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 Tooltime on January 5, 2015 at 12:01pm

looks like the server exploded again! lets hope TOG is wearing an Arc Blast Suit. lol

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Permalink Reply by Blain on January 5, 2015 at 12:01pm

Chicherit is hanging in there.

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Permalink Reply by geothermaljones on January 5, 2015 at 12:09pm

WP11 Peter... 2min+ ahead of RG

Dropped 51 min

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Permalink Reply by JP on January 5, 2015 at 12:11pm

Peterhansel 53 mins down at WP11

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Permalink Reply by Blain on January 5, 2015 at 12:12pm

Petter hansel behind by 53 min and Robby 55min at wp 11

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Permalink Reply by Blain on January 5, 2015 at 12:14pm

Good morale booster for Robby to have passed him litterally but not on time yet.

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Permalink Reply by jveraSC on January 5, 2015 at 12:12pm

At work, so can't really read all the comments as far as status. Anyone give me the update to why Robby is almost an hour behind? Just a rough course or did something happen?

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Permalink Reply by Rob on January 5, 2015 at 12:13pm

Brake issue, early, fixed now.

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Permalink Reply by Blain on January 5, 2015 at 12:26pm

Brakes were overheating in beginning but seems like they figured it out since. Steady times since around wp3 or 4.

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Permalink Reply by mark roye on January 5, 2015 at 12:37pm

With luck a caliper was stuck, possibly by debris or other gremlin. That would result in that brake overheating, boiling fluid. Running easy let it cool, and caliper may now have come unstuck. Fingers crossed!!

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Permalink Reply by Bob on January 5, 2015 at 12:27pm

Some kind of 45 minute problem with the brakes early on. He's not the only one having problems though ; Other big names having major issues as well. Peterhansell, in particular.