Jan 14th 2010 Dakar Rally Stage 12 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 12 of the 2010 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat will also be available throughout the entire 2010 Dakar Rally.

STAGE 12: San Juan > San Rafael

Connection 23 km | Special Stage 476 km | Connection 297 km | Total 796 km

Course Overview

For the longest stage of the rally, the program will be as lively as it will be spectacular. We will leave the area of dinosaurs on tracks cut by rios, surrounded by canyons and "fairy chimneys". After around 200 kilometres of special, the competitors will momentarily use the road in order to avoid a classified and protected natural site. The second part, exclusively sandy will have many jumps. The bikers can expect to have sore arms and the best of them will rarely ride at over 100 km/h. The day will be even more tiring due to the fact that it will end with a long liaison.

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Permalink Reply by WJM on January 14, 2010 at 3:17pm

Sainz and Al-Attiyah have a history of deafness when it comes to the sentinel blasting from the car behind them.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 14, 2010 at 3:25pm

Perhaps RG gave Sainz the chrome horn? Hope someone caught that on video!!

Permalink Reply by R. ALDRIDGE on January 14, 2010 at 4:00pm

Maybe blindness too, I think it lights up on the dash. lol

Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 14, 2010 at 2:53pm

Robby has now averaged a 9.833 finish per 12 stages. Not too shabby!!

Permalink Reply by R. ALDRIDGE on January 14, 2010 at 3:36pm

Actually, prety shabby. Like any racing series, there are really only 10 or 12 teams capable of winning. Robby has joined this group ( a GREAT accomplishment). Unfortuneately, reliability issues have relegated him to the bottom of the group for this year. Nice job on the stage win, though. Lets get another one tomorrow!

Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 14, 2010 at 3:42pm

If this was NA$CAR, an average finish of 9.8 would win you the title.. but I get where you're coming from. We all want to see Robby at the top!!

Permalink Reply by R. ALDRIDGE on January 14, 2010 at 3:50pm

10-4

Permalink Reply by Saint Yukon on January 14, 2010 at 2:59pm

BJ has finished the course +48:06

Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 14, 2010 at 3:10pm

Overall standings after stage 12

Pos. N° Name Make Time Variation
1 303 SAINZ (ESP) VOLKSWAGEN 42:47:24 00:00:00
2 306 AL-ATTIYAH (QAT) VOLKSWAGEN 42:52:44 +00:05:20
3 305 MILLER (USA) VOLKSWAGEN 43:15:36 +00:28:12
4 301 PETERHANSEL (FRA) BMW 45:08:06 +02:20:42
5 307 CHICHERIT (FRA) BMW 46:50:14 +04:02:50
6 314 SOUSA (PRT) MITSUBISHI 47:00:49 +04:13:25
7 300 DE VILLIERS (ZAF) VOLKSWAGEN 47:52:18 +05:04:54
8 302 GORDON (USA) HUMMER 48:39:58 +05:52:34
9 322 SPINELLI (BRA) MITSUBISHI 48:42:46 +05:55:22
10 311 TERRANOVA (ARG) MITSUBISHI 48:42:56 +05:55:32

Good day for RG, finished 5th and moved up 2 spots overall!! Going to be tough to move up after this, but anything is possible. Gas on RG!!

Permalink Reply by Saint Yukon on January 14, 2010 at 3:14pm

BJ 19th Overall +21:04:37

Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 14, 2010 at 3:22pm

We'll have to see how much of a penalty BJ gets for missing his start time... but 2 RGM cars in the top 20 overall is outstanding!!

Permalink Reply by R. ALDRIDGE on January 14, 2010 at 3:42pm

Does anyone know if the penalty is on cumulative time or this stage? IOW will BJ start tail back again or start 13th where he can support RG?