Jan 16th, 2013 Dakar Rally Stage 11 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 11 of the 2013 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon recorded a very nice 5th place finish in Stage 10 , but remains 19th overall. Gordon is now over 6 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 11 at 9:53am/et and Robby Gordon will begin his special section around 10:03am/et. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2013 Dakar Rally.

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STAGE 11 TRACKING

STAGE 11: LA RIOJA > LA FIAMBALA

Connection 262km | Special Stage 219km | Total 481km

COURSE OVERVIEW

It is very rare for nothing to happen in Fiambalà! And in 2012 rain ensured that this lethal white sand remained firm, allowing the vehicles of the Dakar to pass through this prime spot for getting blocked and for engines to overheat, without recoiling or stalling. These dunes with their very welcoming contours typically have a very unpleasant surprise in store for competitors. Everything is possible in Fiambalá, including in the new strings of dunes featured on the route. The third part of the rally will boast sand once again, and each person will have to adapt his driving and his general approach to the terrain: those who are less attentive will also risk making serious navigational mistakes which will cost them dearly.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 16, 2013 at 12:06pm

No flat... they are travelling.. not sure where though.. stage perhaps cancelled at Wp3. Hopefully they are running to WP5 to restart and not the bivouac. Alverez, Robby, Peter, Roma, and Terranova all within a minutes of each other doing a parade.

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Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on January 16, 2013 at 12:16pm

18:09 Cars: Leaders stopped in the car special
Even though they have passed CP1, the point at which the car/truck special has been called to a halt, the leaders of the car special have been stopped by the race organisers on the last section of the route, namely, Robby Gordon, Stéphane Peterhansel, Nani Roma and Giniel de Villiers.

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Engrav on January 16, 2013 at 12:34pm

um, RG and Terranova showing up through WP6

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Permalink Reply by Cosmic Arkie on January 16, 2013 at 12:42pm

The official website timing is alllll screwed up. Butt, I'll take the current
WP6 shown with RG @Pos. N° Name Make Time Variation Penalty
1 315 GORDON (USA), WALCH (USA) HUMMER 002:23:43 00:00:00
2 348 GADASIN (RUS), KUZMICH (RUS) G-FORCE PROTO 002:26:29 00:02:46 00:00:00
3 306 ALVAREZ (ARG), GRAUE (ARG) TOYOTA 002:27:50 00:04:07 00:00:00
4 301 DE VILLIERS (ZAF), VON ZITZEWITZ (DEU) TOYOTA 002:33:50 00:10:07 00:00:00
5 302 PETERHANSEL (CHE), COTTRET (FRA) MINI 002:35:09 00:11:26 00:00:00
6 313 TERRANOVA (ARG), FIUZA (PRT) BMW 002:37:14 00:13:31 00:00:00
7 305 ROMA (ESP), PÉRIN (FRA) MINI 002:37:30 00:13:47 00:00:00

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Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on January 16, 2013 at 12:58pm

Agreed. This is all jacked up but I like the timing results. Do race officials have radio contact with the drivers? I can't imagine that the drivers are continuing for the sport of it. Of course after Robby beats Petergretel by more than 15 minuites, I do not look forwad to the interview with him as he downplays Robby's time

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Permalink Reply by Cosmic Arkie on January 16, 2013 at 1:00pm

BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!

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Permalink Reply by geothermaljones on January 16, 2013 at 12:51pm

@wp6

Pos. N° Name Make Time Variation Penalty
1 315 GORDON (USA), WALCH (USA) HUMMER 002:23:43 00:00:00
2 348 GADASIN (RUS), KUZMICH (RUS) G-FORCE PROTO 002:26:29 00:02:46 00:00:00
3 306 ALVAREZ (ARG), GRAUE (ARG) TOYOTA 002:27:50 00:04:07 00:00:00
4 301 DE VILLIERS (ZAF), VON ZITZEWITZ (DEU) TOYOTA 002:33:50 00:10:07 00:00:00
5 302 PETERHANSEL (CHE), COTTRET (FRA) MINI 002:35:09 00:11:26 00:00:00
6 313 TERRANOVA (ARG), FIUZA (PRT) BMW 002:37:14 00:13:31 00:00:00
7 305 ROMA (ESP), PÉRIN (FRA) MINI 002:37:30 00:13:47 00:00:00