The three-time winner of the Dakar in the car category and former director of the rally in the late 1980s, René Metge, died on Wednesday in France at the age of 82, the organization itself reported.
The French driver won in the car category in 1981, 1984 and 1986 and is the fourth driver with the most victories in cars, after his compatriot Stéphane Peterhansel, the Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah and the Finn Ari Vatanen, making him Considered one of the great drivers in the history of rally raid.
Likewise, after ending his career in the rally itself, he tried his luck in the 24 hours of Le Mans, in addition to directing the Dakar in 1987 and 1988, after the sudden death of its creator, Thierry Sabine, when the helicopter crashed in the Who was traveling.
“Unfortunately, we have received very bad news from France. René was a passionate adventurer, he won the Dakar with this same car, also with Land Rover before. He later became our director and became famous as the man of Paris-Peking. Today we want to pay tribute to him,” said the general director of the competition, David Castera, on Wednesday night.
