Jan 9th, 2015 Dakar Rally Stage 6 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 6 of the 2015 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon had an excellent 3rd place finish in stage 5. The special section of Stage 6 is 255km long. Robby Gordon start time: 9:57am/et, and he will be the 3rd car off the line. Gordon sits 32nd in the overall standings, 5h45m behind. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2015 Dakar Rally.

2015 Stage 5 Photos

STAGE 6 TRACKING

STAGE 6: ANTOFAGASTA > IQUIQUE

Connection 392km | Special Stage 255km | Total 657km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The route will then climb up the Pacific coast towards Iquique. The motorcycles and quad bikes will cover a few extra kilometres as part of the special stage: a detour will take them into endurance-type terrain and onto mountain ridges with views over the sea. All the competitors will then explore the dunes which run alongside and dominate the coastline. But they won’t arrive at the bivouac via the famous descent. For the first time, the half-way point in the race will be marked on a podium in the centre of Iquique. The encounter between drivers and their fans will be emotional, following the earthquake which affected the region at the start of the year.

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 Blain on January 9, 2015 at 3:35pm

He also said that the announcer requested Robby to jump the podium and he did it Glamis Style and he has pics to download when he gets Internet.

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Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on January 9, 2015 at 3:12pm

Must have been in the dust and hit a rock like Sainz did just without the same result!

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Permalink Reply by Ariel Fernando Ramirez on January 9, 2015 at 2:59pm

Im thinking whitout problems robby could be in the top 5 right now easyli.
But dakar is dakar right?
Great stage!, gordini shows it potencial

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Permalink Reply by Rob on January 9, 2015 at 3:31pm

Man, Herbie is having a rough day. Lost 42 minutes through WP7 and still not in the ASS.

On the plus side we've passed them in the overall rankings!!

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Permalink Reply by patricio garcia on January 9, 2015 at 3:39pm

Overall RG is 24th, i think he could be top 20 by saturday. I would say a top 10 by the end is possinle no?

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Permalink Reply by Rob on January 9, 2015 at 3:40pm

I think RG will be around 27th overall depending on how the stragglers behind us on course finish up.

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Permalink Reply by Davin Wilson on January 9, 2015 at 3:48pm

Yep - looking like mid 20's in the standing after today route.
Mathematically, if he keep this pace he would be 1st well before the last stage.
Highly unlikely +25ish vehicles will have +4 hrs of issues. All he can do is press each and every stage with minimal issues.