Giniel de villiers biography of abraham lincoln

25/3/1972

Record updated 25-Mar-20

Best known for winning the 2009 Dakar Rally, he began his career in 1993 and going on to win four South African touring car championship in succession from 1997 to 2000 before switching to competing off road.

Born in Barrydale, South Africa, De Villiers began his career in 1993 circuit racing.

Giniel de villiers biography of abraham lincoln

In 1994 in just his second season he took the South African title in Group N, drivinr a Nissan Sentra. He won a total of four South African touring car championship in succession from 1997 to 2000 with a dealer-backed Nissan Primera. 

Then in 2001 he switched to off-road racing with a Nissan Pickup winning the South African Off-Road championship in his first year.

He made his Dakar Rally debut in 2003 driving for the works Nissan team. Finishing fifth overall at first attempt alongside navigator Pascal Maimon, de Villiers took his first stage victory in 2004 on the way to seventh overall alongside François Jordaan a