Dakar and Rally-Raid discussion...

[Tom908V12]

Hi

I looked far away among the threads of this section and didn't found one talking about rally-raid in general(not only Dakar, then)

So I decided to create it

The coming event in Rally-Raid is Rallye Oilybia du Maroc(Morocco)next week

Many Dakar teams will take part to it(X-Raid Minis, Peugeot, Toyota South Africa,...)and among them the newcomer in this activity: Sébastien Loeb, who will drive a Peugeot 2008 DKR
Daniel Elena will navigate him as codriver

It will be usefull as preparation of the 2016 Dakar

Full entrylist and news and pictures will be on http://rallyemaroc.npo.fr/

PS: note that the talented Young biker girl from Spain Laia Sanz has left Honda(she finished 9th in 2015 Dakar with the team)to drive a factory KTM in Morocco and Dakar 2016

[BertMk2]

Rally raid doesn't get a lot of coverage really outside of the Dakar. There certainly seems to be a lot of interest in the next Dakar though with some big name drivers coming in. I'll keep an eye on that site for some video clips - got to love rally raid slo-mo shots!

[peetleouf]

Interesting performance boost for Peugeot but fiability far from perfect.
Not so much time before Dakar.

[NaBUru38]

Mini XRaid has 12 entries in the 2016 Dakar Rally:

Nasser Al Attiyah - Mathieu Baumel
Nani Roma - Alex Haro
Erik van Loon - Wouter Rosegaar
Mikko Hirvonen - Michel Périn
Orlando Terranova - Bernardo Graue
Nazareno López - Sergio Lafuente
Boris Garafulic - Filipe Palmeiro
Adam Malysz - Xavier Panseri
Jakub Przygonski - Andrei Rudnitski
Harry Hunt - Andreas Schulz
Guo Meiling - Min Liao
Stephan Scott - Holm Schmidt

[rallycrossnl]

http://www.rtlxl.nl/#!/rtl-gp-dakar-...3-07972dd57339

Broadcast of the RTL7 Dakar PreProloog, the largest one day dakar related event in Europa at the Eurocircuit, Valkenswaar, the Netherlands. In dutch. You'll probably need Hola (set to holland/netherlands) or another anonymizer to watch it.

[NaBUru38]

Is that a rally sprint? Which drivers are attending?

[FIRE]

Most of the Dutch moto, car and truck drivers take part.

[canamman]

2016 Dakar link. Let the madness begin.
http://www.dakar.com/index_DAKus.html

[canamman]

Stage 1 cancelled today due to heavy rains which
flooded the course roads to badly.

[NaBUru38]

The Dakar Rally is underway.

Results after stage 4 Jujuy-Jujuy:

Cars

1. Sébastien Loeb (FRA, Peugeot) 09:44'51
2. Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA, Peugeot) + 04'
3. Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT, Mini) + 11'
4. Leeroy Poulter (RSA, Toyota) + 12'
5. Carlos Sainz (ESP, Peugeot) + 13'
6. Giniel de Villiers (RSA, Toyota) + 13'
7. Mikko Hirvonen (FIN, Mini) + 15'
8. Cyril Déspres (FRA, Peugeot) + 16'
9. Bernhard Ten Brinke (NED, Toyota) + 19'
10. Vladimir Vasilyev (RUS, Toyota) + 20'
11. Yazeed Al Rahji (SAU, Toyota) + 21'
12. Emiliano Spataro (ARG, Renault) + 25'
13. Erik Van Loon (NED, Mini) + 39'
14. Jakub Przygonski (POL, Mini) + 42'
15. Orlando Terranova (ARG, Mini) + 43'
16. Martin Prokop (CZE, Toyota) + 44'

Bikes

1. Paulo Goncalvez (POR, Honda) 10:17'27
2. Kevin Benavides (ARG, Honda) + 04'
3. Joan Barreda Bort (ESP, Honda) + 05'
4. Stefan Svitko (SVK, KTM) + 08'
5. Ruben Faria (POR, Husqvarna) + 08'
6. Mathias Walkner (AUT, KTM) + 09' -
7. Pablo Quintanilla (CHI, Husqvarna) + 10'
8. Toby Price (AUS, KTM) + 10'
9. Antoine Meo (FRA, KTM) + 13'
10. Alain Duclos (FRA, Sherco) + 14'

Quads

1. Ignacio Casale (CHI, Yamaha) 11:55'41
2. Marcelo Medeiros (BRA, Yamaha) + 11'
3. Alejandro Patronelli (ARG, Yamaha) + 14'
4. Alexis Hernández (PER, Yamaha) + 15'
5. Marcos Patronelli (ARG, Yamaha) + 17'
6. Jerem?*as González Ferioli (ARG, Yamaha) + 19'
7. Rafal Sonik (POL, Yamaha) + 20'
8. Sergei Karyakin (RUS, Yamaha) + 21'
9. Mohammed Abu-Issa (QAT, Honda) + 21'
10. Enrique Umbert Okumura (PER, Yamaha) + 26'

Trucks

1. Pieter Versluis (NED, Man) 10:20'34
2. Hans Stacey (NED, Man) + 00'15
3. Federico Villagra (ARG, Iveco) + 02'
4. Gerard De Rooy (NED, Iveco) + 04'
5. Airat Marddeev (RUS, Kamaz) + 09'
6. Ton Van Genugten (NEWD, Iveco) + 13'

[NaBUru38]

By the way, a new Argentine president took office a month ago. He's Mauricio Macri, former Boca Junior president. He has reduced export tariffs (the Kirchners had done it), dropped exchange controls and made other hardcore policies.

