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#51 ARTGP

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Posted 05 January 2022 - 03:53

The Toyota with no data logger should have been a DSQ from the stage, but that’s not good for the show lol.

Imagine an F1 car participating in a session with no fuel flow meter...

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#52 William Hunt

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Posted 05 January 2022 - 08:21

Actually it would have been better for the show had they disqualified him since he was already quite far ahead in the standings, so a DQ would make it more unpredictable who will win



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Posted 05 January 2022 - 08:57

I'm following it this season, and having a blast.  :up:

I watch the 1-hour long end of the day resumes on Eurosport: quite insightful & they cover the main events of the stage.

 

Shame for Loeb yesterday, he lost half an hour, now Al Attiyah is far alone in front.

But hey, Dakar is long!

Loved to see the full electrical E-Tron getting the win yesterday.

 

Rooting for Sanders in the bikes

 

 

btw
Nice stuff on Tom Coronel's YT

 

 


Edited by thegamer23, 05 January 2022 - 09:44.


#54 Alex79

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Posted 05 January 2022 - 17:14

Today stage 4 is not the longest in total, but with 465 km it is the longest timed special. And just like I expected, in the bikes Joan Barreda is as predictable as a clock. Starts 24th. follows the tracks of the others who were searching an hour earlier and zooms through everything. So Bang Bang wins the second stage for Honda. Tomorrow he has to start the stage so like any regular clock he goes cuckoo in the navigation, if he's smart, he'll do the same as Daniel Sanders and stop for a snack. A bigger surpise is the resurfaced Danilo Petrucci. The former Ducati / Tech3 MotoGP was supposed to have broken down and pulled out, but he's not. Yes he has a monstrous time penalty, but he is still ranked, despite losing smartphone, wallet and papers (this will get interesting when he has to leave the Peninsula)

 

Today he pulled the same stunt as Barreda and it almost was enough for a podium. Almost, as he was slapped with another 10 minutes timepenalty and dropped from 3rd to 15th. Behind Barreda came a whole roost of late starters: Quintanilla (2nd), Santolino(4th), Rui Gonçalves (3rd) and Luciano Benavides (5th). The early starters all lost time, ranging from 14min for Sanders after a tumble to half an hour for Price and Rodrigues. "Der Neuralgischen Punkt" hits again. After careful mixing and blending the standings is now led by...  Sam Sunderland. He has a 3 min lead on Mattias Walkner, Adrien van Beveren is 3rd on almost 5 min and Lorenzo Santolino turns into a quiet outsider in 5th, 8 min back, even before Quintanilla and Barreda, who have to make up 15 minutes.

 

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In the cars Henk Lategan tried again. The Toyota driver lost a possible win yesterday and until half of the stage he was the fastest of all. But after km239 that same rearwheel that bugged him earlier fell off again. As of now he's still stuck in the stage waiting for assistance. Same goes for Audi driver Peterhansel, who broke a rear axle after two WP's. It triggered a chain reaction punched a hole through the radiator. The Frenchman had to be towed out. Edit: Nani Roma rolled the Jag after a crash and the Spaniard could not continue after a wheel fell off, he was towed back to the start. Benedictus Vanagas got off even worse, he crashed after 10 clicks on camera and abandoned. Romain Dumas also quit, the gearbox of his rental Toyota was damaged beyond repair and Guirlain Chicherit crashed as he jumped over a hill too fast.

 

So while everybody is dropping like flies, who's still driving. Al Attiyah is, Loeb is and Yazeed Al Rahji is. It looked like the Saudi privateer would win a stage today in the T1+ V8 Toyota, but he copped a penalty for speeding and had to let the win go to Al Attiyah again, Loeb came in 2nd 28s back, Sainz clocked third despite a damaged wheelbearing. Bernard ten Brinke had a good day and came in eighth. The Coronel brothers clocked a 27th time, so Tom must be driving (he mostly enjoys the landscape and making the YT video, while Tim is bit more competitive and likes to race more). It also looks like the Plaza family, who got some airtime the last days while struggling in their Renault buggy, did not start today. Manuel Plaza had a nasty hand injury and the car itself had suspension troubles. But the final nail in the coffin was a crash with a truck that broke the transmission  :mad:  Too bad, they tried real hard.

