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Gianni Lora Lamia
Gianni Lora Lamia
	Gianni Lora Lamia at the Arras-Madrid-Dakar 2002 MMC Mitsubishi Motors Ralliart
Born	January 16, 1965 (age 59); Trivero, Kingdom of Italy
Nationality	Italian
Years active	1989 Paris–Dakar Rally – 2007 Dakar Rally
Television	Eurosport TV Commentator for Dakar Rally and Rally Raid
Honours	"Dakar Legends Priority Driver"
Racing licence	FIA International C Licence IT 29343
Years active
Dakar Rally career
Years active	1989 Paris-Tunis-Dakar; 1990 Paris-Tripoli-Dakar; 1991 Paris-Tripoli-Dakar; 1992 Paris-Sirte-Le Cap; 1993 Paris-Dakar; 1995 Granada-Dakar; 1997 Dakar-Agadez-Dakar; 1998 Paris-Granada-Dakar; 1999 Granada-Dakar; 2000 Paris-Dakar-Cairo; 2001 Paris-Dakar; 2002 Arras-Madrid-Dakar; 2003 Marseille-Valencia-Sharme El Sheik; 2004 Région d'Auvergne-Tanger-Dakar; 2007 Lisbon-Dakar
Teams	Astra Trucks; Nissan France; Nissan Motorsport Nismo; Mitsubishi Sonauto Ralliart; MMSP Mitsubishi Ralliart;
Co-driver	Mario Bruzzi; Giovanni Cassini; Roberto di Persio;
Starts	16
Best finish	14th Overall in Granada-Dakar 1999
Rally raid record
Years active	1992 Rally de Pharaons; 1993 Atlas Rally Maroc; 2000 Rally Optic 2000 Tunisie; 2000 Uae Deset Challenge; 2004 Uae Desert Challenge; 2005 Rally de Pharaons;
Starts	6
Best finish	8th Overall in Rally of Tunisia 2000
Range Rover 1989 no stop record
Years active	1989; Elba Island; Alger; Niamey; Alger; Elba Island; 7.000 km round trip in six days and 6 hours with a standard Range Rover TDI
Teams	RANGE ROVER
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Website	gianniloralamia.com
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Gianni Lora Lamia Donin, (born 16 January 1965) is an Italian Rally and Rally Raid driver.

Racing Career

He participated in the Paris-Dakar from 1989 to 2007, one of the very few Italian drivers with more participations in the Paris-Dakar 16 in total^[1], as well as other Rally Raids such as Pharaons Rally in Egypt, Rally of Tunisia, Atlas Rally Maroc and Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, former UAE Desert Challenge.

At the same time, cooperated with almost of the works teams for development of Rally Raid Cars that wins this great race, Moreover cooperates with the Sports TV network, Eurosport TV ^[2] and Fox Sport TV like technical consulting and commentator for the live commentaries about the Paris-Dakar Rally and the other races of the Fia WorldCup for Cross Country Rally, in the TV studios.

With more than 15 participations in the Dakar Rally, is part of the priority list of drivers with more than 10 participation in the Paris-Dakar, called "Dakar Legend Prority".^[3]created by the organization of the race A.S.O. Amaury Sport Organisation

Range Rover No Stop Record 1989

Before the Paris-Dakar Gianni Lora Lamia, in 1989 was one of the drivers who carried out the No Stop endurance test with Range Rover, which included the departure from the island of Elba in Italy reaching Niamey, the capital of Niger in Africa crossing Algeria and Niger passing through the Agadez oasis in the fearsome Sahara desert and back to the Island of Elba, with a strictly standard Range Rover TDI and with the engine hood sealed (deliberately by Land Rover) to to prevent technical interventions on the car, the commissioners and journalists had the task of checking the car at each staging point and at the halfway point in Niamey.

Gianni Lora Lamia with the Range Rover TDI during the No Stop Record 1989

The crews managed to cover the distance of the route with the time of 6 days and 6 hours including the time used for the 4 ferries crossed, 2 on the outward journey Elba-Livorno and Marseille-Algiers and 2 on the return Algiers-Marseille and Livorno -Elba.

