Jan 9th, 2013 Dakar Rally Stage 5 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 5 of the 2013 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon looks to rebound after rolling the Hummer is stage 4. Gordon is now down over 5 hours in the overall and will try to win as many of the remaining stages as he can. The cars are slated to begin the special section of stage 4 at 11:25am/et and Robby Gordon will begin his special section around 12:30pm/et.  Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2013 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.


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STAGE 5 TRACKING


STAGE 5: AREQUIPA > ARICA

Connection 337km | Special Stage 172km | Total 509km

 

COURSE OVERVIEW

A relatively late start will allow the slowest competitors to make up for time lost the day before, as well as to cope with the time change which has been scheduled. For this transition stage which will see the rally enter Chile, the contrast will be visible both in terms of the variety of scenery and the average speeds recorded at the finish. The tracks taken by the motorcyclists will take their toll on their arms: the environment is favourable to attacks, but the stony sections and the rivers to be crossed in some areas will curb their enthusiasm. Those in four-wheeled vehicles will also criss cross between the first reliefs, from valley to valley, with the eyes of the navigators glued to the road book.



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Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on January 9, 2013 at 12:12pm
Just have to get over the mountain , then it's all downhill ....
Permalink Reply by geothermaljones on January 9, 2013 at 12:15pm

319 Viggy starts 38 Min ahead of RG. My goal catch & pass Viggy!

Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 9, 2013 at 12:20pm

Not a long Special.. only about 100 miles or so. BTW it looks like the start of the special for the cars was pushed back about 30 minutes.. Nasser was scheduled to start at 11:25 but has started at 11:55. If that's the case, RG will not start until 13:13 EST.

Permalink Reply by FlyHiFlyLo on January 9, 2013 at 12:31pm

This is totally a type of stage where Alibaba demolishes his bugly... He is just too hard on these types of cars in this type of terrian.

Permalink Reply by Thomas Engrav on January 9, 2013 at 12:51pm

So apparently RG started 27th, instead of 93rd or whatever it was; so he should be getting to WP1 within the next 10 minutes

Permalink Reply by redlinetech on January 9, 2013 at 1:13pm

Hummer wide open throttle!! 3rd @wp1

Permalink Reply by Edwin on January 9, 2013 at 1:14pm

1 303 SAINZ (ESP), GÖTTSCHALK (DEU) BUGGY 000:18:06 00:00:00
2 300 AL-ATTIYAH (QAT), CRUZ (ESP) BUGGY 000:18:15 00:00:09 00:00:00
3 315 GORDON (USA), WALCH (USA) HUMMER 000:18:19 00:00:13 00:00:00
4 302 PETERHANSEL (CHE), COTTRET (FRA) MINI 000:18:32 00:00:26 00:00:00

Permalink Reply by Steve Lister on January 9, 2013 at 1:14pm
He may win this stage. I've seen him do it before! Just sayin.
Permalink Reply by Michael Keith on January 9, 2013 at 1:40pm

Seems like this year on the stages where Gordon is faster than the Minis, the buggies are faster than Gordon. I don't see many stage wins for him unless the buggies break down. The way Al drives, that's possible.

Permalink Reply by JIGGY JAY on January 9, 2013 at 1:54pm
Yeah that was in the sand/dunes where a lighter sandrail type buggy is best. We'll have to wait and see how they hold up to more desert style racing in the rest of the stages.
Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 9, 2013 at 2:55pm

RG faster than both bugglies today.

Permalink Reply by redlinetech on January 9, 2013 at 1:23pm

High Speed Training Session 2014!

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