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 Team Maranello on January 10, 2015 at 6:13pm
That some pretty funny stuff
Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 10, 2015 at 4:06pm

Giniel's
"I've got quite a headache too... The altitude didn't make it easy and, furthermore, it was a tricky stage where you had to be focused. We managed to catch Nasser after roughly 150 kilometres, and then he made a mistake and we overtook him. We then opened the way and we made three or four mistakes, but we got back on track before he caught up with us. It was good, and we took three minutes back from Nasser. Anything can happen. There's still loads of racing left, including difficult stages after the rest day. Now, the closer we get, the more pressure he'll feel."

Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 10, 2015 at 5:14pm

From Dakar.com

Special Release: Sunday, January 11: cars will start from CP2

Not sure where that is yet or how much that cuts down the special
@MK does this mean you can sleep in?

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 10, 2015 at 6:00pm

we'll know come SuperCross time this evening.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 10, 2015 at 6:52pm

Ah yes.. SX from Phoenix. Chat?

Permalink Reply by Bob on January 11, 2015 at 5:02am

Turns out that this means they'll race 85 miles across the salt flats. Full out.

Permalink Reply by Rob on January 10, 2015 at 5:41pm

So, 336 withdrew and we got up to 23rd overall. Tough race!!

Permalink Reply by alan powick on January 10, 2015 at 6:38pm

Glad to see robby and Johnny had a good run today here's hoping he cleans up tomorrow and stands on top of the Dias go hard boys

Permalink Reply by Jaci on January 10, 2015 at 7:43pm

Per tweet from @GChicherit
"SS7: #ZebraBuggy finished another @dakar day with p/steering failure at 150km. Fixing now for tomorrow! #dakar2015"

Permalink Reply by patricio garcia on January 10, 2015 at 8:11pm

do you guys have any info on the martillo entry?

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Permalink Reply by Dave-O on January 10, 2015 at 8:18pm
He's safe, but out of the race.
Permalink Reply by Sami on January 10, 2015 at 8:19pm

WOW!, On Bolivia TV they mentioned an accident that also involved silva with campbell, i was just looking for info also. post if you hear anything.


7 336
JUAN SILVA (ARG)
SISTERNA JUAN PABLO (ARG)
MERCEDES
WITHDRAWAL
7 356
MATTHEW CAMPBELL (CAN)
LUIS CESAR RAMIREZ JR (USA)
NICOLAS ALBERTO AMBRIZ SUAREZ (MEX)
JIMCO
WITHDRAWAL

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