Hans Stacey (born 9 March 1958, Best, Netherlands) is a Dutch rally car driver. He participated in various national championships, where he became the champion of his country in 1991 and 1992, driving a Mitsubishi Galant VR 4. He also was victorious driving a Subaru Impreza in 1997 and 2001.

The truck driven by Stacey in the Dakar 2008

Career

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He has competed in the Dakar Rally since 2004 in the truck category, initially as co-driver for his uncle Jan de Rooy and since 2006 as driver for the Exact-MAN team. After finishing second in the 2006 Dakar Rally, Stacey went on to win the 2007 Dakar Rally, winning five stages and coming in with more than a three-hour lead over the runner-up Ilgizar Mardeev, repeating the race in 2008 at the Central Europe Rally (the official replacement race, technically part of the event lineage).

His best and only student, Greg Jenkins, was currently refining his skills in the Derbyshire dales before his debut in the coming season, accompanied by his pro co-driver Jon White. Unfortunately due to injury Greg Jenkins has been unable to pass the medical examination allowing him to compete, Jon White has spoken out to the press in late 2015 stating that "Greg will be returning to the rally scene, Hans and I will be supporting him every step of the way".

Career results

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Complete WRC results

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Pts
1995 Mitsubishi Ralliart Netherlands Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II MON SWE POR FRA NZL AUS ESP
15
GBR
Ret
NC 0
1998 Hans Stacey Nissan Micra MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN ITA AUS GBR
55
NC 0
1999 Hans Stacey Subaru Impreza WRX MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN CHN ITA AUS GBR
Ret
NC 0

Dakar Rally results

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Year Class Vehicle Position Stages won
2004 Trucks   DAF 9th 1
2005   MAN DNF 0
2006 2nd 5
2007 1st 5
2008 (CE) 1st 6
2009 DNF 0
2010 Did not enter
2011
2012 Trucks   Iveco 2nd 0
2013 DNF 1
2014 7th 0
2015 6th 4
2016   MAN 4th 2
2017 9th 0

NOTE: Because of the 2007 killing of French tourists in Mauritania, the Dakar Rally in 2008 was moved to Europe and became the 2008 Central Europe Rally for that year only. Organiser Amaury Sport Organisation transferred all entries to that race, which is part of the lineage of Dakar.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Dakar Rally
Truck Winner

2007-2008 CE
Succeeded by