Jan 12th, 2016 Dakar Rally Stage 9 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 9 of the 2016 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon start time: 7:37am/et, Sheldon Creed start time: 8:49am/et.


STAGE 9 TRACKING


STAGE 9: BELEN > BELEN

Connection 111km | Special Stage 285km | Total 396km

COURSE OVERVIEW

This loop stage will not really be one for motorbikes and quad bikes, which will finish the first part of this second marathon stage in an isolated bivouac. Prior to this they will have spent the day, alongside the drivers in the other categories, almost entirely off-piste, both in the vegetation-scattered dunes and on harder terrains, sometimes on river beds. Physically, the day might prove to be a significant challenge, as the mercury soars. The hardiest drivers will also be those who are the most clear headed, able to make the right navigational choices, a major challenge of this special section.

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 WJM on January 12, 2016 at 11:44am
Next to the cancellation in 2008, this could be the worst Dakar ever.
Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 12, 2016 at 11:47am

Same year the boat got stranded right??


Memory eludes me.
Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 12, 2016 at 12:01pm

Guess no one remembers the boat with the broken prop.

Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 12, 2016 at 12:19pm

I feel so alone!!

Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on January 12, 2016 at 11:50am

Reminds me of how I felt when the COT was launched. Strange rules like Lucky Dogs, Wave Arounds, Tandem drafting etc followed. This is the opposite of what RG likes. Either all the same (like IROC or SST) or open the rule book up. This hybrid only benefits the big $$ teams that can eek out HP with tons of engineering.

Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 12, 2016 at 11:52am

Rules in the trash and lets go racing folks.

Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 12, 2016 at 11:54am

As long as we don't have to listen to!!

Boogity Boogity Boogity.

Permalink Reply by alan4s on January 12, 2016 at 11:56am

I actually liked tandem drafting. It was interesting to see who worked good with whom. Tended to favor multi-car teams somewhat, but I liked those races.

Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on January 12, 2016 at 12:00pm

I didn't mind it, but it only existed because of unintended consequences. When you tighten the rules only the high dollar teams can get those 10th of a second back. The privateers can't. You create 2 classes. For Dakar the rules created 15 competitive cars and the rest are racing to say they did.

Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on January 12, 2016 at 12:12pm

I am still in confusion as to the restrictor size, I thought the Gordini was 100% FIA specs yet from my understanding the restrictor is for FIA/Score?

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 12, 2016 at 12:16pm

39mm for us and single stage turbos
38mm dual stage turbos
37 for the Toyota's and Ford of Pons

Permalink Reply by Speed Freak 7 on January 12, 2016 at 12:20pm

I thought we had a 37mm, thanks for the clearing that up

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