Jan 10th, 2012 Dakar Rally Stage 9 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 9 of the 2012 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 2nd in stage 8 & Nasser Al Attiyah finished 5th. Cars begin stage 9 at 7:54am/et (9:54am local). Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2012 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

STAGE 9 TRACKING

STAGE 9: Antofagasto > Iquique

Connection 9km | Special Stage 556km | Total 565km

COURSE OVERVIEW

A two-part stage will keep the competitors busy who continue the climb to the north of the continent, between oceans and mountains. Two sections separated by a neutralization are on the agenda with varied features and landscapes. At the beginning of the day, the competitors will pass through canyons, drive on clean tracks and sink in the fesh fesh?! The second special stage will call upon the drivers' and co-drivers' navigational talents, who will have to make a decision based on the very limited landmarks, while remaining focused on the WPM. To reward them for this intensive endeavour, they will drive down the steep descent to Iquique, already featured on the 2010 Dakar route, to the shores of the Pacific Ocean.

STAGE BY STAGE RESULTS

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Biggins on January 10, 2012 at 6:57pm

if that was RG on video he would have a penalty already

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Permalink Reply by Bonzai on January 10, 2012 at 7:38pm

Video like this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeZ-9Wpkjq4&feature=related

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Permalink Reply by Ben Cartwright on January 10, 2012 at 4:39pm

SP should have been more careful but it doesn't look like a serious issue to me.

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Permalink Reply by Josh Fisher on January 10, 2012 at 4:41pm

So if that one Truck got excluded for hitting one of the cars, he should in theory get excluded for hitting one of the bikers right?

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Permalink Reply by Wally Meier on January 10, 2012 at 4:58pm

it would seem???

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Permalink Reply by Rod Hughes on January 10, 2012 at 4:42pm

Looks serious enough for a penalty though...

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Permalink Reply by Blues on January 10, 2012 at 5:58pm

At least a good ass whippin'.

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Permalink Reply by Todd Bettenhausen on January 10, 2012 at 4:42pm

Are you kidding me?! What the heck was Peterhansel doing?! Wow...

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Permalink Reply by Kathy Kubara on January 10, 2012 at 4:45pm

He's thinking he's got a big Orange Hummer eating into his time

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Permalink Reply by Ben Jeffreys on January 10, 2012 at 4:51pm

I think at first glance he was committed to getting out of the river as he did not want to damage the electrics or engine in his car, but to apparently drive off knowing he made this type of contact is what I find a bit unfortunate, especially as bikes are his roots.

It's a shame, I was enjoying the open respect between him and RG... So I will wait his explanation first.

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Permalink Reply by shawn on January 10, 2012 at 5:00pm

well lets say it was like a person hitting a bus... you may not know... the bus got hit but it does. whatever. glad robby finally got the stage win. SO HOPING THIS IS THE YEAR FOR HIM AND DAKAR

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Permalink Reply by Josh Fisher on January 10, 2012 at 5:09pm

Seeings as the biker bounced off of the RF Fender right infront of the co-driver (Mini is left-hand drive right?) atleast the Co-Driver had to know that they made contact.