Dakar Rally 2015

The 2015 Dakar Rally was the 36th running of the event and the seventh successive year that 

the event was held in South America. The event started in Buenos Aires, Argentina on January 

4, then ran through Argentina, Chileand Bolivia, before returning to Buenos Aires on January17 

after 13 stages of competition, for a total distance of 9,000 km (5,600 mi).^[1][2] For the first 

time, organizers reserved separate rest days for different categories so that at least two 

classes raced on each day.

Marc Coma won a fifth title in the motorcycle category for KTM, while Rafał Sonik secured a 

maiden quads crown aboard his Yamaha. Nasser Al-Attiyahtook his second title for the X-

Raid Mini squad in the car category, while Ayrat Mardeev continued Kamaz's winning streak – 

a third successive win in the Dakar Rally – in the truck category, with his maiden success.