Jan 7th, 2012 Dakar Rally Stage 7 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 7 of the 2012 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 2nd in stage 5 & Nasser Al Attiyah finished 11th. Cars begin stage 7 at 7:56am/et (9:56am local). Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2012 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

STAGE 7 TRACKING

STAGE 7: Copiapo > Copiapo

Connection 154km | Special Stage 419km | Total 573km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The loop will be the biggest challenge of the week, although the beginning of the special stage, which will travel along tracks in the middle of the hills and cacti, might appear easy. But afterwards, the strain of the kilometres covered since Mar del Plata will begin to take their toll, exactly at the time when a great number of dunes will follow one after another. The last string of dunes to be crossed, so near and yet so far from the finish, may well resemble a bivouac which has been transported to the middle of the desert. Thankfully for the latecomers who pitch their tents, the regulations allow vehicles to be presented until 6 pm on the rest day.

STAGE BY STAGE RESULTS

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Permalink Reply by Pete Petree on January 7, 2012 at 1:04pm

If Rob will announce early enough next year I am definitely going down for a few days.

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Permalink Reply by Pete Petree on January 7, 2012 at 1:06pm

My I pad seems to be working, is it?

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Permalink Reply by Xracer on January 7, 2012 at 1:27pm

Pete read page 5

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Permalink Reply by Pete Petree on January 7, 2012 at 1:09pm

Nasser first by WP6.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 7, 2012 at 1:12pm

Leaders at KM230 of 419 are 1) Al-Attiyah 2) Peterhansel +57s 3) De Villiers +3m11s 4) GORDON +3m50s 5) Holowczyc +4m12s

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Permalink Reply by Todd Shelton on January 7, 2012 at 1:14pm

Nasser up 47 seconds at WP6

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Permalink Reply by Pete Petree on January 7, 2012 at 1:20pm

WP7 Gordon second. A wild stage.

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Permalink Reply by Todd Shelton on January 7, 2012 at 1:28pm

These times are all over the place, they don't even show nassers at WP7 till the end? or is it just me. It didn't even show him on the board at WP6 till much later

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Permalink Reply by Todd Shelton on January 7, 2012 at 1:39pm

Pos. N° Name Make Time Variation Penalty
1 300 AL-ATTIYAH (QAT), CRUZ (ESP) HUMMER 002:03:35 00:00:00
2 302 PETERHANSEL (FRA), COTTRET (FRA) MINI 002:06:10 00:02:35 00:00:00
3 303 GORDON (USA), CAMPBELL (USA) HUMMER 002:07:42 00:04:07 00:00:00
4 304 HOLOWCZYC (POL), FORTIN (BEL) MINI 002:09:31 00:05:56 00:00:00
5 305 ROMA (ESP), PÉRIN (FRA) MINI 002:09: