Official announce of the route for the 2016 Dakar Rally

http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2016/us/out-of-race/news-2016.html

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Permalink Reply by bajaready on September 21, 2015 at 1:15pm

"The Bolivian section maintains the feature of three days' racing at high altitude”. From Dakar website regarding new route. Hope the rules changed for motor restrictions or Robby has a something up his sleeve to be more competitive at high altitude!! Any ideas folks?

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Permalink Reply by Sandi Parker on September 21, 2015 at 5:35pm

I thought Robby and the other petrol rigs ... were very competitive at higher elevations last year.

In the seventh stage up to Uyuni, Bolivia ... 2 of the top-3 were Toyotas ... and Robby finished 9th (10 min. behind) ... even after taking a wrong-way taxi turn.

I don't see a need for a rule change.

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Permalink Reply by Javier Contreras on September 22, 2015 at 5:09am

Yes, in that stages rabby had oil pressure problema due the high altitudes during the stage between Bolívia and Argentine. Looking at this map Robby needs to be faster because the 4x4 of the Minis, and Toyota's are the most favores in this kind of roads (WRC style). It will be an awesome battle

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on September 22, 2015 at 11:45am

@Javier,the oil pressure problem had nothing to do with altitude.Sea level or 10k feet. The engine was wounded from the starter ring breaking and tearing up the back of the block (JMO)

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Permalink Reply by Sandi Parker on September 22, 2015 at 8:20pm

Mike, a question for you ... you know race engines ... aside from forgetting to replace the filler cap ... how else does dirt get inside a LS7 dry-sump oil tank ... the last I heard, Robby is still confused ... jeje