4th overall, Telefónica Dakar Rally (Carlos Sousa) in a Mitsubishi L200 Strakar 3rd overall, Baja Italy in a Mitsubishi L200 Strakar 1st overall, Baja Portugal in a Mitsubishi L200 Strakar 2nd overall, Rally of Morocco in a Mitsubishi L200 Strakar 1st overall, Orient dCappadoce in a Mitsubishi L200 Strakar 2nd overall, Por Las Pampas Rally in a Mitsubishi L200 Strakar 1st overall, FIA Cross-Country Rallies World Cup for Co-Drivers in a Mitsubishi L200 Pick-Up
2004
4th overall, Telefónica Dakar Rally (Luc Alphand) 1st overall, Baja Portugal in a Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution 1st overall, Pennino Rally in a Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution 3rd overall, Rally of Morocco in a Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution 1st overall, Baja Spain in a Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution 2nd overall, Baja Rota Da Serra 500 1st overall, European Baja Cup for Co-Drivers Championship
Biography
Henri Magne was born in France in March 1953 and now lives in Andorra. He began his motorsport career at the Formula 3 Driving School at Magny-Cours in 1973 and had a close association with French motorsport throughout the 1970s.
He first took part in the Dakar Rally in 1982 and finished 21st overall and first in the diesel category. In 1985 he co-drove a rapid support truck for the official Mitsubishi Motors team and finished ninth in the Trucks class. His career began to move forward and he and Kenjiro Shinozuka finished second overall in the 1988 Dakar. Henri won the Dakar for the first time with Shinozuka and Mitsubishi Motors in 1997 and repeated the feat on the Paris-Dakar-Cairo in 2000 with Jean-Louis Schlesser. He finished fourth with Carlos Sousa in 2003 and in a similar position with Luc Alphand in 2004.
Both he and Sousa also won the 2003 FIA World Cup title and the 2004 European Baja Cup. After taking part in the 2004 UAE Desert Challenge with Andrea Mayer, he joins Joan Roma for the first time in the 2005 Dakar Rally.
