Jan 11th, 2013 Dakar Rally Stage 7 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 7 of the 2013 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon recorded his 2nd straight 3rd place finish in Stage 6, moving up to 23rd overall. Gordon is still down over 5 hours in the overall, but will get yet another good starting spot in an attempt to win his first stage of the rally. The cars are slated to begin the special section of stage 7 at 10:51am/et and Robby Gordon will begin his special section around 10:56am/et. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2013 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

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STAGE 7 TRACKING

STAGE 7: CALAMA > SALTA

Connection 534km | Special Stage 220km | Total 754km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The ascent of the Andes Cordillera will be in the small hours, taking all the drivers and teams in convoy for a liaison stage finishing at a record altitude of 4,975 metres, at the top of Argentina’s highest mountain pass. During the special stage, the needle of the altimeter will fluctuate between 3,400 m and 4,000 m, but the speedometer will rarely go below 100 km/h, despite the lack of power which will affect all the vehicles. Still on the subject of figures, at this time of the year and at the highest altitude, the thermometer will display an average temperature of 15 degrees. When all is said and done, the biggest difficulty will be for motorcyclists to maintain their stamina. They will be welcomed in a bivouac which has been relocated for the first part of their marathon stage.

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Permalink Reply by mark roye on January 11, 2013 at 6:57pm

That's why I was happy when I raced a one-design series. Rules prohibited making any changes at all to induction or ignition system, so wasn't another factor to confuse me!! Bad enough trying to figure out suspension adjustments, or calculating fuel load required.

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Permalink Reply by geothermaljones on January 11, 2013 at 12:59pm

@wp4

Pos. N° Name Make Time Variation Penalty
1 302 PETERHANSEL (CHE), COTTRET (FRA) MINI 001:26:57 00:00:00
2 315 GORDON (USA), WALCH (USA) HUMMER 001:27:39 00:00:42 00:00:00
3 300 AL-ATTIYAH (QAT), CRUZ (ESP) BUGGY 001:27:53 00:00:56 00:00:00
4 313 TERRANOVA (ARG), FIUZA (PRT) BMW 001:28:06 00:01:09 00:00:00

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Permalink Reply by mj on January 11, 2013 at 1:07pm

Nice and steady just knock off stages .

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Permalink Reply by bighead on January 11, 2013 at 1:11pm

So how fast is 180k

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Permalink Reply by bighead on January 11, 2013 at 1:13pm

Never mind googled 111 mph....

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Permalink Reply by mark roye on January 11, 2013 at 2:54pm

108 mph +/- Multiply kph times .6 to get approximate mph.

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Permalink Reply by SlyFoxx on January 11, 2013 at 1:17pm

Buggy is at WP5...where's everybody else?

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Permalink Reply by Ray Therat on January 11, 2013 at 1:22pm

RG just got to WP5, 1:08 behind Petergretel, provisional 2nd place.

The split time keep changing. It's back to a 57 second gap between the Mini and the Hummer.

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Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on January 11, 2013 at 1:25pm

Another Top 3, Podium finish! Solid day.

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Permalink Reply by geothermaljones on January 11, 2013 at 1:25pm

@fini

Pos. N° Name Make Time Variation Penalty
1 302 PETERHANSEL (CHE), COTTRET (FRA) MINI 001:47:27 00:00:00
2 315 GORDON (USA), WALCH (USA) HUMMER 001:48:35 00:01:08 00:00:00
3 313 TERRANOVA (ARG), FIUZA (PRT) BMW 001:48:38 00:01:11 00:00:00
4 300 AL-ATTIYAH (QAT), CRUZ (ESP) BUGGY 001:49:23 00:01:56 00:00:00