 

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In the Light protos there could have been a 1-2-3 for Red Bull Offroad. But again, technical issues hindered a clean sweep. Seth Quintero was fastest all day and clocked another stage win, Guillaume de Mevius used a joker so he could start in top10 today instead of last in the field, and the Belgian came through 2nd with almost 8 minutes distance. Cristina Gutierrez was in 3rd for most of the stage, but she lost 15 minutes in the end (probably puncture) and saw Chaleco Lopez grab 3rd spot. Lopez also stays first in the standings, teammate Sebastian Ericsson also had a stop for a tirechange and came in fifth. The Swede remains 2nd overall 20 minutes behind Lopez. Pavel Lebedev drops out of the podium as he lost 3 hours today after he got stuck on top of a dune and Hans Weijs suprised by bringing the Arcane buggy home in 6th. They removed a problematic clutch yesterday evening and installed an upgraded version, it showed as Weijs suddenly had the speed to go in top10, but after the finish he had to turn back on the liaisonroute for a tankstop, as they almost ran out gas :eek: Michel Becx still has an older model clutch and that broke today shortly after the start. They did a field repair, but lost 5 hours already.

 

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In the trucks there is a bit of disappointment at Big Shock Racing. Their Iveco/Liaz has engine trouble because of faulty sensors, so it cuts to safe mode every 100 km's. With a 21st place the Czech cannot follow the battle of Russia versus Brabant where a  lone "peasant from Veldhoven" takes on the mighty Russian motherland :stoned: Well at least Janus van Kasteren got Andre Karginov so worked up he passed him and then broke down with transmission issues, losing 90 minutes. Van Kasteren even was in the lead for 100 clicks but at the end he lost five minutes too much, three Kamazki's were faster. Nikolaev,  Sotnikov and Shibalov. Mitchell vd Brink is also struggling, his older Iveco broke down with clutch problems shortly after the start, losing an hour. They still caught the limping truck of Macik and finished 20th. Ignacio Casale has stopped after a fire in his Tatra, ironically Richard de Groot's Firemen jump into top10 because of his troubles. Adversor et Admorsus!

 

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Edited by Alex79, 05 January 2022 - 20:39.


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Posted 05 January 2022 - 19:08

There was a crash filmed today and the drivers are ok

#56 Alex79

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Posted 05 January 2022 - 20:09

Sam Sunderland also crashed on the liasion part of the stage. He arrived in bivouac with severe neck pain. It's 50/50 if he can start tomorrow



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Posted 05 January 2022 - 22:47

There was a crash filmed today and the drivers are ok

 

Eh. Ok? Link? :p



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Posted 05 January 2022 - 22:59

this one made the evening edition of Eindhovens Dagblad: Benediktus Vanagas (note the Dakar chopper had the other angle)

 


Edited by Alex79, 05 January 2022 - 23:00.


#59 thegamer23

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Posted 06 January 2022 - 13:10

Petrucci is stealing the show in the bikes!  :clap:

3rd yesterday, 2ND place today behind Toby Price.

Without his techinical problem in Day 2 he could have been well inside the overall win fight, impressive from the KTM rookie.

 

A post-stage Pizza is well deserved

 

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Edited by thegamer23, 06 January 2022 - 15:06.


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Posted 06 January 2022 - 13:18

I'm following it this season, and having a blast.  :up:

I watch the 1-hour long end of the day resumes on Eurosport: quite insightful & they cover the main events of the stage. [...]

 

Loved to see the full electrical E-Tron getting the win yesterday.

I'm following the Eurosport programs as well for the first time, it's all very new to me. Turns out Audi's franken-electric FE/DTM demon-child is too interesting not to show at least some interest. The hydrogen fuel cell truck entry is oddly quite cool too. 



#61 sportyskells

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Posted 06 January 2022 - 14:43

Erm, did you missed the news, petrucci won the stage after Toby price for a pen for some reason so that pizza became his winning food

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Posted 06 January 2022 - 14:53

Grandissimo Petrux:clap:  :clap:



#63 Risil

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Posted 06 January 2022 - 14:54

That is super impressive from Danilo Petrucci



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Posted 06 January 2022 - 15:51

A lot going on today. First off the bikers / quads and the cars / trucks /ssv's had a separate route today and tomorrow they will switch. Second, a sandstorm interrupted the proceedings so the ASO has neutralized the stage for bikers and Dakar classics, any late competitors will get a banker time ( more to follow on that )

 

Penalties seem to define Danilo Petrucci's dakar debut. Yesterday a speeding penalty did deprive him of a podium, but thanks to that he received a 15th starting position. Petrux climbed steadily during the day from 12th to 9th to 8th and benefitted from navigational mistakes by for example Daniel Sanders and Kevin Benavides. In the end he was second on the stage but thanks to a penalty for Toby Price, he did not have to settle for the croutons, he got the whole Pizza! Gratulazione Quatro Stagione! EDIT: while I was typing this the tracker site went Bananas and declared Aaron Mare as the winner. But the ranking on the Dakar site still points at Petrux and now (1 hour later) the tracker classifies Mare in 36th place. Myth Busted!

