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 10:29am

must be scoring error 90+ bikes hit W4 but only 6 hit W3 none of the quads hit W3

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 10, 2012 at 10:30am

Can someone else get in the 300 and drive as a support vehicle.
I know they will not be timed but for support it would be good.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 10, 2012 at 10:31am

Bob is in the area.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 10, 2012 at 10:57am

Guess nobody wants to talk to me today.
Can I borrow that towel that got thrown in?

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 10, 2012 at 10:58am

I hope RGM gets paid.

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Permalink Reply by Drone637 on January 10, 2012 at 11:13am

No idea what the support rules are. It would be fun to go down as support crew for a team though.

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on January 10, 2012 at 11:14am

I don't think driver changes are allowed, and once a vehicle resigns the race, then it can't be on the course anymore. Let's hope Nasser at least tries to limp through the stage and is willing to be the water carrier for the rest of the race. It doesn't seem like his style, but we can hope.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 10, 2012 at 11:52am

You are right that driver/Nav changes can not be done without being dq'ed but can the change and just use the 300 as a support car?
I do not think so but just asking in case someone knows for sure.

Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Rod Hughes on January 10, 2012 at 10:36am

Robby up 2:55 over PHansel at WP4... Looks good so far.

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Permalink Reply by Pete Petree on January 10, 2012 at 10:47am

Gordon still rolling by WP5. Up 5:58 over Roma.

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Permalink Reply by Drone637 on January 10, 2012 at 11:13am

Did Peter get another flat? He was only 2:11 down to RG at WP5, but neither he or Holowczyc have appeared at CP6 yet.

Never mind, just the page not showing them yet. 00:02:20 on Peter, 4:25 on Holo, 4:56 on Roma on CP6.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 10, 2012 at 11:34am

Yesterday Peterhansel got a flat and said he was trying to take it easy on the portion that was conducive to flats.
I would say he stayed rather even with Robby from wp5 to wp6 becaues they both took it easy through there for this same reason and the 2 minis behind them have nothing to loose and drove hard thus gaining a minute each.