Jan 13th, 2012 Dakar Rally Stage 12 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 12 of the 2012 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 25th in stage 11 & is now down over 2 hours in the overall standings. Cars begin stage 12 at 11:35am/et Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2012 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

STAGE 12 TRACKING

STAGE 12: Arequipa > Nasca

Connection 412km | Special Stage 245km | Total 657km

COURSE OVERVIEW

Only a flight over the region can allow the Nazca Lines, mysterious motifs created in the ground more than 2,000 years ago, to be admired. The route of the special stage creates another line on the map of Peru which looks like a sand dragon. Although the areas of dunes are evenly spread out, the competitors will definitely remember one of them, which made a deep impression on the reconnaissance team. The dunes follow one after another continuously for almost twenty kilometres, transporting the drivers to a new dimension. As the sand will remain firm in this string of dunes, it will help the drivers to cross them without too much difficulty. But the most skilled dune-crossers will nevertheless be able to create a surprise, in particular three days before the final finish. Those who remember how to perform the "Mauritanian swerve" can save some precious minutes.

STAGE BY STAGE RESULTS

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Permalink Reply by tony kent on January 13, 2012 at 2:26pm

first cars are @ the finish Roma only gained 3 min on Peterhansel

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 13, 2012 at 2:27pm

4 in waiting on 303

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 13, 2012 at 2:30pm

I expected Robby in by now

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Permalink Reply by Drone637 on January 13, 2012 at 2:29pm

Just saw that, I was hoping he would have more. Novitskiy and De Villiers both made good time there at the end. It will be interesting to see the rest of the times as they come in.

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Permalink Reply by Pete Petree on January 13, 2012 at 2:28pm

Time for redemption.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 13, 2012 at 2:34pm

Over on chat they say he is in with a big win.

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on January 13, 2012 at 2:36pm

Pos. N° Name Make Time Variation Penalty
1 303 GORDON (USA), CAMPBELL (USA) HUMMER 002:14:32 00:00:00
2 312 NOVITSKIY (RUS), SCHULZ (DEU) MINI 002:29:50 00:15:18 00:00:00
3 301 DE VILLIERS (ZAF), VON ZITZEWITZ (DEU) TOYOTA 002:36:38 00:22:06 00:00:00
4 314 TEN BRINKE (NLD), BAUMEL (FRA) MITSUBISHI 002:37:47 00:23:15 00:00:00
5 305 ROMA (ESP), PÉRIN (FRA) MINI 002:38:10 00:23:38 00:00:00
6 302 PETERHANSEL (FRA), COTTRET (FRA) MINI 002:40:59 00:26:27 00:00:00

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Permalink Reply by Pete Petree on January 13, 2012 at 2:37pm

15:18 Rockin!

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Permalink Reply by tony kent on January 13, 2012 at 2:37pm

Robby in 15:00 ahead of everyone

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Permalink Reply by Bill McPherson on January 13, 2012 at 2:37pm

Now that is what I call GAS ON!!! Way to go RG.

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Permalink Reply by Drone637 on January 13, 2012 at 2:38pm

15 minutes on Novitskiy!

1 303 GORDON (USA), CAMPBELL (USA) HUMMER 002:14:32 00:00:00
2 312 NOVITSKIY (RUS), SCHULZ (DEU) MINI 002:29:50 00:15:18
3 301 DE VILLIERS (ZAF), VON ZITZEWITZ (DEU) TOYOTA 002:36:38 00:22:06
4 314 TEN BRINKE (NLD), BAUMEL (FRA) MITSUBISHI 002:37:47 00:23:15
5 305 ROMA (ESP), PÉRIN (FRA) MINI 002:38:10 00:23:38
6 302 PETERHANSEL (FRA), COTTRET (FRA) MINI 002:40:59 00:26:27