A multiple Dakar Rally winner has died.
Later he was even head of the rally: Hubert Auriol is dead.
The Dakar Rally will take place from January 3 to January 15, 2021.
On January 10, it became known that the multiple rally winner
Hubert Auriol had died at the age of 68
.
Auriol won the competition three times - twice on a motorcycle, once in a car.
Paris - On January 10th it was announced that the German co-driver Dirk von Zitzewitz celebrated the first day success of the Dakar Rally together with the local Toyota driver Yazeed Al Rajhi.
But coverage of the stage was overshadowed by tragic news from a
motorsport legend
.
The multiple
winner Hubert Auriol has died
.
Dakar Rally: legend Hubert Auriol dead
According to media reports, Auriol was only 68 years old and died on Sunday, January 10th, after a cardiovascular collapse, as reported by the dpa on appeal from AFP.
He must have suffered from health problems for a long time.
Auriol celebrated his greatest successes in
1981
and
1983
when he won the Dakar Rally on a
motorcycle
.
He also
achieved success
with the
car
in
1992
.
He then became head of the rally in 1995.
He was known to many by the nickname "the African", which referred to his native Ethiopia.
Dakar Rally: Auriol won on a motorcycle and in a car
Auriol was born in Addis Ababa
in
1952
, but was considered a French racing driver.
He later became known to a wider audience.
He hosted a reality TV show called Koh-Lanta in France in 2001.
The format is similar to that of Survior.
He is not related to Didier Auriol, the 1994 world rally champion.
In October 2020, the motorsport world was also in shock when a fatality overshadowed the Vidreiro Centro de Portugal rally.
The 21-year-old driver Laura Salvo died in a crash.
The Spaniard has been adopted by the sports world.
Carlos Sainz, Pau Gasol and Valencia CF shared in the young woman's death.
(ank with dpa)
