Development mechanic for Peugeot’s Dakar and Rally-Raid programs
1985
Development mechanic for Peugeot’s Dakar and Rally-Raid programs Rally of Kenya with Pierre Pagani in a Peugeot 205 T16
1986
Development mechanic for Peugeot’s Dakar and Rally-Raid programs
1987
Development mechanic for Peugeot’s Dakar and Rally-Raid programs Tackled the Dakar Rally with Jacques Houssat – Peugeot assistance
1988
21st overall in the Dakar Rally with Gérard Boin in a P4 Development mechanic for Peugeot’s Dakar and Rally-Raid programs
1989
16th overall in the Dakar Rally with Jacques Houssat in a P4 16th overall in the Pharaohs Rally with Jacques Houssat in a P4 Development mechanic for Peugeot’s Dakar and Rally-Raid programs
1990
Dakar Rally with Gérard Boin in a P4 Development mechanic for Peugeot’s Dakar and Rally-Raid programs
1992
Atlas Rally, recce and note taking for Mitsubishi
1993
Rally Dakar con Bruno Saby en un Mitsubishi
1994
Worked for the TSO on road books and route work
1995
Worked for the TSO on road books and route work
1996
Worked for the TSO on road books and route work
1997
Worked for the TSO on road books and route work
2000
Baja events with Hiroshi Masuoka in a Mitsubishi Dakar-Cairo Rally with Miguel Prieto in a Mitsubishi
2001
2nd overall in the Paris-Dakar Rally with Hiroshi Masuoka in a Mitsubishi
2002
1st overall in the Dakar Rally with Hiroshi Masuoka in a Mitsubishi Rally of Tunisia with Bruno Saby in a Ford Ranger
2003
5th overall in the Dakar Rally with Giniel de Villiers in a Nissan Baja Italy and Desert Challenge with Khalifa Al-Mutawei Baja Portugal with Marc Blasquez Baja Spain with Mark Blasquez Rally of Tunisia with Marc Blasquez
2004
Dakar Rally with Yves Loubet
2005
3rd overall in the Rally of Tunisia with Hiroshi Masuoka Dakar Rally with Kenjiro Shinozuka in a Nissan
2006
Entered the Dakar Rally, Rally of Tunisia, Rally of Morocco and UAE Desert Challenge with Hiroshi Masuoka Forced to retire from the 2006 Dakar Rally, following an accident
2007
6th, Dakar with Hiroshi Masuoka
2008
Central Europe Rally (with Hiroshi Masuoka) (retired) Baja España Aragón (with Hiroshi Masuoka) (retired)
Biography
Pascal Maimon was born on March 17th, 1960. He lives in France and is married with two children. He is one of the most experienced individuals in the world of cross-country rallying.
Pascal began his association with motorsport working for Citroën in the French and FIA World Rally Championships between 1978 and 1981 at the team’s Vélizy base, near Paris. He tackled the Dakar for the first time with Jacques Houssat in a service truck and so began a long association with the African classic.
After minor results with Jacques Houssat and Gérard Boin, he joined Bruno Saby and Mitsubishi for the 1992 Paris-Cape Town event and went on to partner the likes of Miguel Prieto, South Africa’s Giniel de Villiers, Spaniard Marc Blasquez and the UAE’s Khalifa Al-Mutawei. The highlight of his career to date was undoubtedly winning the Dakar alongside Hiroshi Masuoka for Mitsubishi in 2002.
Pascal rekindled his partnership with Masuoka three years later to finish third overall on the 2005 Rallye de Tunisie and he is now the Japanese driver’s regular right-hand man. The pair was forced out of the 2006 Dakar Rally by an accident which damaged their Pajero’s tubular frame. In 2006, they both took part together in the Rallye de Tunisie, the Rallye du Maroc and the UAE Desert Challenge before contesting the 2007 Dakar which they finished in sixth position.
This year Pascal Maimon has participated alongside Masuoka in the Central Europe Rally aboard the Mitsubishi Montero Evolution MPR14 with turbo-charged diesel engine. The pair had to retire on the third stage after Maimon`s left foot was fractured whilst he was repairing a puncture off the designated track. When he was changing the wheel another participant who had taken a wrong turning drove over the Frenchman´s foot forcing the pair to abandon the race. In summer another incident made them retire from the Baja Aragón. After going off the track another car rolled over in the same place, this caught fire and in the end both vehicles were destroyed.
Sine then the Repsol drivers have been working on the new Mitsubishi Racing Lancer, the new car with turbo-charged diesel engine that the Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart Team will fight to win the Dakar 2009 in and so add another victory to the team`s long list of successes there.
