Jan 10th, 2012 Dakar Rally Stage 9 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 9 of the 2012 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 2nd in stage 8 & Nasser Al Attiyah finished 5th. Cars begin stage 9 at 7:54am/et (9:54am local). Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2012 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

STAGE 9 TRACKING

STAGE 9: Antofagasto > Iquique

Connection 9km | Special Stage 556km | Total 565km

COURSE OVERVIEW

A two-part stage will keep the competitors busy who continue the climb to the north of the continent, between oceans and mountains. Two sections separated by a neutralization are on the agenda with varied features and landscapes. At the beginning of the day, the competitors will pass through canyons, drive on clean tracks and sink in the fesh fesh?! The second special stage will call upon the drivers' and co-drivers' navigational talents, who will have to make a decision based on the very limited landmarks, while remaining focused on the WPM. To reward them for this intensive endeavour, they will drive down the steep descent to Iquique, already featured on the 2010 Dakar route, to the shores of the Pacific Ocean.

STAGE BY STAGE RESULTS

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Permalink Reply by tony kent on January 10, 2012 at 11:13am

2:20 over Peterhansel @ WP6

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Permalink Reply by tony kent on January 10, 2012 at 11:22am

does anyone know how the neutral stage section works

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on January 10, 2012 at 11:26am

Time is suspended. Must obey speed limits. Special stage time resumes at the restart after the neutral section.

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Permalink Reply by Drone637 on January 10, 2012 at 11:27am

It's just a standard liaison, just in the middle instead of at the end. Not sure about take off order after it though, if they re-queue or not.

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Permalink Reply by tony kent on January 10, 2012 at 11:42am

yea I was wondering about the starting order, looks like a little over a 100 KM, so should be maybe an hour or 2 before the restart

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 10, 2012 at 11:42am

WOW!
Robby lost bigtime from WP6 to WP7

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Permalink Reply by Rod Hughes on January 10, 2012 at 11:43am

yep, PHansel really closed the gap.

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Permalink Reply by tony kent on January 10, 2012 at 11:44am

Robby @ WP7 4:36 over ROMA

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Permalink Reply by tony kent on January 10, 2012 at 11:45am

Damn Peterhansel made up time that last stage :36 back

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Permalink Reply by Drone637 on January 10, 2012 at 11:48am

Peterhansel and Holo both made up 2 minutes in that last stage. According to the chart there was a lot of dirt on that stage, so better for the Mini's.