Jan 11th, 2013 Dakar Rally Stage 7 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 7 of the 2013 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon recorded his 2nd straight 3rd place finish in Stage 6, moving up to 23rd overall. Gordon is still down over 5 hours in the overall, but will get yet another good starting spot in an attempt to win his first stage of the rally. The cars are slated to begin the special section of stage 7 at 10:51am/et and Robby Gordon will begin his special section around 10:56am/et.  Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2013 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.


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STAGE 7 TRACKING


STAGE 7: CALAMA > SALTA

Connection 534km | Special Stage 220km | Total 754km

 

COURSE OVERVIEW

The ascent of the Andes Cordillera will be in the small hours, taking all the drivers and teams in convoy for a liaison stage finishing at a record altitude of 4,975 metres, at the top of Argentina’s highest mountain pass. During the special stage, the needle of the altimeter will fluctuate between 3,400 m and 4,000 m, but the speedometer will rarely go below 100 km/h, despite the lack of power which will affect all the vehicles. Still on the subject of figures, at this time of the year and at the highest altitude, the thermometer will display an average temperature of 15 degrees. When all is said and done, the biggest difficulty will be for motorcyclists to maintain their stamina. They will be welcomed in a bivouac which has been relocated for the first part of their marathon stage.



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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 11, 2013 at 10:42am

Cars should be starting in about 10 minutes

Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 11, 2013 at 10:53am

Are we ready to HUMMBLE?

Permalink Reply by Pete Petree on January 11, 2013 at 10:53am

I hate that Qinn wasn't able to run this year too

Permalink Reply by bighead on January 11, 2013 at 11:24am

At 12.51 PM local time, Nasser Al-Attiyah started the special stage ahead of Stéphane Peterhansel and Robby Gordon.

Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on January 11, 2013 at 11:29am

Contrary to the previous announcement, Nasser Al-Attiyah has not yet started the special and will set off at 13’21”, since the start of the stage has been delayed by 30 minutes

Permalink Reply by bighead on January 11, 2013 at 11:24am

Here we go

Permalink Reply by geothermaljones on January 11, 2013 at 11:28am

I hear Crickets, Chat must be open... Bueller... Bueller?

Permalink Reply by bighead on January 11, 2013 at 11:29am

Contrary to the previous announcement, Nasser Al-Attiyah has not yet started the special and will set off at 13’21”, since the start of the stage has been delayed by 30 minutes.

Permalink Reply by bighead on January 11, 2013 at 11:29am

Dam

Permalink Reply by bighead on January 11, 2013 at 11:49am

This time, it is certain: the Qatari driver Nasser Al-Attiyah has launched into this high speed special at 1.31 PM local time. The first time-check will arrive in around half an hour.

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 11, 2013 at 11:52am

Chat is shutdown for 30 minutes. Back up at 12:15pm/et

Permalink Reply by Barb on January 11, 2013 at 11:58am

Ok, good to know! I can stop looking for it.

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