Range Rover and Land Rover Italy the following year together with the Prima Ridotta 4x4 magazine, gave away the sum of 10 million lire for those who managed to beat time, after various attempts, including some with some serious accident , no other crew to date has ever managed to beat that time.

His debut in Africa was at the 12th edition of the 1990 Paris-Tripoli-Dakar with an Astra BM309 6x6 truck from Astra Veicoli Industriali, a truck that was used at the Dakar in previous years by Princess Caroline of Monaco and Stefano Casiraghi, and for the following edition of the 13th Paris-Tripoli-Dakar 1991, he was entered into the race in a Nissan Terrano WD21 3.0 V6, by the historic French team Nissan Dessoude led by the Nissan rally raid wizard "André Dessoude". and supported at the time by the French importer Richard Nissan S.A., with the codriver Giovanni Cassini at his side, the crew was forced to retire due to electronic engine problems, after the rest day in the oasis of Agadez in Niger.

in 1992 he was entered again in the 14th edition of the Paris-Sirte-Le Cap, the longest Dakar Rally ever held, starting from Paris and arriving in Cape Town in South Africa, crossing the whole of Africa from north to south, 22 stages, 12,427 km , 23 days of competition, again with Nissan France and the Dessoude team, with a new Nissan Terrano 3.0 V6 with the italian Agip Petroli livery, this time he obtained a 3rd place overall^[4] in the T1 Marathon 4x4 Petrol category, completing the podium for the Japanese brand Nissan with 3 cars in the top 3 places upon arrival in Cape Town. in south africa.

Gianni Lora Lamia and codriver Roberto di Persio with Massimo and Emilio Giletti

In 1998, the Italian entrepreneur and former Ferrari and Maserati driver Emilio Giletti, father of the Italian television presenter Massimo Giletti, decided to financially support the young driver and fellow citizen, thus starting a long collaboration, from the 1998 Dakar Rally with Nissan Motorsport up to the 2002 Dakar Rally with MMSP Mitsubishi Ralliart,

Gianni Lora Lamia Granada Dakar 1999 14th overall place podium Lac Rose Dakar Senegal

in the 21st edition of the Granada-Dakar Rally 1999, he achieved his best result, 14th^[5] overall with the historic Nissan France Team Dessoude, in one of the most difficult and complicated editions in the history of the Dakar rally, thus becoming the last Italian driver with the best overall position in the car category, result still today unbeaten.

Best Dakar Rally Overall Results

1992 Paris–Sirte-Cape Town 3rd Overall T1 Marathon 4x4 Class^[6]^[5]

1999 Granada-Dakar 14th Overall and 2nd T3 Prototype 4x4 Petrol Engines Class^[5]
2002 Arras Madrid-Dakar 16th Overall and 4th Superproduction 4x4 Diesel^[7]

