Jan 10th, 2015 Dakar Rally Stage 7 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from stage 7 of the 2015 Dakar Rally. This is the first half of the Marathon stage. The special section of stage 7 is 321km long. Robby Gordon start time: 8:44am/et, and he will be the 4th car off the line. After a 4th place finish in stage 6, Gordon sits 25th in the overall standings, 5h47m behind. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2015 Dakar Rally.


2015 Stage 6 Photos


STAGE 7 TRACKING


STAGE 7: IQUIQUE > UYUNI

Connection 396km | Special Stage 321km | Total 717km

COURSE OVERVIEW

Numerous difficulties will mark the first part of the Bolivian marathon stage. The cars will tackle it first, followed by the motorcycles the next day. Right from the outset, the long liaison section will mean an early start, followed by a gradual climb to a height of more than 3,500m. Once on the high plateaux, the special stage will begin, with instructions to follow the roadbook with great care, in light of the large number of junctions on the route. One of the challenges of the day could be wear and tear on tyres. Once they have arrived in Uyuni, the competitors will only have completed half of the marathon stage.

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 TOG on January 9, 2015 at 11:28pm

Stage 7 start times -> http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2015/us/stage-7/live-timing/sector-2-df-...


Robby Gordon begins stage 7 at 8:44am/et
Permalink Reply by Rob on January 9, 2015 at 11:57pm

So...I'm getting up at 5:30 Pacific? Man, that's tough on a swing shift sleep into 9am every day guy.

Permalink Reply by Robert Valentine on January 10, 2015 at 12:24am

Well I am getting up at 3:30. But I will be hitting the road at 5. So I will be hoping my friend a good race and maybe bring him good luck by not being able to monitor. Gas on Robby.

Permalink Reply by WJM on January 10, 2015 at 12:38am

No bivouac support. Going to be packing heavy.

Permalink Reply by alan powick on January 10, 2015 at 2:41am

To all my fellow petrol heads in the US lets hope robby and Johnny have a ball tearer of a day they conquer the stage and get what they deserve success from a petrol head from the land down under who has followed robby since he was a pimply faced kid of sixteen driving with his old man in class one buggies

Permalink Reply by Bob on January 10, 2015 at 3:48am

"...with instructions to follow the roadbook with great care, in light of the large number of junctions on the route…."

Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 10, 2015 at 5:57am

Does Robby go for it today knowing that he has the capability to fix it tonight? I would advise Nasser to play it safe.. you know a broken belt could end his rally ;)

Permalink Reply by Geris on January 10, 2015 at 6:39am

Morning... this stage is too high for an atmospheric engine... a stage for turbo ...
how many horsepower less today?

Permalink Reply by Stephan on January 10, 2015 at 7:32am

I don´t think the one with the most horsepowers is the Winner, there are a lot more than just horsepowers that come into play.

Permalink Reply by yano on January 10, 2015 at 6:48am

Morning , i dunno

Permalink Reply by Ewan Nutley on January 10, 2015 at 7:26am

Just a little over an hour to go before they head out, ive got a feeling that this will be a good one

Permalink Reply by Paul Tuohy on January 10, 2015 at 7:34am
I hope a load of front runners mess up badly to bring RG back into contention

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