Jan 7th, 2015 Dakar Rally Stage 4 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 4 of the 2015 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon recorded a respectable 15th place finish in stage 3. The rally moves into Chile, and the Gordini should be very strong in the Atacama Desert. The special section of Stage 4 is 315km long. Robby Gordon start time: 1:11pm/et. Gordon sits 40th in the overall standings, 4h24m behind. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2015 Dakar Rally.


2015 Stage 3 Photos


STAGE 4 TRACKING


STAGE 4: CHILECITO > COPIAPO

Connection 594km | Special Stage 315km | Total 909km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The competitors will have to prove they are worthy of entering Chile! A very early start and a climb to a height of 4,800 metres will precede the border crossing at Paso San Francisco. The really challenging section will begin with a gradual warm-up on the mining tracks, before drivers are faced with the reality of the Atacama Desert. The route here is open and sandy. Over the course of the last 40 kilometres, the giant dunes and basins of Copiapo will have to be tackled and for many this will be at night. Overcoming them will require finesse and instinct.

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 GLuce on January 7, 2015 at 7:50pm

looks like a lucas race lol

Permalink Reply by Scooter Wright on January 7, 2015 at 7:31pm

I'm out for the night ..... hope tomorrow is better for Team Speed. We gotta move up the ladder again so maybe we can get a stage win in couple of days.

Permalink Reply by bajaready on January 7, 2015 at 7:33pm

stage one..... great
stage two..... bad
stage three.. good
stage four.... fairly bad
stage five... see the pattern.... fing stage winner coming up

Permalink Reply by Ariel Fernando Ramirez on January 7, 2015 at 7:54pm
Stage two was terrible killing assassin murderer stage
Permalink Reply by StefanYuhas on January 7, 2015 at 7:42pm

What is a shame is Robby trusts the suppliers of these components to provide top quality. Then when the racing gets going the parts fail. That would make me livid. If it were me I would call the supplier to UPS air ship a new clutch and flywheel assemblies. There is still alot of racing to go. So hopefully a top 10 is still possible.

We need a (3) Gordini effort. (2) Race and (1) Rookie / Development / Parts Car. But regardless all these failures would have still cost time to fix.

Good Luck tommorow

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 7, 2015 at 7:43pm

On to stage 5!

Permalink Reply by WJM on January 7, 2015 at 7:49pm

How many Indy 500 wins has Mario Andretti have slip away over a $2 part?

Permalink Reply by StefanYuhas on January 7, 2015 at 7:58pm

Valid point...

Permalink Reply by GMZ on January 7, 2015 at 8:14pm

What good is three cars when you can't keep one running. Just can't finish up the cars when they get to South America. They need to be totally finished in March or Arpil and tested. Not tested then completely rebuilt and finished in South America and pre run in the streets for system checks. I hope team Speed can finish out with a clean run.

Permalink Reply by Ron Downs on January 7, 2015 at 8:32pm
I agree on every point
Permalink Reply by pdxracefan on January 7, 2015 at 9:25pm

What number is your entry? Oh. Sorry. It's easy to quarterback from the sidelines. He's there doing it. Just saying.

Permalink Reply by mark roye on January 7, 2015 at 10:15pm

These are components that have hundreds of hours and thousands of miles on them in this and other applications, and which have been well proven. The same brakes, same flex plates, engines, etc., etc, have been used over several Dakars on the Hummer as well as the Gordini---with the exception of the transaxle half-shafts and CV joints from the Hummer. These components have had countless miles on similar Baja vehicles, even on similar Dakar buggies. This is not an engineering, testing, disassembly or re-assembly failure, a time or a management failure. This is a component failure. This vehicle was not designed, built or tested in a half-assed fashion, but was well conceived, tested, modified and improved over time. Like WJM says, how many Indy 500's has Andretti seen slip away over a $2 part. The Hummer was fast and well proven over several years, yet had wheel bearings fail, CV joints fail, flipped over etc. The Gordini is likewise fast, incorporates components previously well proven (these are not one-off pieces that failed, like suspension wishbones) and has had a brake caliper stick, and a clutch component fail----I only wish in all my time racing there had been no wores failure than this!!!

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