Dakar Rally record

N	Event	Season	Codriver	Car	Team	Position
1	12th Paris-Tripoli-Dakar	1990	Mario Bruzzi	Astra BM309 6x6	Astra Industrial Vehicles	Dnf.
2	13th Paris-Tripoli-Dakar	1991	Giovanni Cassini	Nissan Terrano 3.0 V6 T1 Marathon	Nissan France Dessoude Malizia Look model	Dnf.
3	14th Paris-Sirte-Le Cap 1992	1992	Roberto di Persio	Nissan Terrano 3.0 V6 T1 Marathon	Nissan France Dessoude Agip	50th overall and 3rd T1 Marathon 4x4 Petrol Engines Class
4	15th Paris-Tanger-Dakar 1993	1993	Roberto di Persio	Nissan Terrano 3.0 V6 T1 Marathon	Nissan France Dessoude	Dnf.
5	17th Granada-Dakar 1995	1995	Roberto di Persio	Nissan Terrano 3.0 V6 T1 Marathon	Nissan France Dessoude	Dnf.
6	20th Paris-Granada-Dakar 1998	1998	Luciano Carcheri	Nissan Patrol GR 4.2 Long Wheelbase T1 Marathon	Nissan France Dessoude Giletti	40th overall
7	21st Granada-Dakar 1999	1999	Roberto di Persio	Nissan Patrol GR 4.5 Long Wheelbase T3 Prototype	Nissan France Dessoude Giletti	14th overall and 2nd T3 Prototype 4x4 Petrol Engines Class
8	22nd Paris-Dakar-Cairo 2000	2000	Roberto di Persio	Nissan Patrol GR 5.0 Long Wheelbase Carbon Body T3 Prototype	Nissan France Dessoude Giletti	29th overall
9	23rd Paris-Dakar 2001	2001	Roberto di Persio	Nissan Patrol GR 5.0 Long Wheelbase Carbon Body T3 Prototype	Nissan Tecnosport Giletti	28th overall
10	24th Arras-Madrid-Dakar 2002	2002	Roberto di Persio	Mitsubishi Pajero MPR9 3.2 D.ID T2 Superproduction	Mitsubishi Ralliart Giletti	16th overall and 4th Superproduction Diesel
11	25th Marseille-Valencia-Sharm El Sheik 2003	2003	Roberto di Persio	Nissan Patrol GR 5.0 Long Wheelbase Carbon Body T3 Prototype	Nissan Versace Sport	Dnf.
12	26th Région d'Auvergne-Dakar 2004	2004	Maurizio Dominella	Nissan Patrol GR 5.0 Long Wheelbase Carbon Body T3 Prototype	Nissan Motorsport	Dnf.

Others Rally Raid Record

N	Event	Season	Codriver	Car	Team	Position
1	Pharaons Rally	1992	Roberto di Persio	Nissan Patrol GR Y61 Long Wheelbase T3 Skyline Biturbo	TEAM Nissan France Dessoude	Dnf.
2	Atlas Rally	1993	Roberto di Persio	Nissan Patrol GR Y61 Long Wheelbase T3 Skyline Biturbo	TEAM Nissan France Dessoude	8th overall
3	Rally di Tunisia	2000	Roberto di Persio	Nissan Patrol GR 5.0 Long Wheelbase Carbon Body T3 Prototype	Nissan Tecnosport Giletti	8th overall
4	UAE desert Challenge	2004	Roberto di Persio	Mitsubishi Pajero MPR9	Mitsubishi Ralliart	9th overall
5	Pharaons Rally	2005	Maurizio Dominella	Nissan Race Pick Up	Nissan France Dessoude	Dnf.

References

^ "Dakar Rally Guide Historique".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Eurosport TV Gianni Lora Lamia Dakar Rally Live Commentary".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Dakar Legends Priority Drivers".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "NISSAN LA ROUTINE Paris Le Cap 1992".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c "History of Dakar - RETROSPECTIVE 1979-2007" (PDF). Dakar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2009-01-07. Cite error: The named reference "pdf" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ "Paris Sirte Lec Cap 1992 ANOTHER CLASS WIN".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "REPORTAGE IL GIAPPONESE D'AFRICA ALLA DAKAR 2002" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 16 April 2024.

External links

Official website

[:4-1] "Dakar Rally Guide Historique".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:3-2] "Eurosport TV Gianni Lora Lamia Dakar Rally Live Commentary".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:2-3] "Dakar Legends Priority Drivers".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:5-4] "NISSAN LA ROUTINE Paris Le Cap 1992".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[pdf-5] "History of Dakar - RETROSPECTIVE 1979-2007" (PDF). Dakar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2009-01-07. Cite error: The named reference "pdf" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[:6-6] "Paris Sirte Lec Cap 1992 ANOTHER CLASS WIN".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:7-7] "REPORTAGE IL GIAPPONESE D'AFRICA ALLA DAKAR 2002" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 16 April 2024.

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