Jan 9th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 5 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 5 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon recorded a 14th place finish in stage 4, and is now 4h16m behind. The first part of the special section of stage 5 is 211km, followed by a 111km 'neutral zone', then the last section is 246km (527km total).

2014 Stage 4 Photos

STAGE 5 TRACKING

STAGE 5: CHILECITO > TUCUMAN

Connection 384km | Special Stage 527km | Total 911km

COURSE OVERVIEW

After two race days with completely separate routes, everyone will gather together to tackle the longest stage of the rally. They will need to be extremely resistant to overcome these two sections of the special stage which will primarily feature sand. All day long the competitors will make headway on off-piste sections: those who have poorly assessed the limits of their engine will constantly be on the verge of overheating and all the more so, as the region’s temperatures are generally very high. At the bivouac in Tucuman, the candidates for the podium will have been whittled down to a select few, as many of them will no longer be a part of this elite group. For many others, their timing and mechanical mishaps will only become apparent in the middle of the night.

The GREEN section of the route is the connection , the RED is the Special Section of the stage.

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Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on January 9, 2014 at 2:27pm

Roma has over a 25' gap ahead of Nasser in 2nd, Peter is 40' back!

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 9, 2014 at 2:34pm

Yes Roma is in the lead but for how long. I say he fumbles and it would be a good opportunity for Robby to catch up if he can stay ahead of those other guys. Great podium today for Team Speed. The HST is a beast and finished ahead of all the Minis except one.

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Permalink Reply by David on January 9, 2014 at 2:31pm

cool a good day

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Permalink Reply by FD REBEL on January 9, 2014 at 2:34pm

Nice stage.....So what happened at the drylake in dispute did they run it?

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Permalink Reply by geothermaljones on January 9, 2014 at 2:41pm

That's in Chile

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Engrav on January 9, 2014 at 2:47pm

Actually it's in Argentina still, Stage 7; the car class will be running across Salinas Grandes, a salt lake I actually visited myself back in the summer of 2012 - fantastic place. Some awesome top speeds should be reached when they run across it.