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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Permalink Reply by Panos Papanicolaou on January 11, 2015 at 11:55am

I agree with you Thomas.But here it is ASO rules and regulations.
I' m still confused whether yesterday was an actual stage in itself or was it just the first section of the Marathon stage? Hence, the numbering of the WPs today.I'm still waiting for WP 13.

Permalink Reply by Bill McPherson on January 11, 2015 at 12:14pm

Yazeed is showing 1st thur WP13.

Permalink Reply by patricio garcia on January 11, 2015 at 12:18pm

AAANNNDDD the timing starts again!!!!!!!

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 11, 2015 at 12:24pm

yeah it looks like the neutral section was between WP12 and WP13, and didn't begin at WP10 like was stated on Dakar site

So if that's the case, then RG is down an hour.
Wake me when they get to the finish..lol..
Permalink Reply by RICK ALDRIDGE on January 11, 2015 at 12:29pm

looks like they put the big downhill into the neutral section. Probably too scary for everyone except RG:-)

Permalink Reply by Luis Fernandez on January 11, 2015 at 12:48pm

Dakar changing the rules as the race goes along, AGAIN.

Permalink Reply by J Hertogh on January 11, 2015 at 12:52pm

Is it just me or is the Dakar website not reporting right now?

Permalink Reply by Sandi Parker on January 11, 2015 at 1:03pm

Al Rajhi 1st stage win? ... cool ... jeje

Permalink Reply by greg r on January 11, 2015 at 1:26pm

Robby Just showed up at WP13

Permalink Reply by Zachary Hayward on January 11, 2015 at 1:38pm

12 spots up at that but time still the same..

Permalink Reply by patricio garcia on January 11, 2015 at 2:02pm

according to dakar, RG is in 33rd, 4H34m15sec. total time

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 11, 2015 at 2:13pm

4:34:15 was total scored stage time.,just to be clear what's being talked about

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