Jan 11th, 2012 Dakar Rally Stage 10 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 10 of the 2012 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon was the WINNER of stage 9 & is only down 5m58s in the overall standings. Nasser Al Attiyah did not finish stage 9, so he is out of the rally. Cars begin stage 10 at 7:44am/et (9:44am local). Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2012 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

STAGE 10 TRACKING

STAGE 10: Iquique > Arica

Connection 317km | Special Stage 377km | Total 694km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The drivers will be overcome with even more intense sensations early in the morning. It is precisely at the beginning of the special stage that they will be deeply moved by a spectacular view, combining sand and waves, which continues for several kilometres. The theme will remain constant, since the most experienced experts will be able to surf on the dunes which stretch out for around a hundred kilometres. On the other hand, the difficult fesh-fesh area that will have to be tackled at the end of the special stage will bring everyone back to the tough reality of the long-distance rally.

STAGE BY STAGE RESULTS

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Permalink Reply by Bill McPherson on January 11, 2012 at 12:02pm

RG is thru WP7 down 13' 48"

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Permalink Reply by Drone637 on January 11, 2012 at 12:06pm

De Villiers is impressing me with his Toyota. He has that thing moving pretty well for as little testing as they supposedly did.

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Permalink Reply by Drone637 on January 11, 2012 at 12:30pm

And 14+ minutes down, looks like it will be a race for 2nd instead of first now.

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Permalink Reply by Vlad Rogers on January 11, 2012 at 12:41pm

Why do you guys think its over? Theres plenty of time. Heres how I see it, Robbys a straight away down, in traffic, with 10 laps to go at Darlington with fresh tires, while everybody else has 50 laps on theirs.

Is it hard, YES, can he do it, YES.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 11, 2012 at 12:49pm

I never said it is over myself.
Just made a few statemente about how I feal.

It will be over on Sunday.

Till then you never know.

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Permalink Reply by Cyndi Heggemeier on January 11, 2012 at 1:46pm

Thank you. Now is not the time to be negative. Robby is a great driver. He will do it!!!

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 11, 2012 at 12:42pm

Listening to the interview I am wondering how much more Peterhansel can get away with.
Yesterday he clearly hit the guy on the bike in the water and today he is blocking and causes a wreck.

Where are the penalties?

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 11, 2012 at 12:44pm

The way I see it he should be racing Roma for the overall.

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Permalink Reply by Bob Sadowski on January 11, 2012 at 12:47pm

Robby wouldn't want to win that way...

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 11, 2012 at 12:50pm

Win What Way?

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Permalink Reply by SlyFoxx on January 11, 2012 at 12:50pm

Huh? It's racing. You take the wins any way you can. You can bet your bottom dollar if Rob's Hummer had hit a biker in such a manner a penalty would have been issued.