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Dakar legend Hubert Auriol passes away aged 68

· January 11, 2021 ·

The Ethiopian-born Frenchman, nicknamed ‘The African’, passed away on Sunday “after a long battle with heart disease”, according to Agence France-Presse.Auriol was among the participants of the inaugural edition of what was then known as the Paris-Dakar Rally in 1979, scoring his first stage wins in 1980 and then the first of two outright victories on a motorcycle for BMW in 1981.After having to withdraw from the 1982 race, he added a second triumph in 1983, and finished second to Gaston Rahier in 1984 before switching to Cagiva machinery in 1985. Auriol famously came close to delivering the Italian brand victory in 1987, but had to give best to Cyril Neveu after breaking both of his ankles in a crash on the penultimate stage. Switching to cars in 1988, Auriol initially enjoyed little success piloting single-seater buggies before joining the Oreca squad for 1991, driving a Lada and scoring two stage wins.The following year he became part of the factory Mitsubishi team, and he won his third title on an epic three-week rally that took competitors from Paris all the way to Cape Town, South Africa – beating teammate Erwin Weber by less than five minutes. Hubert Auriol, Mitsubishi Pajero Auriol… Read full this story

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