1984-1990: Development mechanic for Peugeot’s Dakar and Rally-Raid programs1985: Rally of Kenya with Pierre Pagani in a Peugeot 205 T161987: Tackled the Dakar Rally with Jacques Houssat – Peugeot assistance1988: 21st overall in the Dakar Rally with Gérard Boin in a P41989: 16th overall in the Pharaohs Rally with Jacques Houssat in a P4 16th overall in the Dakar Rally with Jacques Houssat in a P41990: Dakar Rally with Gérard Boin in a P41993: Atlas Rally, recce and note taking for Mitsubishi1992: Dakar Rally with Bruno Saby in a Mitsubishi1993-1997: Worked for the TSO on road books and route work2000: Baja events with Hiroshi Masuoka in a Mitsubishi Dakar-Cairo Rally with Miguel Prieto in a Mitsubishi2001: 2nd overall in the Paris-Dakar Rally with Hiroshi Masuoka in a Mitsubishi2002: 1st overall in the Dakar Rally with Hiroshi Masuoka in a Mitsubishi Rally of Tunisia with Bruno Saby in a Ford Ranger2003: 5th overall in the Dakar Rally with Giniel de Villiers in a Nissan Baja Italy and Desert Challenge with Khalifa Al-Mutawei Rally of Tunisia with Marc Blasquez Baja Portugal with Marc Blasquez Baja Spain with Mark Blasquez2004: Dakar Rally withYves Loubet Tunisia Rally with Kenjiro Shinozuka in a Nissan2005: Dakar Rally with Kenjiro Shinozuka in a Nissan 3rd overall in the Rally of Tunisia with Hiroshi Masuoka2006: 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 Pascal Maimon was born on March 17th, 1960. He lives in France and is married with three children. He is one of the most experienced individuals in the world of Cross-Country rallying and has worked as a co-driver and an organizer of events across the globe. Pascal began his motorsport initiation by working on prototype French and FIA World Rally Championship cars for Citroën between 1978 and 1981 at their base in Velizy, near Paris. He tackled the Dakar for the first time with Jacques Houssat in a race assistance 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 African Giniel de Villiers, Spaniard Marc Blasquez and the UAE’s Khalifa Al-Mutawei. The undoubted highlight of his career was winning the Dakar Rally with Mitsubishi and Hiroshi Masuoka in 2002. Pascal rekindled that partnership with Masuoka after three years to finish third overall in the 2005 Rally of Tunisia and is now Masuoka’s regular co-driver. The pair was forced to retire from the 2006 Dakar Rally, following an accident which damaged their Pajero’s tubular frame. They have both taken part in the Tunisia and Morocco rallies during the 2006 season.
