The Paris-Dakar did not invent the rally-raid. In the 1970s, the Abidjan-Nice rally crossed thousands of kilometres of tracks, deserts and mountains. In 1977, a building contractor from Normandy, Jean-Claude Brioats joined Alain Oger to prepare a Renault 12 break. A car far from the racing cars but at the wheel of which they will make the feat.
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The Paris-Dakar did not invent the rally-raid. In the 1970s, the Abidjan-Nice rally crossed thousands of kilometres of tracks, deserts and mountains. In 1977, a building contractor from Normandy, Jean-Claude Brioats joined Alain Oger to prepare a Renault 12 break. A car far from the racing cars but at the wheel of which they will make the feat.