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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Permalink Reply by yano on January 8, 2014 at 4:28pm

tou - a -reg ; )

Permalink Reply by David Clay on January 8, 2014 at 4:32pm
Ahh right... I thought it looked a little weird.
Permalink Reply by Shaun S on January 8, 2014 at 4:49pm

Permalink Reply by Kevin Urie on January 8, 2014 at 4:56pm

Moving form other thread to see if any of you have an answer -
Anyone know why Robby and everyone uses big V8's with a restrictor? Seems a smaller engine with a turbo would be better for the altitude not to mention lighter and more efficient given they can't use all the HP anyway. Are the restrictors based of HP limits?

Permalink Reply by redlinetech on January 8, 2014 at 5:09pm

Thats an easy one:
Turboless Torque. Any other questions?

Permalink Reply by Kevin Urie on January 8, 2014 at 5:41pm

Turbo's have more torque however. At least all the Turbo comparisons I have seen in non-race cars.

Permalink Reply by David on January 8, 2014 at 4:58pm

because we are americans and like big v8 noise :)

dont let my pic fool you v8's rule

Permalink Reply by Kevin Urie on January 8, 2014 at 6:18pm

Yeah I think that is the reason. I say put the new M4 V6 with Turbo's in it and see how it goes. Heck a Hybrid might be good at this altitude.

Permalink Reply by javier on January 8, 2014 at 4:58pm
Just in 2 min resume the stage 4th for Ipad and iPhone here...

http://iphonelive.rtve.es/TDP_LV3_IPH/TDP_LV3_IPH.m3u8
Permalink Reply by javier on January 8, 2014 at 5:02pm
Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on January 8, 2014 at 5:06pm

Reading the quotes from the Dakar page and it sounds like there was 1 waypoint that was a bitch to find!

Permalink Reply by redlinetech on January 8, 2014 at 5:22pm

Any info what caused them to lose 42 minutes to the Sainz Buggy?

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