1985 Paris–Dakar Rally

1985 Paris–Dakar Rally
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Host country	France  Algeria  Niger  Mali  Mauritania  Senegal

1985 Dakar Rally also known as the 1985 Paris–Dakar Rally was the seventh running of the Dakar Rally event. The race began at Versailles. Patrick Zaniroli and Jean Da Silva won the car class for the Mitsubishi team. Gaston Rahier won his second successive motorcycle class.^[1]

Final standings

Bikes

	Driver	Vehicle
1.	Gaston Rahier	BMW
2.	Jean Claude Olivier	Yamaha
3.	Franco Picco	Yamaha

Cars

	Driver	Vehicle
1.	Patrick Zaniroli	Mitsubishi Pajero
2.	Andrew Cowan	Mitsubishi Pajero
3.	Pierre Fougerouse	Toyota FJ 60

References

1. "History of Dakar - RETROSPECTIVE 1979-2007" (PDF). Dakar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2009-01-07.