Jan 5th, 2012 Dakar Rally Stage 5 Race Info & Discussion

Stage 5 Discussion, 2012 Dakar Rally

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 5, 2012 at 11:15am

Nasser has now made WP 5.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 5, 2012 at 11:16am

23:44 back in 11th place

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 5, 2012 at 11:19am

At Arrival in 11th 23:55 back.

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Permalink Reply by tony kent on January 5, 2012 at 11:24am

4th overall 13.32 back gained 3 seconds on the leader today
nasser 8th overall 50.47 back good day for Robby

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 5, 2012 at 11:32am

He gained 3 minutes on the leader Peterhansel putting RG 4th overall..

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Permalink Reply by tony kent on January 5, 2012 at 11:28am

Apparently the reason for Nasser Al-Attiyah's long halt several hundred metres after CP2 of the car special is due to a cooling problem. The radiator appears to have lost its liquid, leading to overheating and an automatic cut-off of the Hummer. With the time taken to carry out repairs and refill the coolant tank, more than 20 minutes have been lost by the Qa

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Permalink Reply by Steve Lister on January 5, 2012 at 11:31am

I've seen worse days. If we can just get Nasser the whole distance for the next 5 stages, he's right back in it.

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Permalink Reply by Toy529 on January 5, 2012 at 11:37am

Nasser is a beast !

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Permalink Reply by roy on January 5, 2012 at 11:41am

Nasser is fast but maybe overdriving the H3???

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Permalink Reply by MTG on January 5, 2012 at 11:57am

What makes you say that? HaHaHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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Permalink Reply by MTG on January 5, 2012 at 12:44pm

Sounds like maybe this was not due to hard driving. Another knee jerk reaction on my part....Spare tire came loose and took out a water line..WTF....those things are strapped down big time!