Jan 6th, 2016 Dakar Rally Stage 4 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 4 of the 2016 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finished 16th in Stage 3, and his teammate, Sheldon Creed, finished 25th. The special section of Stage 4 is 418km. Robby Gordon start time: 8:04am/et, Sheldon Creed start time: 8:14am/et. Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2016 Dakar Rally.


2016 Stage 3 Photos


STAGE 4 TRACKING


STAGE 4: SAN SALVADOR DE JUJUY > SAN SALVADOR DE JUJUY

Connection 201km | Special Stage 418km | Total 619km

COURSE OVERVIEW

Marathon 1: No Mechanics! On many levels, the competitors face their first real test here. The special section takes place at an average of 3,500m altitude, with incessant changes in pace resulting from alternating sandy and rocky terrain. This grueling route will be on the agenda when everyone already has 2,500km in the saddle or bucket seat, which is already exhausting for the lower placed drivers. First and foremost, this is the start of a very particular marathon stage, with a closed area for the vehicles... and for the competitors.

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 Tooltime on January 6, 2016 at 12:23pm

I cant remember what I did yesterday myself to try and remember what RG and KW did to deserve a penalty. What a bummer. Whats this whole Mulligan thing about and could it be applied to RG and KW?

Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on January 6, 2016 at 12:23pm
When I get back to my desk I will study the possible 1h penalties.
Permalink Reply by Gary Ford on January 6, 2016 at 12:23pm

Top 10 for Robby and Top 20 for Sheldon----Pretty good day I'd say.

Permalink Reply by TOG on January 6, 2016 at 12:24pm

Stage 4 UPDATE at FINISH

1.Peterhansel
2.Sainz +11s
3.Loeb +27s
4.Al-Attiyah +4m57s

10.GORDON +8m34s
17.CREED +11m38s

Permalink Reply by paul on January 6, 2016 at 12:26pm

why penalty Robby 1 hour today??? some know

Permalink Reply by paul on January 6, 2016 at 12:26pm

why penalty Robby 1 hour today??? some know

Permalink Reply by Stephan on January 6, 2016 at 12:26pm

A great day!

Looking forward to tomorrows stage already!

Permalink Reply by Kevin Urie on January 6, 2016 at 12:26pm

I wonder if RG took his elite driver mulligan today after the penalty was announced and hence why he was pushed back from where he stood overall at the end of yesterday.

Permalink Reply by GLuce on January 6, 2016 at 12:36pm

IF that were the case, the team would certainly know about it, it's been said they have no idea. Hoping for a mistake on scoring it

Permalink Reply by Kevin Urie on January 6, 2016 at 12:46pm

Good point.

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 6, 2016 at 12:40pm

I'm going to say no-
The penalty looks to be from Stage2 and wasn't accessed until after Stage 3.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Urie on January 6, 2016 at 12:47pm

That would make sense considering the time, and it took Roma 1hr to get out of a similar situation on his own. Problem is there is footage of others using the tractor and they do not appear to be penalized. Then again it is the NSO and Robby Gordon.

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