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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wow the time Nasser made up between 5 and 6 should be good news for RG

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Wow thanks Goya, I would not want to try to go up that hill :{)

Insane!

wow

That looks pretty scary.

I wish there was a high resolution jpg out there of that shot.

:)

That takes some cojones!

That's definitely an "oh shit bar" moment.... white knuckled! haha!

Was on the route in 10 or 11? Angle is skewed in that pic, more like this:

Either way, it's still steep compared to anything I've seen in USofA and that isn't even a long drop as other pics.

3 E tickets for this ride

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