Jan 14th, 2012 Dakar Rally Stage 13 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 13 of the 2012 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 1st in stage 12. Cars begin stage 13 at 9:10am/et Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2012 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

STAGE 13 TRACKING


STAGE 13: Nasca > Pisco

Connection 100km | Special Stage 275km | Total 375km


COURSE OVERVIEW

The dunes are majestic in this part of the country. They will ensure suspense to the very end about who will be the winners and how they will be placed on podium. At the same time, the drivers who are less in a hurry must take nothing for granted even if they are beginning to think about the relief of reaching the finish. They will also have to negotiate a significant number of strings of dunes, avoid confusing valleys which appear to be similar but are in fact different, and fight off the inevitable fatigue after the thousands of kilometres covered. Here every one of the competitors will remember what extreme endurance means here.





STAGE BY STAGE RESULTS

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 14, 2012 at 11:56am

Balls bigger than a Mini.

Permalink Reply by Drone637 on January 14, 2012 at 12:46pm

Please tell me they got that on camera...

Permalink Reply by Richard Hughbanks on January 14, 2012 at 11:54am

Heard Robby rolled anyone got any details

Permalink Reply by Wess McCoy on January 14, 2012 at 11:55am

202 kilometres into today's special, Robby Gordon was probably trying to claw back the time lost in the dune area 20 kilometres earlier when his car did a somersault. The crew emerged unscathed and are reported to be on their way to the finish.

Permalink Reply by Davin Wilson on January 14, 2012 at 12:00pm
Heard the same report - no update. Hopefully it's only cosmetic damage o
And he's back on the gas.
Permalink Reply by Davin Wilson on January 14, 2012 at 12:02pm
On the iPad today - no chat - any news?
Permalink Reply by Bill McPherson on January 14, 2012 at 12:04pm

301 and 312 thru CP3

Permalink Reply by Wess McCoy on January 14, 2012 at 12:05pm

@RallyRAIDio: Gordon is now stopped again, probably doing repairs after his crash.

Permalink Reply by Bill McPherson on January 14, 2012 at 12:06pm

302 thru CP3- in fisrt place now.

Permalink Reply by Davin Wilson on January 14, 2012 at 12:07pm
Bummer...
Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 14, 2012 at 12:12pm

Kinda but not really.
I would much rather have him go down swinging than to have him take it easy like all the other pussies.

Stéphane Peterhansel, on the other hand, is driving slightly to the north and seems to have had no problems with the sand so far

I would not be suprised if peterless got inside info from the ASO that told him to go to the north so he would not get stuck.

Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 14, 2012 at 12:13pm

I can hear it now.

Hey we are getting a lot of flack about how the Frenchman keeps crying so please go this way and don't get stuck again.

You are running out of excuses and people/things to blame it on.

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