Jan 13th, 2016 Dakar Rally Stage 10 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 10 of the 2016 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon start time: 8:41am/et, Sheldon Creed will not start, due to disqualification in stage 8.


STAGE 10 TRACKING


STAGE 10: BELEN > LA RIOJA

Connection 485km | Special Stage 278km | Total 763km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The Fiambala dunes have become one of the decisive stages of the Dakar. This year, they feature at the heart of the most critical rally sequence, when drivers and their vehicles will have to demonstrate their aptitude for extreme endurance. Moreover, the day’s stage presents the longest dune section in the shared history of the Dakar and Fiambala, off-piste for most of the time. In short, an open door for desert specialists.

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 Kevin Urie on January 13, 2016 at 4:32pm

This buggy looks pretty cool. Currently in 18th.

Permalink Reply by CLAUDE on January 13, 2016 at 5:26pm

Kevin this buggy is built close to where I live, it runs the same V8 Vette engine as the Gordini but is installed midships, much better handeling. The South African domestic off road series runs close to Dakar spec regulations for years, so R&D costs are low and experience gained is cheap, even the factory Renault Duster was designed and built here, currently almost 50% of the todays top 20 Dakar ranked cars come from here, If you run your Baja type racing under Dakar spec. regulations, you will quickly you close the gap to the Europeans

Permalink Reply by Kevin Urie on January 13, 2016 at 6:22pm

Saw he was running a LS7. These guys should take a Gordini for a year and run it in that series. Seems the only way to make it reliable is to continue to drive it through hell to find the issues.

Permalink Reply by Michael Keith on January 13, 2016 at 5:58pm
Nice
Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on January 13, 2016 at 4:43pm

Dakar.com: (note 4 car interviews 3 pugs and Nasser)

Loeb:

"No good news. I've got to get used to this. I'm not really enjoying hitting everything that gets in my way. It was difficult and tricky in every way. We followed tracks. It must've been really hard for the drivers at the front. You're always inches away from getting stuck. We tried to make some progress. The final part was better, with some dunes. We must've lost 10' looking for a waypoint. All in all, we lost 15 to 20' today. The others had to look for that waypoint too. We validated the next waypoint, but we thought it was the previous one, so we looked for it. The roads leading to the two waypoints were probably too close. We also did a little barrel roll after hitting a dune. We did the entire special in degraded mode on loose sand... Yet we still managed to come through! 2 flats, 1 barrel roll, getting stuck in the sand, getting lost..."

Permalink Reply by Kevin Urie on January 13, 2016 at 6:23pm

Sounds like he is starting to understand this isn't just another WRC race.

Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on January 13, 2016 at 4:54pm

Viva la France. Sainz is through +6hrs

Permalink Reply by Rick_G on January 13, 2016 at 5:19pm

Stage 10 recap…

The start sucks
Sheldon getting expulsioned sucks
Peugeots suck
ASO sucks
Nasser sucks and probably should quit, unless he’s beating a Peugeot
EcoBoost suck
Where’s Robby?
Tracker sucks
French suck, except their women
Minis suck unless they are beating a Peugeot
Turbo diesels suck
NASCAR sucks, especially Canadian NASCAR
El Nino sucks, but sucks worse if you don’t have a turbo diesel
Tracker sucks
Ford f-150 driven by Russians with EcoBoost sucks
Anything to do with IRS sucks
WRC sucks
Th400’s don’t suck
Live feed sucks
The word passel sucks
Peterhansel Cheats
Leob cheats
ASO cheats
All French cheat
Sainz Cheats as long as all the Peugeots driven by French have cheated first
All people who aren’t French but drive French cars cheat
Nasser cheats probably should quit, unless he’s beating a Peugeot
Where’s Robby?
Tracker cheats
Minis cheat unless they are beating a Peugeot
Brian France cheats, especially during Canadian NASCAR
Turbo diesels cheat
Ford f-150 driven by Russians with EcoBoost cheats
All French cheat
Toyotas cheat, but only if all minis, and Peugeots DNF
El Nino cheats but only for Peugeots and Minis
Where’s Robby?

Permalink Reply by jeff.2066 on January 13, 2016 at 5:25pm

Wow, Rick, you've been paying attention.

Permalink Reply by jerry davis on January 13, 2016 at 5:31pm

Don't hold back...tell us how you realy feel..!!

Permalink Reply by Chupakabras on January 13, 2016 at 5:26pm

Amen!

Permalink Reply by yano on January 13, 2016 at 5:31pm

i'm gonna pee my pants ... this good LOL !!!!

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