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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that is what I saw for it's engine

Thanks, t has been a while and I thought it was a 3.0. Used by Audi

Dakar.com has 353 Herbie in 29th overall.

Kudos on the 5th stage!!! Very nice consistent and fast drive!
After the mishap in section 2, you were fastest or almost fastest in many of the remaining sections! VERY nice!
We're cheering for you !!!!!!!
Thanks for this site and the big-production videos and all you do to enhance the sport and make it easier for us to follow you and cheer you on (and make a great investment for your sponsors). We really hope you get the overall win, one of these years. Maybe next year with a year-old and tested car?
Go Team Robby!

Yazeed ain't no joke! Will be hard to beat when he brings the Hummer next year.

Congrats on stage 5!!! I'm not going to watch anymore because I'm affraid I bring the bad luck....

I think the Hummer Robby sold to Yazeed must have some good Karma in it? Whatever it is it rubbed off on him, because dude can drive! Dakar 2016 Gordon and Yazeed?

Think that is his plan? Or will he stay with the Hilux as it seems to be his Rally Raid ride of choice over the past year. Hummer did see a Rally win (or Podium) this past November in a smaller UAE Rally:

HHH - is that is plan?
If so - that ain't a joke!
Dude will "faster"

Can someone please explain how Vasilyev #310 gain 9 min+/- from WP2 to WP3?

He took a shorter route. From the coverage I saw on Eurosport TV you could see for miles the dust trails. So he just probably picked on off in the distance and cut off a whole section?

Wow, that Pug roll over was awesome yeah ha-ha- kinda thing

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