Jan 14th, 2015 Dakar Rally Stage 10 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from stage 10 of the 2015 Dakar Rally. The special section of stage 10 is 359km long. Robby Gordon start time: 10:45am/et, and he will be the 9th car off the line. After a 9th place finish in stage 9, Gordon sits 20th in the overall standings. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2015 Dakar Rally.

2015 Stage 9 Photos

STAGE 10 TRACKING

STAGE 10: CALAMA > SALTA

Connection 501km | Special Stage 359km | Total 860km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The motorcyclists and quad bikers will set off for their second marathon stage! After the Chile-Argentina border, this time the day’s special stage will start on the Salinas Grandes, more than 3,600m above sea level. The altitude should curb the competitors’ enthusiasm and cool down their engines. The more technical final phase will separate the toughest of them from the rest. For the liaison section, the route will then follow the Paso de l’Acay, at an altitude of 4,970m.

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 Scooter Wright on January 14, 2015 at 3:33pm

That's my guess,,,, he is babying the engine

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 14, 2015 at 3:02pm

Live to fight another day.

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Permalink Reply by zoomsss on January 14, 2015 at 3:23pm

19th out of 20 at finish....18:32 back

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Permalink Reply by Charlie Frank on January 14, 2015 at 3:38pm

Does the Gordini just not have the speed ? Curious what everyone thinks. Or did the others (mini, toyota) up their game. Probably both... Semi independent Toyota next year?? haha kidding, kind of.

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Permalink Reply by Bricoop on January 14, 2015 at 3:55pm

Everything is speculation at this point.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 14, 2015 at 4:09pm

after the 1st stage, nobody thought the Gordini was down on power!

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Permalink Reply by mark roye on January 14, 2015 at 4:29pm

There's plenty of power. Reliability is more allusive----but will evolve.

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Permalink Reply by El Jardo on January 14, 2015 at 6:16pm

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Permalink Reply by Wally Meier on January 15, 2015 at 1:49am

Mike further back in this thread I didn't mean to sound as if down on the effort I just had some questions. in the past Robby seemed to be able to fly by the Mini's and everyone else and in these later stages he hasn't seemed to have that ability and with Baja Bobs comment that the HST could be a handful it had me wondering but with oil pressure issues and now speculation the LS could really be hurt survival mode seems the best option screw winning stages or the race just finishing is huge right now. I've never even sat in a race car of any sort so with limited knowledge my insight can be far from 20-20. I believe this site is lucky to have the members we do with the knowledge they possess. Thanks guys.