Jan 11th, 2015 Dakar Rally Stage 8 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from stage 8 of the 2015 Dakar Rally. This is the second half of the Marathon stage. The special section of stage 8 is 781km long. Robby Gordon start time: 5:25am/et, and he will be the 9th car off the line. After a 9th place finish in stage 7, Gordon sits 23rd in the overall standings, 5h48m behind. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2015 Dakar Rally.


2015 Stage 7 Photos


STAGE 8 TRACKING


STAGE 8: UYUNI > IQUIQUE

Connection 24km | Special Stage 781km | Total 805km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The Dakar bows to the laws of nature. Hence, the weather will decide which route will be taken to leave Bolivia. If it’s dry, the start could take place in the Salar de Uyuni, for a 100km route across a smooth road of white salt: full throttle and foot to the floor! The route then slows down abruptly, with the longest part of the special stage taking place on more technical mountain terrain. The day will end with more than 40km of dunes, concluding with the vertiginous descent to Iquique.

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 Carl Abrams on January 11, 2015 at 6:49am

trackers were pretty good the first 5 days.

Permalink Reply by Luis Fernandez on January 11, 2015 at 6:51am

VLADIMIR VASILYEV is no. 310

Permalink Reply by Bob on January 11, 2015 at 6:54am

Vlad was in our starting group

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 11, 2015 at 6:55am

he missed the turn,but he has ahead

Permalink Reply by Xracer on January 11, 2015 at 6:56am
Okay this is too early for the west coast
Permalink Reply by ROBERT SAVAGE on January 11, 2015 at 6:58am

it sure is

Permalink Reply by Jay on January 11, 2015 at 6:58am

East Coast here, comes in handy every now and again

Permalink Reply by sabreguy on January 11, 2015 at 6:56am

Mini 334 just missed the turn

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 11, 2015 at 6:57am

the group coming off the lake now ,took over an hour

Permalink Reply by Ewan Nutley on January 11, 2015 at 6:57am

turbo's will have a big advantage at that height

Permalink Reply by Michael Brettin on January 11, 2015 at 6:57am

Looks like the ASO should have had Bolivia TV do the CPs

Permalink Reply by Bob on January 11, 2015 at 6:58am

I still have no idea where the first WP is. On the Dakar site they don't even show a WP1….number 8 is the first one they list.

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