Jan 13th, 2015 Dakar Rally Stage 9 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from stage 9 of the 2015 Dakar Rally. After a much needed rest day, the team is ready to score their first stage win of the rally. The special section of stage 9 is 451km long. Robby Gordon start time: 8:51am/et, and he will be the 17th car off the line. After a 43rd place finish in stage 8, Gordon sits 24th in the overall standings, 6h53m behind. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2015 Dakar Rally.


2015 Stage 8 Photos


STAGE 9 TRACKING


STAGE 9: IQUIQUE > CALAMA

Connection 88km | Special Stage 451km | Total 539km

COURSE OVERVIEW

For this farewell session to the Atacama Desert, all the competitors will come together once again for the special stage, with fifty-odd kilometres over sand and dunes. They should revel in these sensations because the next stage will put both drivers and their teams into much less comfortable positions. The routes have suff ered the rages of time and will be equally harsh on them: frequent potholes and bumps combined with the narrowness of the tracks will expose their vehicles’ bodywork to scratches.

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 Robert Silber on January 13, 2015 at 1:22pm

Following this race is such a joke---hard to imagine we are in the 21st century

Permalink Reply by natron008 on January 13, 2015 at 3:01pm

As much as I feel you pain, I love it - and it truly shows how remote these places are that these guys get to blast through!

Permalink Reply by Shadey on January 13, 2015 at 1:23pm

Robby dropped to 9th and still between WP 8 and 9.

Permalink Reply by Bob on January 13, 2015 at 1:28pm

Nasser was 8 seconds behind Roma before the WP problems, and is now shown as 2nd at the finish, 6 mins behind, so it seems that everyone except Roma had serious problems finding WP9. Many others are shown as loosing 20 mins or more, at WP10, apparently as a result of trying to find WP9, and then never finding it. Will Dakar give 1 hr penalties to all the top drivers who missed this WP? This would knock many big names out of contention if they do.

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 13, 2015 at 1:41pm

Stage 9 UPDATE at KM380 of 450

1) Roma
2) Al-Attiyah +5m29s
3) Vasilyev +13m34s
4) De Villiers +21m54s
5) Alrajhi +21m54s

8) GORDON +34m17s

Permalink Reply by timothy price on January 13, 2015 at 1:46pm

dammit just got booted from chat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Permalink Reply by Mike taylor on January 13, 2015 at 1:48pm
Lol @dakar
Cars wp 9-4 finish-7
Bikes wp 9-5 finish-47
Quads wp 9-1 finish-8
Well that should make for some interesting decisions by ASO if those numbers r remotely true
Permalink Reply by John Schulte on January 13, 2015 at 2:01pm
Should be some comical videos to watch tomorrow of everyone driving around in circles looking for WP9.
Permalink Reply by Mike taylor on January 13, 2015 at 2:19pm
for sure
Permalink Reply by patricio garcia on January 13, 2015 at 2:03pm

RG should have finished by now, he was 5min. Behind terranova on wp11

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

The 32nd and 33rd place cars are the only other cars which are currently shown as having successfully found WP9, aside from Roma and Yazeed up front. Peterhansel has apparently broken down and has not moved for almost 2 hours now.

Permalink Reply by George Barnes on January 13, 2015 at 2:19pm

Bikes don't even list a WP9 and only one quad is listed at WP9

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