Jan 8th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 4 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 4 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon recorded a 6th place finish in stage 3, and is now 3h46m behind. The first part of the special section of stage 4 is 217km, followed by a 185km 'neutral zone', then the last section is 284km (657km total). This is the longest special since 2005.

2014 Stage 3 Photos

STAGE 4 TRACKING

STAGE 4: SAN JUAN > CHILECITO

Connection 211km | Special Stage 657km | Total 868km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The strategy of the motorcyclists will come into play: initially their navigational skills will be seriously tested at the beginning of the morning, and then they will be faced with the problem of worn tyres, as they have already been over-used the day before. As for the drivers of cars, they will have an even more demanding route to tackle in the countryside. The Dakar’s competitors haven’t faced a special stage this long since the historical one from Zouerat to Tichit in 2005! They will have to cross rivers, descend the canyons in a Wild West setting and beware of the other participants: as these terrains are often wide open, it will be entirely possible to overtake fellow competitors.

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 Mike Kenyon on January 8, 2014 at 10:27am

you can lose time, as Robby did with the 'hub,cv thing'
Good morning all, again

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Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on January 8, 2014 at 10:26am

Nani made it to WP7 arleady. Minis must be fine on the climb. Now let's see what the Gordini can do.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 8, 2014 at 10:30am

Nasser gained a lot of time on the field between Wp6 & 7. Robby hasn't shown yet.. let's see how he compares.

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Permalink Reply by WJM on January 8, 2014 at 10:30am

6,500 ft. climb between WP6 and WP7. They'll be at nearly 11,000 ft. at the summit of the stage.

HP Loss = (elevation x 0.03 x horsepower @ sea level)/1000

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 8, 2014 at 10:33am

minus 104.94 HP @ 11000ft assuming that 318 HP to the wheels RG mentioned was at sea level (which it likely wasn't)

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Permalink Reply by joseph on January 8, 2014 at 10:31am

i think that robby got to the 2nd part of a stage late one year. once he started tracker showed true times but penalties wear added at the end for the time he was late but then again peter might have to follow different rules