Jan 9th, 2012 Dakar Rally Stage 8 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 8 of the 2012 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 2nd in stage 7 & Nasser Al Attiyah finished 1st. Cars begin stage 7 at 8:40am/et (10:40am local). Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2012 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

STAGE 8 TRACKING


STAGE 8: Copiapo > Antofagasto

Connection 245km | Special Stage 477km | Total 722km


COURSE OVERVIEW

At this stage of the competition, the number of contenders for the title will be reduced to a small handful in each category. But despite the significant number of kilometres to be covered, this first stage after the rest day should not be relied on to create decisive gaps. The rally's longest special stage will be used to allow the competitors to get back into the pace of the competition. On the stone-covered tracks which will lead to Antofagasta, the pace will be rather intense, but this will not prevent the drivers from catching sight of some magnificent views.




STAGE BY STAGE RESULTS

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 9, 2012 at 10:44am

Update at KM119 of 477 : 1) GORDON 2) Roma +45s 3) Holowczyc +1m45s 4) Peterhansel +2m18s 5) De Villiers +4m37s (Nasser 16minutes behind)

Permalink Reply by tony kent on January 9, 2012 at 10:54am

ROBBY @ WP3 - 2:14:24

Permalink Reply by Rod Hughes on January 9, 2012 at 10:56am

ouch! Roma in the lead... Gordon had trouble? Peterhansel made up big time...

Permalink Reply by Carlos Durazo on January 9, 2012 at 11:09am

no sand in the entire stage, and no sand the next 3-4 stages. Lets see if the hummer can pick up the pace in CP4 and 5 its uphill.

Permalink Reply by Amar on January 9, 2012 at 11:13am

It looks like we lost some time on twisted sections, we should catch up on WP6 as this is a straight away

Permalink Reply by tony kent on January 9, 2012 at 11:13am

ROBBY BACK :14 TO PETERHANSEL @WP4

Permalink Reply by Carlos Durazo on January 9, 2012 at 11:19am

but loose 2 more spots, keep diggin RG!!!!!

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 9, 2012 at 11:19am

Standings so far at KM209 of 477 : 1) Roma 2) Peterhansel +1:27s 3) Holowczyc +1m31s 4) GORDON +1m41s ( Waiting on Al Attiyah )

Permalink Reply by Carlos Durazo on January 9, 2012 at 11:30am

RG is llosing time cause minis are true 4x4, made for the uphills and tight corners. Revenge on CP6

Permalink Reply by Carlos Durazo on January 9, 2012 at 11:31am

Did you know that Prince Nasser signed with Citroen for next year @WRC. He said that will invited citroen to race in the next DAKAR.

Permalink Reply by Rod Hughes on January 9, 2012 at 12:09pm

Nasser still gaining on the lead but Robby still dropped time... Going to really need to GAS IT over the last half of the special.

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 9, 2012 at 12:20pm

Standings so far at KM300 of 477 : 1) Roma 2) Holowczyc+1:41s 3) Peterhensal +2m09s 4) GORDON +4m30s Al Attiyah 14m02s

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