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Permalink Reply by Team Maranello on August 24, 2015 at 7:40pm

Blaming El Niño. I am all about adding weather into he mix the make racing exciting. Not too many dunes in Peru, so back to dune country.

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Permalink Reply by bajaready on August 25, 2015 at 12:47am

Does the change in route play to the Gordini's strengths or create more of a challenge? Any word on Gordini 2 driver?

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Permalink Reply by Sandi Parker on August 25, 2015 at 6:40pm

I would safely say ... if the new route consists mainly of Kansas-like agricultural farm roads ... (ie: the last stage a year ago that Robby won) ... then Dakar needs to move back to Africa.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on August 25, 2015 at 6:52pm

ASO and what Army?

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Permalink Reply by Sandi Parker on August 25, 2015 at 7:02pm

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on August 25, 2015 at 1:12am

IMO, it levels the playing field a bit. The 'prospective' course map makers of the other major teams have wasted their time.If it comes to adapting to new,unknown, changing course, my beer bet is on Robby ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Sandi Parker on August 25, 2015 at 6:33pm

Chicken feed Mike ... about the same amount of time as King Off-Road Shocks wasted ... fine-tuning the Gordo for Dakar earlier this month ... although I can't provide visual aerial photographic evidence ... of such an event ever happening ... stay tuned!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on August 25, 2015 at 6:54pm

Say what?

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Permalink Reply by Michael Martinez on August 25, 2015 at 1:48pm

Watching the Coverage of the Dakar, the scenery is a great Dynamic to the whole experience. Seeing what they raced in and where is a big part of the whole ordeal. No Peru is ..well, no Peru. Things are what they are you know.

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Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on September 1, 2015 at 10:21am

Due to forecasts concerning the El Nino weather phenomenon, which is expected to be extremely violent this year, the Peruvian government has decided to make this issue a national priority by ensuring that all state services are able to mobilize if necessary to help the population that could be affected.
While hoping that the people of Peru will not have to face these predicted disasters, the entire Dakar organizing team is already hard at work to create an alternative route with optimal sporting and safety conditions both in Argentina and Bolivia.Ok so I have some questions. Lets go with "El Nino" .... whats that do for the rest of the Rally. This could be a wild ride for teams not set up for this weather. Forward thinking ....

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