Jan 11th, 2015 Dakar Rally Stage 8 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from stage 8 of the 2015 Dakar Rally. This is the second half of the Marathon stage. The special section of stage 8 is 781km long. Robby Gordon start time: 5:25am/et, and he will be the 9th car off the line. After a 9th place finish in stage 7, Gordon sits 23rd in the overall standings, 5h48m behind. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2015 Dakar Rally.


2015 Stage 7 Photos


STAGE 8 TRACKING


STAGE 8: UYUNI > IQUIQUE

Connection 24km | Special Stage 781km | Total 805km

COURSE OVERVIEW

The Dakar bows to the laws of nature. Hence, the weather will decide which route will be taken to leave Bolivia. If it’s dry, the start could take place in the Salar de Uyuni, for a 100km route across a smooth road of white salt: full throttle and foot to the floor! The route then slows down abruptly, with the longest part of the special stage taking place on more technical mountain terrain. The day will end with more than 40km of dunes, concluding with the vertiginous descent to Iquique.



The GREEN section of the route is the connection , the RED is the Special Section of the stage.

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ditto

Oh come on, we can't be last among our group of 5.

Now nasser Devilliers Peterpuffer Vlad Yazeed

I think Nasser started 4 seconds early at the starting line. Then others followed except for Gordon who started on time.

showing 9th 3:57 back

Gordon 9th out 0f 10

CHAT!!!

+1

The cars listed as in 1st to 4th place all started in the second group, 5 mins behind the first group to start the race. How can that be ?

it's based on time

You're right Mike…..not been to sleep here yet tonight, so not good with numbers….

I am surprised no one has hit that big rock coming off the lake

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