PARIS-TRIPOLI-DAKAR 1990
Mitsubishi continued its unparalleled success story with the Pajero in the 1990
"Dakar", the 12th running of the event again visiting the forbidding desert of
Libya as part of its challenging 12,000 km route. Consistency, durability and
reliability are the virtues required of any
machine to finish, let alone win, the Dakar challenge. The rest is almost
entirely down to luck. The finish first, first you have to finish as the old
rallying cliche goes, and Mitsubishi Pajeros are legendary in their ability to
finish. The team once again kept to its 100 per cent record of delivering at
least one of its machines to the Senegalese capital in the top placings, this
time with Andrew Cowan in fourth place and Kenjiro Shinozuka in fifth, proving
yet again that the Mitsubishi Pajero can face almost every situation and inspire
confidence in its driver. In the T2 Modified Production Class, Hiroshi Msaoka
continued another Mitsubishi Pajero tradition by brining his machine home in
first place in the category, proclaiming to the world that in its class, the
Pajero is a consistent world-beater.
FINAL CLASSIFICATION
1990 Paris - Tripoli - Dakar Rally
| Pos. |
Car No. |
Driver |
Manufacture |
Total Time |
| 1. |
203 |
VATANEN |
Peugeo |
39:08'59 |
| 2. |
204 |
Waldegard |
Peugeo |
01:09'31 |
| 3. |
206 |
Ambrosino |
Peugeot |
03:56'46 |
| 4. |
207 |
Cowan |
MITSUBISHI/PAJERO |
05:11'34 |
| 5. |
209 |
Shinozuka |
MITSUBISHI/PAJERO |
06:32'35 |
| 6. |
218 |
Ratet |
Toyota |
11:33'17 |
| 7. |
213 |
Ickx |
Lada |
11:40'13 |
| 8. |
226 |
Porcar |
Nissan |
12:30'45 |
| 9. |
219 |
Raymondis |
Range Rover |
13:06'17 |
| 10. |
232 |
Masuoka |
MITSUBISHI/PAJERO |
13:58'28 |
|
N° 161
|
Pilote
|
Andrew Cowan
|
GB
|
Classée 11
au général
|
Classée 1
en Marathon
|
|
Co-Pilote
|
Colin Malkin
|
GB
|
|
N° 162
|
Pilote
|
Georges Debussy
|
FR
|
Classée 14
au général
|
Classée 2
en Marathon
|
|
Co-Pilote
|
Jacques Delaval
|
FR
|
|
N° 217
|
Pilote
|
Tony Fowke
|
GB
|
Abandon
|
Abandon
|
|
Co-Pilote
|
Pierre Saint-Jean
|
FR
|
|
N° 218
|
Pilote
|
Bernard Maingret
|
FR
|
Classée 30
au général
|
Classée 5
en Marathon
|
|
Co-Pilote
|
Louis Blin
|
FR
|
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