Jan 5th, 2015 Dakar Rally Stage 2 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 2 of the 2015 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 2nd in stage 1, and is only 42s behind in the overall standings.The special section of Stage 2 is 518km long. Robby Gordon start time: 7:10am/et. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2015 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

2015 Stage 1 Photos

STAGE 2 TRACKING

STAGE 2: VILLA CARLOS PAZ > SAN JUAN

Connection 107km | Special Stage 518km | Total 625km

COURSE OVERVIEW

Any rest will be short-lived, because before reaching San Juan, the competitors will have a particularly busy schedule: quite simply the longest special stage in the rally, which is varied enough to unsettle even the most experienced of drivers. Hard terrain at the start of the race will be followed by dusty sections in the middle of the day and a sandy stretch to finish. This is the first real test, which can only be successfully overcome through constant vigilance.

The GREEN section of the route is the connection , the RED is the Special Section of the stage.

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Permalink Reply by Daryl on January 5, 2015 at 6:24pm

Any chance they will throw this stage out? Didn't the ASO do that a couple of years ago when a bunch of cars couldn't or didn't finish?

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Permalink Reply by yano on January 5, 2015 at 6:27pm

You kidding right !?

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Permalink Reply by Daryl on January 5, 2015 at 6:39pm

Only partly kidding. In 2013 they did cut a stage in half and gave everyone the same E.T. It was due to flooding. If memory serves, Robby and a few others made it across and Nasser didn't. If half the field of cars is out, who knows what the ASO will do......

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Permalink Reply by MTG on January 5, 2015 at 6:38pm

Only if no Europeans are in the top ten.

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Permalink Reply by Bob on January 5, 2015 at 7:19pm

I think that was when rains caused river flooding - The first arrivals got across, but the water continued to rise and late starters simply could not get over.

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Permalink Reply by WJM on January 5, 2015 at 6:37pm

Looks like RG will finish 50th for the stage.

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Permalink Reply by Aaron on January 5, 2015 at 6:48pm

The little $hit that counts....his own words. Its seems its always the little $hit
Head up and keep going

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Permalink Reply by ivanspeed on January 5, 2015 at 7:02pm

IMO they didnt test in glamis climbing dunes and making the car work extra hard pushing it to the limit we cannot be finding limits during the race those minis and toyotas got their cooling down. Testing IN GLAmis would be perfect because lack of air flow super soft sand and hill climbing plus the sand relects sun rays and heat from the ground making extra hot ambient like we saw today, no doubt we see a modified hood scoop during the rally

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 5, 2015 at 8:00pm

@Ivan, do you know what the conditions where at Parker this last summer when they tested for a couple of weeks?

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Permalink Reply by yano on January 5, 2015 at 7:24pm

now down to the bottom `....
tomorrow will be for sure another looong day for team speed crawling up and fight the clock back .
GO ROBBY !!!!

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Urie on January 5, 2015 at 7:25pm

Been in meetings all day and don't feel ready to read the entire stream. Any word on what happened? Sometimes I wish RG would join a factory team with all his racing but then I probably wouldn't like him as much.