Jan 8th, 2014 Dakar Rally Stage 4 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 4 of the 2014 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon recorded a 6th place finish in stage 3, and is now 3h46m behind. The first part of the special section of stage 4 is 217km, followed by a 185km 'neutral zone', then the last section is 284km (657km total). This is the longest special since 2005.

2014 Stage 3 Photos


STAGE 4 TRACKING


STAGE 4: SAN JUAN > CHILECITO

Connection 211km | Special Stage 657km | Total 868km

 

COURSE OVERVIEW

The strategy of the motorcyclists will come into play: initially their navigational skills will be seriously tested at the beginning of the morning, and then they will be faced with the problem of worn tyres, as they have already been over-used the day before. As for the drivers of cars, they will have an even more demanding route to tackle in the countryside. The Dakar’s competitors haven’t faced a special stage this long since the historical one from Zouerat to Tichit in 2005! They will have to cross rivers, descend the canyons in a Wild West setting and beware of the other participants: as these terrains are often wide open, it will be entirely possible to overtake fellow competitors.


The GREEN section of the route is the connection , the RED is the Special Section of the stage.

 

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is this a tough enough race or what ? 70 already out after only 3 days of racing .....

Good news for Sainz, because he won a technical stage not really typed for a buggy. Bodes well for the next week there will be stages suitable for buggy, with less technical tracks.

Gordini car is not performing these two days of competition hiso not the best of times, with the H3 to better times, and the crushing car, this shit time under 1st 42 minutes is not good, hopefully the explanations RG.grrrrrrrrrrrrr

sainz is doing it ... the track width of his buggy is about the same as the gordini , no !?

Sainz tested the car extensively including weeks before in Argentina. Its still early in rally but this is the difference at this point from top to bottom of the standings.

absolutely. I'm happy for Philippe Gache (SMG team manager) which fight for many years against Sven Quandt. Check it out dr Quandt

You can watch replays from 2013,2012,2011 if you miss the old hummer. In the meantime, I'm moving along with the new ride. Look ahead, not behind--->

yup , haval and ford right in front .... come on robby ..... roll up and over these 2 .....

ok, ok but yesterday hiso good times, this day should have problems punctures tire, not but burn gives me anger that lso minis are above, I have a lot of anger lso minis are a huge team against RG which is the largest large.

It's called RACING.

When is BC going to kick out a new video? That boy has been slacking...

haha...His internet access has been slacking. He's got a cache of videos ready to go ( tonight!)

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