Jan 13th, 2012 Dakar Rally Stage 12 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 12 of the 2012 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 25th in stage 11 & is now down over 2 hours in the overall standings. Cars begin stage 12 at 11:35am/et Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2012 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

STAGE 12 TRACKING

STAGE 12: Arequipa > Nasca

Connection 412km | Special Stage 245km | Total 657km

COURSE OVERVIEW

Only a flight over the region can allow the Nazca Lines, mysterious motifs created in the ground more than 2,000 years ago, to be admired. The route of the special stage creates another line on the map of Peru which looks like a sand dragon. Although the areas of dunes are evenly spread out, the competitors will definitely remember one of them, which made a deep impression on the reconnaissance team. The dunes follow one after another continuously for almost twenty kilometres, transporting the drivers to a new dimension. As the sand will remain firm in this string of dunes, it will help the drivers to cross them without too much difficulty. But the most skilled dune-crossers will nevertheless be able to create a surprise, in particular three days before the final finish. Those who remember how to perform the "Mauritanian swerve" can save some precious minutes.

STAGE BY STAGE RESULTS

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 13, 2012 at 10:21am

Seems like this may have changed.
The bikes have just started acording to tracker.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 13, 2012 at 10:26am

So TOG did you get the additional 4% you needed?
Is The Planet Safe?

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Permalink Reply by joseph on January 13, 2012 at 10:49am

even starting 25th you got room to pass in the dunes , gee wonder why they cut that part out!

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 13, 2012 at 12:02pm

Imagine that.

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Permalink Reply by ivanspeed on January 13, 2012 at 10:59am

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@Paty I got it from a journalist he is there reporting for RTL7. It's aloso on the website of RTL7.

Article link: http://www.rtl.nl/(/sport/rtl_gp/dak...al_attiyah.xml

Google Translation:

In the bivouac rumors that Nasser Al-Attiyah has tipped over the organization to adapt to the Hummers.
illegal modification
The stewards found Tuesday in a technical inspection an adjustment to the ventilation and bandenvulsysteem the Hummer. The system is linked to his engine, and could be used to provide additional air into the engine to bring. This improves combustion, which makes the car faster. According to the organization, the system is not permitted and therefore Robby Gordon suspended.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 13, 2012 at 12:01pm

So if this is indeed true the way I see it is Nasser is saying he was perfectly OK with cheating as long as he was winning but since he can't win he will stir up as much shit as he can.