 

Btw, according to Norbert Ockenga Toby Price's nickname in the bivouac is "Animal". I see the resemblance looking at his hair when he takes off the helmet :cat:

 

 

Behind Petrux Ross Branch came VERY close, but the Kalahari Ferrari stranded at two seconds. "Nacho" Cornejo Florimo resurfaced from the deepest pits of midfield to take third place, just like Ricky Brabec. Price was busted down to fifth. Sam Sunderland did start after his crash in the liaison, came in 13th and is still leading Walkner by two minutes. Adrien van Beveren stays third after 16th time in stage and Sanders crashed today and dislocated his shoulder. He popped it back in place (ow) and arrived in 14th place. He is losing ground bit by bit in the standings (fourth now). But so is everybody else behind him. Like I thought, Barreda came home 27th. But, it remains unclear if he will try to win the next stage tomorrow (Bang Bang is hunting Peterhansel's record 33 stagewins in the bikes category) as he had a fall and injured his shoulder. For Skyler Howes the rally is over, the Husky rider crashed. He did get to the end of the stage but complained of pain in his head, ankle and shoulders

 

In the cars we also start with penalties. Recap: Giniel de Villiers got a small 5 minute penalty for his first collison with a biker, but the FIM protested and there was evidence that de Villiers also slammed into a parked bike in that same stage. Der Grüne Tisch (TL Note: Green Table, German nickname for the Nurburgring stewards, it sticks in my head) has slapped De Villiers with a penalty of 5 hours for this second incident. Some of the online outrage at the first incident might have contributed to that.

 

After the destructive wednesday I think Peterhansel is right, they do not have crossed the path of a black cat, the black cat hopped on board the Audi's and is lashing out everytime it is in a bad mood. This time Carlos Sainz broke his suspension. Although Peterhansel and Ekström where at that point 2nd and 3rd on stage they stopped and the Frenchman "donated" his own suspension parts as he was already out of contention anyway. After an hour of tinkering the Spaniard got going again, he clocked a 48th time. Peterhansel also just arrived in 62nd place.

 

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Somewhat more happy faces at Toyota, as Henk Lategan finally proved three times is the charm, the former rallydriver was starting 16th and battled for a win with Lucio Alvarez, Matthieu Serradori and Sebastien Loeb, but at the finish he was the quickest. At first Henk did not believe it, as after the start his door broke and could not close again, so he had to tape it shut. After that he got a puncture midway and close before the finish the fuelpump sputtered. It resolved and "ja waaragtig Henk" you are stagewinner.

 

Loeb got 2nd by almost two minutes and Serradori dropped from 2 to 4 as he lost by only 14 secs against Alvarez old Toyota (old meaning new chassis, old V8 engine). Tom and Tim Coronel almost made the same mistake as Vanagas and Chicherit yesterday by taking some jumps way too fast. The Century landed hard on the nose but did not flip over, lucky shot. They came in 28th today. Bernard Ten Brinke was in contention for a top10 finish, but he lost 9 minutes in the closing part (might be a puncture. In the standings Al Attiyah continues to lead by half an hour over Loeb and 50 min over Alvarez

 

"Die plaat gaat krom, die ****ing plaat gaat krom." A state of panic in the light protos for Hans Weijs, who noticed a defect in the brake caliper of his Arcane buggy half an hour before the start. His codriver Tim Rietveld was calling the team not for supplies but to warn Michel Becx to check the calipers on their buggy as well. No spareparts on hand shortly, so Weijs just took a hammer and tried to iron out the kinks so to speak. It worked and although he drove a bit more cautious than yesterday, Weijs still clocked an 11th time. In front there's no stopping Seth Quintero, he won a fifth stage. Teammate Guillaume de Mevius also has a black cat on board, he started second but stopped even before the first WP at km 40. He lost five and a half hours and is at the finish, 52nd and bog last. Again. Chaleco Lopez was 8 minutes slower than Quintero and came in 2nd, Sebastian Ericsson again was third after a daylong battle with Christina Gutierrez, although he finished in front of Lopez, he got two minutes penalty for speeding. Michel Becx checked the brake calipers on his buggy and also finished: 24th. Nothing changes in the standings

 

In the Trucks the pesky Brabander Iveco continues to stalk the Kamazki's. According to Janus van Kasteren it was a funny sight, four trucks scurrying around to find a waypoint. Interestingly, the tracking site shows Sotnikov and Karginov have skipped that waypoint, but since when is the ASO tracking site correct anyway? :p  Van Kasteren had to stop as a connector to the gaspedal played dead but after the IT crowd solution (turning off and on again) it worked again. It cost him 7 minutes and he clocked a fifth time behind the four Rooskies. Karginov won today in the older Liebherr model, Sotnikov second on 2 min, Shibalov and Nikolaev lost 5 minutes. Apart from Van Kasteren teammates Vick Versteijnen and Martin vd Brink also made the top10 in 7th and 8th.
 

