Jan 8th, 2015 Dakar Rally Stage 5 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 5 of the 2015 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon had a disappointing 47th place finish in stage 4. The special section of Stage 5 is 458km long. Robby Gordon start time: 10:49am/et, and he will be the 18th car off the line. Gordon sits 39th in the overall standings, 5h47m behind. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2015 Dakar Rally.


2015 Stage 4 Photos


STAGE 5 TRACKING


STAGE 5: COPIAPO > ANTOFAGASTA

Connection 239km | Special Stage 458km | Total 697km

COURSE OVERVIEW

This is the first of the rare special stages in which all categories will compete. At the start of the race, the most confident drivers will be able to take advantage of the fast tracks to try to move up in the overall standings. But the temptation to do so may be risky, particularly in the hard-to-handle fesh-fesh areas where absolute self-control is the only guarantee of success. Overtaking here requires precision handling to the extreme.

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 Go308 on January 8, 2015 at 12:09pm
must have had a bit of difficulty between cp 2 and 3, dropped to 10th at the moment.
Permalink Reply by Clint McSorley on January 8, 2015 at 12:06pm
Looks like RG lost 3 mins or so at wp3
Permalink Reply by Blain on January 8, 2015 at 12:06pm
Sainz is back ahead of Robby. Wonder how the Gordini will handle the long climb at altitude.
Permalink Reply by Michael Martinez on January 8, 2015 at 12:10pm

scoring WP3 looks ....not to real

Permalink Reply by Roger Redifer on January 8, 2015 at 12:12pm

Thanks Mike Kenyon for the F5 comment. I never knew that refreshed the screen!

Permalink Reply by Rob on January 8, 2015 at 12:13pm
Permalink Reply by Blain on January 8, 2015 at 12:16pm
That's crazy!
Permalink Reply by ktm pilot on January 8, 2015 at 12:17pm

I think he lost about 12 min at wp3,, may have had navigational error, cuz he had the same times as Nasser and Sainz

Permalink Reply by David Clay on January 8, 2015 at 12:17pm
I'd like to see Robby go through that same section. The Pug looked like crap!
Permalink Reply by John Schulte on January 8, 2015 at 12:19pm
Looks like it handles like a trash truck. Lol.
Permalink Reply by Rob on January 8, 2015 at 12:29pm

Looks like it has too much uptravel. Sagwagon Gordini works better.

Permalink Reply by Blain on January 8, 2015 at 12:14pm
Now Spataro is in 2nd place at wp3..... He was way back at wp2 so it has to be all messed up. Hopefully it clears up at wp4.

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