Jan 5th, 2015 Dakar Rally Stage 2 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 2 of the 2015 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 2nd in stage 1, and is only 42s behind in the overall standings.The special section of Stage 2 is 518km long. Robby Gordon start time: 7:10am/et. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2015 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.

2015 Stage 1 Photos

STAGE 2 TRACKING

STAGE 2: VILLA CARLOS PAZ > SAN JUAN

Connection 107km | Special Stage 518km | Total 625km

COURSE OVERVIEW

Any rest will be short-lived, because before reaching San Juan, the competitors will have a particularly busy schedule: quite simply the longest special stage in the rally, which is varied enough to unsettle even the most experienced of drivers. Hard terrain at the start of the race will be followed by dusty sections in the middle of the day and a sandy stretch to finish. This is the first real test, which can only be successfully overcome through constant vigilance.

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 natron008 on January 5, 2015 at 1:27pm

That would have been fun to watch!!

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Permalink Reply by Dan on January 5, 2015 at 1:27pm

Longest stage of the rally, how many cars will succumb ?

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Permalink Reply by JP on January 5, 2015 at 1:27pm

hopefully the 8 mins is an indicator that he skipped some checkpoints/waypoints. Can't believe he'd be that much faster

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Permalink Reply by Carlos Durazo on January 5, 2015 at 1:31pm

Its around 1 second faster every km, very impresive. WRC style stage suited for Nasser.

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Permalink Reply by Nick Scott on January 5, 2015 at 1:37pm

I doubt he would skip WPs. Years ago he got into trouble when he discovered that the penalty for skipping a waypoint was much less then the time gained. So he started skipping them. Afterwards, the ASO had to add a "Nasser rule", making intentional skipping a DQ offense.