Jan 13th, 2015 Dakar Rally Stage 9 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from stage 9 of the 2015 Dakar Rally. After a much needed rest day, the team is ready to score their first stage win of the rally. The special section of stage 9 is 451km long. Robby Gordon start time: 8:51am/et, and he will be the 17th car off the line. After a 43rd place finish in stage 8, Gordon sits 24th in the overall standings, 6h53m behind. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2015 Dakar Rally.

2015 Stage 8 Photos

STAGE 9 TRACKING

STAGE 9: IQUIQUE > CALAMA

Connection 88km | Special Stage 451km | Total 539km

COURSE OVERVIEW

For this farewell session to the Atacama Desert, all the competitors will come together once again for the special stage, with fifty-odd kilometres over sand and dunes. They should revel in these sensations because the next stage will put both drivers and their teams into much less comfortable positions. The routes have suff ered the rages of time and will be equally harsh on them: frequent potholes and bumps combined with the narrowness of the tracks will expose their vehicles’ bodywork to scratches.

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 patricio garcia on January 13, 2015 at 2:50pm

Chicherit? I thought his car was burned......dude has impressed me with his tenacity not to quit

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Permalink Reply by Sandi Parker on January 13, 2015 at 2:53pm

Rose from the ashes ... jeje

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Permalink Reply by Hendricus on January 13, 2015 at 3:22pm

The Phoenix Zebra car!

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Permalink Reply by Sandi Parker on January 13, 2015 at 3:04pm

OMG ... zebra buggy ... P3 +00:14:09

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Permalink Reply by Ewan Nutley on January 13, 2015 at 3:52pm

Sorry I meant to say for the final result, Peterhansel had about 4 hours on robby and robbys about 7 ahead of despres, so this will close things up

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Permalink Reply by Robert Ryan on January 13, 2015 at 3:59pm

Good result foe Despres

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Permalink Reply by Ariel Fernando Ramirez on January 13, 2015 at 2:48pm

Anyone remember a situation like today at 9th WP in other year? A massive penalization could be possible?

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Permalink Reply by Mike taylor on January 13, 2015 at 2:55pm

That's what I'm curious about, what exactly will they do

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Permalink Reply by patricio garcia on January 13, 2015 at 2:56pm

Unless the ASO change rukes, and do sonething so the favorites don't get prnalized like in 2012 or 13 when nasser got stuck on the rocks

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Permalink Reply by Ted Jarrett on January 13, 2015 at 3:03pm

I think something like this did happen in '13 in a wash. To hit the WP they had to essentially scrape their side mirror on the canyon wall. I can't remember what the outcome was exactly, but recall some were penalized and some weren't.