Jan 10th, 2012 Dakar Rally Stage 9 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 9 of the 2012 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 2nd in stage 8 & Nasser Al Attiyah finished 5th. Cars begin stage 9 at 7:54am/et (9:54am local). Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2012 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

STAGE 9 TRACKING

STAGE 9: Antofagasto > Iquique

Connection 9km | Special Stage 556km | Total 565km

COURSE OVERVIEW

A two-part stage will keep the competitors busy who continue the climb to the north of the continent, between oceans and mountains. Two sections separated by a neutralization are on the agenda with varied features and landscapes. At the beginning of the day, the competitors will pass through canyons, drive on clean tracks and sink in the fesh fesh?! The second special stage will call upon the drivers' and co-drivers' navigational talents, who will have to make a decision based on the very limited landmarks, while remaining focused on the WPM. To reward them for this intensive endeavour, they will drive down the steep descent to Iquique, already featured on the 2010 Dakar route, to the shores of the Pacific Ocean.

STAGE BY STAGE RESULTS

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Permalink Reply by Charlie Frank on January 10, 2012 at 2:26pm

9 minutes and no peterhansel yet...

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Permalink Reply by Zyta Sobaniak on January 10, 2012 at 2:25pm

" bamabrylo " mini...

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Permalink Reply by Todd Bettenhausen on January 10, 2012 at 2:27pm

Tick-tock... where's Peterhansel?

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Permalink Reply by RJS7 on January 10, 2012 at 2:27pm

Gordon wins Bo over 1 minute based on overall times. only 5:58 behind now

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on January 10, 2012 at 2:29pm

Pos. N° Name Make Time Variation Penalty
1 303 GORDON (USA), CAMPBELL (USA) HUMMER 004:35:21 00:00:00
2 302 PETERHANSEL (FRA), COTTRET (FRA) MINI 004:36:59 00:01:38 00:00:00
3 305 ROMA (ESP), PÉRIN (FRA) MINI 004:43:58 00:08:37 00:00:00
4 304 HOLOWCZYC (POL), FORTIN (BEL) MINI 004:46:00 00:10:39 00:00:00

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Permalink Reply by Drone637 on January 10, 2012 at 2:30pm

1:38 up on Peter!

Better then the 19 seconds.

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Permalink Reply by bighead on January 10, 2012 at 2:30pm

5:58 over all behind Peterhansel this was a good day for RG

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on January 10, 2012 at 2:31pm

16:29 - car 303 - Gordon wins!

American Robby Gordon has given another victory to the Hummer team with a total time of 6:25'21” today. He beat Frenchman Stephane Peterhansel by 1'38”. In the general standings, Peterhansle still has a lead of 5'58” over Gordon.