Jan 8th, 2015 Dakar Rally Stage 5 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 5 of the 2015 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon had a disappointing 47th place finish in stage 4. The special section of Stage 5 is 458km long. Robby Gordon start time: 10:49am/et, and he will be the 18th car off the line. Gordon sits 39th in the overall standings, 5h47m behind. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2015 Dakar Rally.

2015 Stage 4 Photos

STAGE 5 TRACKING

STAGE 5: COPIAPO > ANTOFAGASTA

Connection 239km | Special Stage 458km | Total 697km

COURSE OVERVIEW

This is the first of the rare special stages in which all categories will compete. At the start of the race, the most confident drivers will be able to take advantage of the fast tracks to try to move up in the overall standings. But the temptation to do so may be risky, particularly in the hard-to-handle fesh-fesh areas where absolute self-control is the only guarantee of success. Overtaking here requires precision handling to the extreme.

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 Blain on January 8, 2015 at 8:22am

Only a total of 66 competitors out of a total of 91 listed to start today are still competing for the overall and have completed all stages.

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Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on January 8, 2015 at 7:58am

Great video nice job. Good luck today. Gas on !

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Permalink Reply by Jim Schmitt on January 8, 2015 at 9:20am

Part of the reason I follow what Robby is doing is because he is a privateer. I grew tired of all the cronyism in NASCRAP where the teams with corporate $$ received special treatment. I don't see that in Dakar. I like the notion of team speed energy getting out and marketing to all those people one on one. If the effort is self sustaining financially why not keep going year after year with the single car team. Along the way you make big improvements to the car and team and if you hit the combination on that special year you put yourself in a position to win.