Dakar Rally

rdjones · 30 Dec 2004, 21:04 (Ref:1190109)

Well its that time of year again. The Dakar Rally is here again, this years event has a record entry. Once again Colin McRae will be there in his Nissan and he will be up againest all the usual suspects. It looks like its going to be a great event again. So I thought I'd better start a Daker thread, so here it is.

BTW the offical Daker website can be found at:- http://www.dakar.com/2005/us/index.html

**FIRE** · 30 Dec 2004, 21:22 (Ref:1190126)

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Originally Posted by rdjones

Well its that time of year again. The Dakar Rally is here again, this years event has a record entry.

Does someone know were I can find an entrylist?

rdjones · 30 Dec 2004, 21:26 (Ref:1190128)

Try the website?

**FIRE** · 30 Dec 2004, 21:34 (Ref:1190137)

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Originally Posted by rdjones

Try the website?

I did but can't find it. You are able to search on Name or N° Team (isn't working) but I want 1 list with all cars, trucks and motocycle entries. I also looked on www.motorsport.com.

grasser26 · 31 Dec 2004, 11:35 (Ref:1190437)

Tyr Clicking on the competitors link on the offical website it worked for me (top right hand side of page

Cryos · 31 Dec 2004, 12:23 (Ref:1190466)

Volkswagen with their 2/3 drivers will definatly be there, http://www.vw-racing.com has the volkswagen end of things on it i think.

Presume it will be the same as every year ?

**FIRE** · 31 Dec 2004, 13:24 (Ref:1190525)

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Originally Posted by grasser26

Tyr Clicking on the competitors link on the offical website it worked for me (top right hand side of page

Thanks for the link!

rdjones · 31 Dec 2004, 16:45 (Ref:1190625)

Well we are underway, the first stage has run today and things look like this:-

Cars:
1. Robby Gordon (US) Volkswagen 4min 20.2sec
2. Hiroshi Masuoka (Jap) Mitsubishi 2.7sec behind
3. Giniel De Villiers (SA) 3.5
4. Bruno Saby (Fra) Volkswagen 5.6
5. Luc Alphand (Fra) Mitsubishi 7.8
6. Jutta Kleinschmidt (Ger) Volkswagen 9.9

Selected others:
7. Ari Vatanen (Fin) Nissan 12
8. Colin McRae (GB) Nissan 13.9
13. Juha Kankkunen (FIN) Volkswagen 23.2

Motorbikes
1. David Fretigne (Fra) Yamaha 4min 11.6sec
2. Cyril Despres (Fra) KTM 8.1sec behind
3. Eric Verhoef (Ned) KTM 13.0
4. Arjan Brouwer (Ned) Yamaha 21.0
5. Kellon Walch (US) KTM 26.7
6. Janis Vinters (Lat) KTM 28.1

gttouring · 31 Dec 2004, 16:53 (Ref:1190628)

wow Robby Gordon- take it home!
the VAG volkswagen assault is huge
16 cars or something like that
(www.motorsportvortex.com) and like 60 people

**FIRE** · 31 Dec 2004, 17:11 (Ref:1190636)

Trucks:
1 524 BEKX / WILLEMS / MAESSEN DAF 05' 20" 00' 00"
2 520 KABIROV / BELYAEV / MOKEEV KAMAZ 05' 35" 00' 15"
3 521 DE ROOY (senior) / COLEBUNDERS / SMULDERS DAF 05' 36" 00' 16"
4 525 MARDEEV / KONOPKO / GOLUB KAMAZ 05' 43" 00' 23"
5 516 DE ROOIJ (junior) / COLSOUL / SLAATS DAF 05' 46" 00' 26"

luke · 31 Dec 2004, 19:17 (Ref:1190712)

Yeah Robby Gordon has done amazing to get were he has.

Kicking-back · 31 Dec 2004, 19:41 (Ref:1190728)

One (very short) prologue stage tells us very little

**FIRE** · 31 Dec 2004, 19:47 (Ref:1190732)

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Originally Posted by Kicking-back

One (very short) prologue stage tells us very little

Indeed, you can only loose the Dakar in this prologue.

