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 Clive Presscott on January 7, 2012 at 1:50pm

So far at CP8 Robby is 2nd @ 22 sec behind Peterhansel. Al-Attiyah yet to reach the checkpoint (he started 30 min behind)

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Permalink Reply by Todd Shelton on January 7, 2012 at 1:54pm

Ahh thx Clive, thats why Nasser's times don't show up till later.

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Permalink Reply by Andre on January 7, 2012 at 3:06pm

i was thinking the same as you Todd LOL......couldn't figure it out.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 7, 2012 at 2:07pm

Leaders at KM335 of 419 are 1) Al-Attiyah 2) Peterhansel +4m57s 3) GORDON +5m19s 4) Holowczyc +9m45s 5) Roma 10m48s

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Permalink Reply by Todd Shelton on January 7, 2012 at 2:21pm

Hummers are flying on the downhill, Nasser 6 min up now, robby 1 sec behind Peterhansel

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 7, 2012 at 2:25pm

Leaders at KM350 of 419 are 1) Al-Attiyah 2) Peterhansel +5m53s 3) GORDON +5m54s 4) Holowczyc +11m20s 5) Roma 12m22s

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 7, 2012 at 2:49pm

Robby gained :23 seconds on Peterhansel today... and gained 3rd in the overall.. that coupled with a 1 - 2 day for the stage for TeamSpeed and we can go into rest day with some excitement! Way to go RGM!!

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Permalink Reply by Stalin on January 7, 2012 at 3:07pm

Nasser Wins!!!

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Permalink Reply by Fernando Gutierrez on January 7, 2012 at 3:12pm

Nasser is adjusting so quickly to the Hummer, proof of that will be the results on today's stage

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Permalink Reply by Robb Glen on January 7, 2012 at 3:12pm

One two for Team Speed today awesum job for the whole Team !!!!!
Nasser was flying , made up 15 min on mini's in one stage !!

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Permalink Reply by Fernando Gutierrez on January 7, 2012 at 3:17pm

The qatari rocket just won today's stage

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 7, 2012 at 3:24pm

Overall standings after stage 7

1 302 - PETERHANSEL Stephane (FRA)MINI 15h32m53s +00:00:00 --:--:--
2 304 - HOLOWCZYC Krzysztof (POL) MINI 15h44m15s +00:11:22 --:--:--
3 303 - GORDON Robby (USA) HUMMER 15h46m02s +00:13:09 --:--:--
4 305 - ROMA Joan (Nani) MINI 15h50m58s +00:18:05 --:--:--
5 301 - DE VILLIERS Giniel (ZAF) TOYOTA 16h07m00s +00:34:07 --:--:--
6 300 - AL-ATTIYAH Nasser (QAT) HUMMER 16h15m47s +00:42:54 --:--:--
7 312 - NOVITSKIY Leonid (RUS) MINI 16h27m19s +00:54:26 --:--:--
8 307 - SOUSA Carlos (PRT) GREAT WALL 16h45m43s +01:12:50 --:--:--