Now the minister of tourism has claimed that they aim to keep the Dakar Rally.

[BertMk2]

That Loeb fella isn't bad at this rallying lark is he?

I've not seen too much of the coverage of this but it looks like a decent event this year and the top of those standings has got some quality drivers there hasn't it? I'll have to find some more coverage somewhere.

[NaBUru38]

In the UK the Dakar Rally airs on Eurosport.

http://tv.eurosport.co.uk/search.shtml?query=Dakar

[NaBUru38]

A Venezuelan team crossed South America to enter the race.

http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/20...ina_bolivia_mr

[canamman]

Originally Posted by BertMk2

I'll have to find some more coverage somewhere.

Try Here:
http://motorsports.nbcsports.com/201...r-rally-video/

[canamman]

I am surprised and not surprised at the same
time how well Loeb is doing in his first Dakar.

Robby Gordon said on camera he will have to
rethink his Dakar program and that he probably wont be
back next year. That Gordini just seems snakebit.
Moreover, you have to make a lot of really good
decisions all the time . Gordon did not make a good
decision in a giant mud hole (I think in stage 2) and last
year made a bad decision in some giant sand dunes.
Throw in a penalty or 2 and your Dakar is toast.
Baja 1000 and stadium trucks probably better suits his style.

[NaBUru38]

Results after stage6 Uyuni-Uyuni:

Cars

1. Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA, Peugeot) 18:26'20
2. Sébastien Loeb (FRA, Peugeot) + 00'27
3. Carlos Sainz (ESP, Peugeot) + 06'
4. Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT, Mini) +15'
5. Giniel de Villiers (RSA, Toyota) + 29'
6. Mikko Hirvonen (FIN, Mini) + 29'
7. Leeroy Poulter (RSA, Toyota) + 34'
8. Yazeed Al Rahji (SAU, Toyota) + 37'
9. Vladimir Vasilyev (RUS, Toyota) + 42'
10. Emiliano Spataro (ARG, Renault) + 57'
11. Orlando Terranova (ARG, Mini) + 58'
12. Erik Van Loon (NED, Mini) + 1:03'
13. Nani Roma (ESP, Mini) + 1:14'
17. Cyril Déspres (FRA, Peugeot) + 1: 40'
18. Martin Prokop (CZE, Toyota) +1:41'

Bikes

1. Paulo Goncalvez (POR, Honda) 20:23'07
2. Toby Price (AUS, KTM) + 00'35
3. Mathias Walkner (AUT, KTM) + 03'
4. Stefan Svitko (SVK, KTM) + 05'
5. Pablo Quintanilla (CHI, Husqvarna) + 15'
6. Helder ROdriguez (POR, Yamaha) + 20'
7. Kevin Benavides (ARG, Honda) + 21'
8. Antoine Meo (FRA, KTM) + 23'
9. Alain Duclos (FRA, Sherco) + 26'
10. Juan Pedrero Garc?*a (ESP, Sherco) + 27'

Quads

1. Alejandro Patronelli (ARG, Yamaha) 24:01'27
2. Marcos Patronelli (ARG, Yamaha) + 3'
3. Sergei Karyakin (RUS, Yamaha) + 5'
4. Alexis Hernández (PER, Yamaha) + 21'
5. Jerem?*as González Ferioli (ARG, Yamaha) + 25'
6. Nosiglia (BOL, Honda) + 32'

Trucks

1. Hans Stacey (NED, Man) 17:05'09
2. Pieter Versluis (NED, Man) + 01'
3. Federico Villagra (ARG, Iveco) + 04'
4. Gerard De Rooy (NED, Iveco) + 05'
5. Airat Marddeev (RUS, Kamaz) + 12'

Joan Barreda Bort, Ruben Faria (bikes), Ignacio Casale, Marcelo Medeiros, Rafal Sonik (quads) are out.

[FIRE]

Is X-Raid Mini losing it's dominance?

[BertMk2]

Originally Posted by FIRE

Is X-Raid Mini losing it's dominance?

Yes - but that's to be expected with a works Peugeot team there. How much factory backing does that MINI have?

[canamman]

That will be fun to watch - Peterhansel vs Loeb.

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by BertMk2

Yes - but that's to be expected with a works Peugeot team there. How much factory backing does that MINI have?

Even without the Pugs there are lot's of Toyota's in top 10.

[NaBUru38]

I don't think that X-Raid gets that much support. I think it's the sponsors.

[justracing]

Originally Posted by FIRE

Is X-Raid Mini losing it's dominance?

Could be a different story when they tackle the dunes!

[canamman]

Flag on the field . Loeb rolled the pug in stage 8. Lost an hour. Ouch.

[tbtstt]

Originally Posted by canamman

Flag on the field . Loeb rolled the pug in stage 8. Lost an hour. Ouch.

Massive shame: was really hope he could continue to challenge through week two.