaz  2h 45' 34"  + 00' 00"'''1'''      Kamaz  46h 54' 14"  + 00' 00"'''2'''     Kamaz  2h 46' 22"  + 00' 48"'''2'''     Kamaz  47h 25' 33"  + 31' 19"'''3'''      Iveco  2h 50' 03"  + 04' 29"'''3'''      Kamaz  50h 09' 59"  + 3h 15' 45" 13'''1'''     Kamaz  1h 33' 25"  + 00' 00"'''1'''      Kamaz  48h 28' 54"  + 00' 00"'''2'''      Kamaz  1h 34' 40"  + 01' 15"'''2'''     Kamaz  48h 58' 58"  + 30' 04"'''3'''      MAN  1h 35' 27"  + 02' 02"'''3'''      Kamaz  51h 49' 11"  + 3h 20' 17"
Final overall standings ===Motorcycles=== Pos. No. Competitor Make Entrant Time Difference 1 1  KTM 450 Rally KTM MRW Rally Factory Team 51h 25' 00" + 00' 00" 2 2  KTM 450 Rally Team Red Bull KTM  51h 40' 04" + 15' 04" 3 4  Yamaha Team Yamaha Racing France Ipone 53h 05' 20" + 1h 40' 20" 4 3  Aprilia Team Giofil Aprilia 53h 34' 45" + 2h 09' 45" 5 10  KTM 450 Rally KTM MRW Rally Factory Team 54h 32' 03" + 3h 07' 03" 6 6  KTM 450 Rally Team Scandinavia 54h 57' 56" + 3h 32' 56" 7 33  KTM 450 Rally Petrobras Lubrax 55h 24' 38" + 3h 59' 38" 8 11  KTM 450 Rally Team Red Bull KTM 450 Rally 55h 38' 01" + 4h 13' 01" 9 15  Honda Team Honda Europe 56h 17' 10" + 4h 52' 10" 10 21  KTM 450 Rally Orlen Team 57h 38' 41" + 6h 13' 41"===Quads=== Pos. No. Competitor Make Time Difference 1 252  Yamaha 63h 49' 47" + 00' 00" 2 255  Yamaha 64h 49' 40" + 59' 53" 3 256  Yamaha 70h 07' 25" + 6h 17' 38" 4 253  Polaris 70h 08' 17" + 6h 18' 30" 5 263  Yamaha 71h 04' 46" + 7h 14' 59" 6 273  Honda 74h 49' 54" + 11h 00' 07" 7 280  Yamaha 81h 50' 58" + 18h 01' 11" 8 257  Can-Am 89h 01' 41" + 25h 11' 54" 9 259  Yamaha 89h 05' 03" + 25h 15' 16" 10 267  Can-Am 99h 44' 48" + 35h 55' 01"===Cars===Nissan's Christian Lavieille finished the event in eighth place. Pos. No. Driver Co-Driver Make Entrant Time Difference 1 302   Volkswagen Volkswagen Motorsport 45h 16' 16" + 00' 00" 2 308   Volkswagen Volkswagen Motorsport 46h 05' 57" + 49' 41" 3 300   Volkswagen Volkswagen Motorsport 46h 36' 54" + 1h 20' 38" 4 301   BMW Monster X-Raid Team 47h 00' 04" + 1h 43' 48" 5 307   BMW Team X-Raid 49h 27' 37" + 4h 11' 21" 6 304   Volkswagen Volkswagen Motorsport 50h 10' 58" + 4h 54' 42" 7 313   BMW Monster X-Raid Team 52h 06' 23" + 6h 50' 07" 8 312   Nissan Team Dessoude 53h 13' 34" + 7h 57' 18" 9 310   Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Brazil 53h 39' 53" + 8h 23' 27" 10 314   SMG Buggy Hamburger Software SMG 60h 28' 12" + 15h 11' 56"===Trucks===Firdaus Kabirov's Kamaz truck, which finished second behind Vladimir Chagin's similar truck. Pos. No. Driver Navigator Mechanic Make Time Difference 1 500    Kamaz 48h 28' 54" + 00' 00" 2 502    Kamaz 48h 58' 58" + 30' 04" 3 512    Kamaz 51h 49' 11" + 3h 20' 17" 4 518    Kamaz 54h 13' 50" + 5h 44' 56" 5 507    MAN 54h 14' 31" + 5h 45' 37" 6 506    Iveco 55h 44' 55" + 7h 16' 01" 7 508    MAN 59h 10' 57" + 10h 42' 03" 8 537    Kamaz 59h 38' 39" + 11h 09' 45" 9 526   ''none'' Hino 62h 50' 22" + 14h 21' 28" 10 528    MAN 66h 06' 29" + 17h 37' 35"
Deaths A total of four people were killed in Dakar-related incidents during the rally. A 28-year-old female spectator was killed when a competitor lost control of his vehicle in the first stage, while two mechanics were killed in separate electrical incidents and a driver lost his life in a collision with a rally competitor following the tenth stage.
References
External links * *  Dakar 2011 – The Big Picture