Jan 11th, 2015 Dakar Rally Stage 8 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from stage 8 of the 2015 Dakar Rally. This is the second half of the Marathon stage. The special section of stage 8 is 781km long. Robby Gordon start time: 5:25am/et, and he will be the 9th car off the line. After a 9th place finish in stage 7, Gordon sits 23rd in the overall standings, 5h48m behind. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2015 Dakar Rally.

2015 Stage 7 Photos

STAGE 8 TRACKING

STAGE 8: UYUNI > IQUIQUE

Connection 24km | Special Stage 781km | Total 805km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The Dakar bows to the laws of nature. Hence, the weather will decide which route will be taken to leave Bolivia. If it’s dry, the start could take place in the Salar de Uyuni, for a 100km route across a smooth road of white salt: full throttle and foot to the floor! The route then slows down abruptly, with the longest part of the special stage taking place on more technical mountain terrain. The day will end with more than 40km of dunes, concluding with the vertiginous descent to Iquique.

The GREEN section of the route is the connection , the RED is the Special Section of the stage.

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Permalink Reply by Xracer on January 11, 2015 at 7:08am

Maybe he let them win the land rush start and use that as a lobbying piece for a larger restrictor next year, give up a little now to get a little more next year to WIN?

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Permalink Reply by Baja DQ on January 11, 2015 at 7:08am

Good morning, just getting to the party! Has the El Martillo yardsale vid been posted here yet?

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Permalink Reply by Bob on January 11, 2015 at 7:11am

Both of the yard sales at that place. Scary !

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Permalink Reply by redlinetech on January 11, 2015 at 7:38am

http://www.google.com/hostednews/getty/media/ALeqM5g4jZWckBlLAgrgmu...

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Permalink Reply by Hyteq Redneq on January 11, 2015 at 7:11am

Yep

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 11, 2015 at 7:15am

Stage 8 top 10 At KM380 (WP8)

1) Al-Attiyah
2) DeVilliers +1m17s
3) Peterhansel +1m41s
4) Vasilyev +2m30s
5) Alrajhi _2m38s
6) Terranov +2m44s
7) Poulter +3m18s
8) Holowczyc +3m19s
9) Roma +3m35s
10) GORDON +3m57s

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Permalink Reply by Geris on January 11, 2015 at 7:48am

20 min back at WP9 !!! what's happened again...!!!??

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Permalink Reply by KTM go BRAWWWPPP!!! on January 11, 2015 at 7:51am

We still have a lot of guys that need to do way worse then us. A stage win is not gonna get us in the top ten. I am optomistic that 20 mins is nothing in the big picture.