429CJ · 31 Dec 2004, 19:54 (Ref:1190737)

Other well known names on Dakar:
Ukyo Katayama, Toyota
Cor Euser, Honda
Massimo Biasion, Iveco
Markku Alén, Iveco

Amaroo Park · 2 Jan 2005, 02:49 (Ref:1191376)

How is Ari doing? I see on the first day he was 7th

Crowestar · 2 Jan 2005, 06:56 (Ref:1191430)

He's not that far behind but there is still a LONG LONG way to go.

**Adam43** · 2 Jan 2005, 10:08 (Ref:1191494)

It is interesting that McRae wanted to make sure that he was up front to avoid the dust early on in Africa (30th Dec Autosport). I didn't realise it was that much of an issue. You imagine they get spread out well once the big stages start, but then the dust probably hangs around for a long time.

**Asp** · 2 Jan 2005, 11:48 (Ref:1191523)

Already serious dissapointment for one

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BBC Sport Online
Denis Comte has pulled out of the motorcycle section of the Dakar Rally.
The Frenchman had all his official documents, money and credit cards stolen from his service van in Barcelona and could not continue.

How devastating it must be to be forced out before the rally "proper" begins, especially due to something that is not related to his ability to race the bike...

**Asp** · 2 Jan 2005, 13:42 (Ref:1191597)

There's always one slightly different car on the rally every year, and this year it's this

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Originally Posted by Eurosport.com

Heads were turned when the cars swept into Barcelona for the Dakar verification this week, but the thousands of fans weren't gawping at the daunting Mitsubishis, the glorious Nissans or the mighty Volkswagens but a strange contraption that looked very much like, yes, they smiled generously, a 2CV!

I will follow its progress with great interest!!

**FIRE** · 2 Jan 2005, 13:42 (Ref:1191598)

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Originally Posted by Asp

Already serious dissapointment for one

How devastating it must be to be forced out before the rally "proper" begins, especially due to something that is not related to his ability to race the bike...

Gregoire Mevious passport and creditcard were also stolen at a petrol station in Spain.

**FIRE** · 2 Jan 2005, 13:49 (Ref:1191603)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asp

There's always one slightly different car on the rally every year, and this year it's this

I will follow its progress with great interest!!

Cor Euser was not happy with the 2CV in the prologue in Barcelona....

**Asp** · 2 Jan 2005, 16:19 (Ref:1191658)

Everyone is now catching the ferries after completing the short special this morning.
Just for information (if this effects the final results in any way I'll be shocked) David Fretigne won again on the 2WD Yamaha in the bikes; whilst Colin McRae won his first stage of the rally and third overall. Both of the stage winners also lead overall into Africa.

Other news - Alfie Cox is on painkillers for inflamed ligaments after his tumble on stage 1. Not the best start to the rally, hopefully it'll clear quickly otherwise he'll be struggling when the longer stages hit...

Amaroo Park · 2 Jan 2005, 22:03 (Ref:1191883)

Ari is up to 3rd I see not bad for an old bloke

cybersdorf · 2 Jan 2005, 22:20 (Ref:1191899)

Says Peter Brock, on the subject of Robby Gordon's exploits so far:

"“Not too bad for a “beginner”, huh? Robby is just flat incredible in the dirt… you just can’t appreciate this guy’s talent in NASCAR, where the performance of the cars is so limited. But go down to Baja and watch him..It’s just amazing. I think he may surprise a few people in Africa."

And Africa just may surprise him. Baja sprinty things (with a cosy service halt every 50km) are one thing, so is a quick squirt around the local beach in Barcelona - two weeks in the desert are something else entirely.

**GTRMagic** · 3 Jan 2005, 00:29 (Ref:1191962)

Robby Gordon has looked quick in every motorsport discipline he has tried... sadly there isnt a lot of evidence of staying power

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