Jan 15th, 2016 Dakar Rally Stage 12 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 12 of the 2016 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon start time: 10:26am/et, Sheldon Creed will not start, due to disqualification in stage 8.


STAGE 12 TRACKING


STAGE 12: SAN JUAN > VILLA CARLOS PAZ

Connection 450km | Special Stage 481km | Total 931km

COURSE OVERVIEW

There is more than 900km to cover on the day before the finish, including more than half in the special section, with the exception of the trucks, whose dimensions are not suitable for some of the tracks on the agenda. In this semi-mountainous terrain, the vegetation which lines their edges might be a bit tight for them! This means that the other vehicles will also have to show dexterity. Fans of pure driving will be at ease, but they’ll have to watch out for blunders: at this stage in the game, a mistake could cost them dearly.

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 Mike Kenyon on January 15, 2016 at 12:17pm

that operation is whats wrong economics wish with 'star' drivers owning a business to support family and friends. Like MWR, it's drives payroll thru the roof.

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 15, 2016 at 11:54am

Stage 12 UPDATE at KM90 of 481

1.Poulter
2.DeVilliers +9s
3.Al-Attiyah +19s
4.Roma +41s
5.Terranova +49s

14.GORDON +4m17s

Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 15, 2016 at 12:01pm

Another year has passed me by
Still I look a myself and cry
What kind of man have I become?
All of the years I've spent in search of myself
And I'm still in the dark
'Cause I can't seem to find the light alone

Sometimes I feel like a man in the wilderness
I'm a lonely soldier off to war
Sent away to die, never quite knowing why
Sometimes it makes no sense at all

Ten Thousand people look my way
But they can't see the way that I feel
Nobody even cares to try
I spend my life and sell my soul on the road
And I'm still in the dark
'Cause I can't seem to find the light alone

Sometimes I feel like a man in the wilderness
I'm a lonely soldier lost at sea
Drifting with the tide
Never quite knowing why
Sometimes it makes no sense at all

Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on January 15, 2016 at 12:04pm

"another one bites the dust"

Permalink Reply by GTX - HEMI on January 15, 2016 at 12:16pm

Sounds like someone with no faith.......

Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 15, 2016 at 12:20pm

Just a good song and tired of hearing all the things RG shoulda coulda woulda done to set his team on the right track.
The bottom line is the Dakar is a whole new beast and it is what it is.

Permalink Reply by CLAUDE on January 15, 2016 at 12:39pm

Carl I agree!

Permalink Reply by Michael Martinez on January 15, 2016 at 12:04pm

After all that effort to build and get 2 cars in the rally and then to find that there is a class within a class so to speak that are for lack of a better phrase at an "advantage" had to sting. And we,heard Robby express his opinion. I'm not one to sit there and say they should do this and they should build that and use this part and that material, so I'm not even joining in on the platform of complaining or to be polite ..........simply making suggestions. At this point it's coming down to Peter having a huge lead and the comfort and luxury to roll easy. It's his to lose and as the days burn away I hope there is not a "Lay Down" stage at the end and a consolation victory to go with it on our part. Any bad taste in the mouth that exists and I don't need to tell you there is one because we all know about it would sure take a strange twist. Should Robby return...? Not if a team is head and shoulders above the rest and doing it outside the rules....that would just be foolish and a waste. If the program was adjusted to meet the hardships of the rally "you know" without going into detail perhaps in the name of competitiveness with proper help somehow who knows. However I don't and won't blame Robby Gordon for packing it up instead of trying to beat the system. I don't and never will see any value in cheating...being better through using rules and loopholes and discoveries ...YES....but not just flat out cheating .....even to the point of engineering a vehicle to fit the course you lay out.....and I think that may have been a part of it. Thanks for reading a long one.

Permalink Reply by Dinamo Ska on January 15, 2016 at 12:11pm

Good one

Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on January 15, 2016 at 12:12pm

+1 well said MM

Permalink Reply by FD REBEL on January 15, 2016 at 12:17pm

On thing Robby has going for him is a FANTASTIC Crew! I know first hand what it takes to drive, drive, drive then set up a remote pit and work through the night at times with little or no sleep. His Team and equipment is second to none! If the right formula is found/developed in his dakar racer the crew is tested proven and ready

Permalink Reply by WJM on January 15, 2016 at 12:19pm

Well said.

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