The world's most dangerous sporting event.
Isidre Esteve Pujol enters a town during the 13th stage of the 2005 rally. Pujol's Team Repsol-Red Bull KTM was finally fourth, just 22 seconds behind a podium. Pic - G. Soldano
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Article Summary
January 17, 2005 It's the world's most dangerous legally-sanctioned sporting event. Every time the event is run, on average, two competitors and an unknown number of spectators die. The size of a small city, the Dakar Rally streaks for 16 days and 9000 kilometres across several countries and time zones at frightening speeds. One of the most significant events in the history of motorsport, it has direct lineage to the first auto race and all the famous city-to-city races which were banned between 50 and 100 years ago due to the carnage. So why is it still running?
