Orlando Terranova (born 10 November 1979 inMendoza) is an Argentine rally driver, best known for his participation in theDakar Rally.
Terranova began his professional career in 1997 as anenduro rider, taking four national titles and placing third in the Latin America enduro championship in 2001.[1] Two years later, he won theChilean Rally del Desierto and the production car category of the Argentina-based Por las Pampas Rally, as well as taking silver in theInternational Six Days Enduro for a second time after his success in 2001.[2]
Terranova retired from his first two attempts at the Dakar Rally in2005 and2007, both times aboard aKTM, and when the event resumed in2009 in South America following the cancellation of the2008 event, he opted to switch to four wheels. Piloting anX-raid preparedBMW X3 alongside co-driver Alain Guehennec, Terranova once again failed to finish, although he did win that year's Tunisian Rally.[2] He completed the Dakar for the first time the following year, this time alongside Pascal Maimon, finishing ninth overall in aMitsubishi Racing Lancer.
Returning to X-Raid in2011, Terranova rolled his X3 out of the rally on the seventh stage, and once again failed to finish in2012 while competing in aToyota when his co-driver Andy Grider quit the rally on the fourth day following an argument with Terranova.[3] The same year, he took victory in theDakar Series-sanctionedDesafio Litoral event, as well as the Desafio Ruta 40, with his new co-driver Paulo Fiuza.
Back in an X-Raid BMW in2013, Terranova finished the Dakar for the second time, winning the tenth stage en route to fifth place overall, also winning that year's Moroccan Rally.[2] In2014, he once more finished fifth driving aMini, albeit with no stage wins.
| Year | Class | Vehicle | Position | Stages won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Bike |  KTM | DNF | 0 |
| 2006 | Did not enter | |||
| 2007 | Bike | KTM | DNF | 0 |
| 2008 | Event cancelled – replaced by the2008 Central Europe Rally | |||
| 2009 | Car |  BMW | DNF | 0 |
| 2010 |  Mitsubishi | 9th | 0 | |
| 2011 | BMW | DNF | 0 | |
| 2012 | Toyota | DNF | 0 | |
| 2013 | BMW | 5th | 1 | |
| 2014 |  Mini | 5th | 0 | |
| 2015 | 18th | 4 | ||
| 2016 | 12th | 0 | ||
| 2017 | 6th | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 20th | 0 | ||
| 2019 | DNF | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 6th | 0 | ||
| 2021 | DNF | 0 | ||
| 2022 | BRX | 4th | 1 | |
| 2023 | DNF | 0 | ||