 

The hydrogen fuel cell truck entry is oddly quite cool too.

 

 

Apart from that hydro truck there are three Hybrid trucks in the field. Gert Huzink and Pascal de Baar in two MKR Renaults and Teruhito Sugawara in a Hybrid Powered Hino. Kees Koolen also revealed his white Big Shock Iveco is a prototype for gathering data on what he calls Project 2030: he joined forces with De Rooy and Macik to build a fully electric truck, probably along the same principle as Audi by installing a range extender. "The biggest problem is cooling the batteries, at this point we will have to carry 800 kilograms of cooling material just to keep them operational."

Like the hydrotruck mentioned, he wants to work with fuel cells for the mark two and mark three versions in 2024 and 2025

 

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Edited by Alex79, 06 January 2022 - 19:20.


#65 thegamer23

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Posted 06 January 2022 - 20:17

 

 


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Posted 06 January 2022 - 22:33

I adore Petrucci so much.



#67 barrykm

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Posted 07 January 2022 - 09:20

I'm totally delighted for Danilo  :clap:



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Posted 07 January 2022 - 10:49

https://www.autospor...losion/7110805/

Uh.

#69 Alex79

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Posted 07 January 2022 - 17:26

Politicoes galore today. Toyota probably found that Mercedes lawyer and launched an appeal for the five fours timepenalty of De Villiers. According to GPS data it was determined that the warning signal that every stopped, stranded or crashed vehicle emits during the stage was picked up too late by De Villiers's in car system, namely two seconds before the crash. Therefore the penalty was revoked :well:

 

A short special today for the bikes and quads. Apparently the ssv's, cars and trucks destroyed the same route yesterday so after 100 clicks it was finito. After some calculating Daniel Sanders got the win, third for GasGas as a team. Sam Sunderland made it a Spanish/Austrian 1-2 by clocking 2nd, 10secs quicker than Mattias Walkner on a regular KTM. Mason Klein got 6th today just behind the Honda's of Brabec and Quintanilla. He's the youngest competitor this Dakar and he got into Bas Dakar by recommendation of former teammember Skyler Howes. In the standings Adrien van Beveren is pipped down to fourth by Sanders. Ross Branch had to abandon today after a crash 2000 metres after the start. He injured his leg and bruised his ego a bit as he said to RTL GP. Petrux also crashed at that same point, got a fleshwound on his arm, but continued and was clocked 40th

 

Also, a real good explanation yesterday by Norbert Ockenga about the navigation troubles in this category. It often happens that riders wait on each other when they go into the stage first and ride in groups of two and three to easier find the waypoints. If you get into a radius of 200 metres the GPS triggers the waypoint and you can drive on, but sometimes your "travel companion" next to you is outside the radius and drives on with the system blaring you're moving away from the point. This happened yesterday to Sanders, Benavides and Petrucci who did travel together in the closing stages, but as Petrux was in the radius he got the point logged in whereas the other two had to drive back and forth for another minutes, costing them precious time.

 

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In the cars Audi Sport might start to listen to an old christmas parody song of The Yoopers: "Rust and smoke, the heater broke, the door just blew away. I light a match to see the dash and then I start to pray. Hey, the frame is bent, the muffler went, the radio's still okay. Oh wait fun it is to drive a rusty Chevrolet" Just like the car the Yoopers sing about the rear suspension of the Audi seems to be held together by a piece of chickenwire. Sainz again stopped with problems and Peterhansel again stopped to help him. Probably they foresaw it as both only lost 45 minutes. Mattias Ekström could continue although he already told Allard Kalff yesterday he was driving more cautiously because of all that. He still clocked a second time behind Orly Terranova, who was driving under the radar until now in a third Prodrive Jaguar buggy, and was one minute quicker than Ekström today. What I did not know, the Jags are running on biofuel based on plant waste

 

 

"Der Neuralgischen Punkt" was in the cars today, where the first three of yesterday (Lategan, Alvarez and Loeb) went into a wrong canyon and lost twenty minutes. Later Lategan hooked on in a convoy with "Kuba" Przygonski, De Villiers and Shareef Variawa. Yazeed al Rahji was trying real hard to put some pressure on Al Attiyah, but he only won a few minutes with his third place. Bernard ten Brinke did well today in sixth and the Coronels arrived home in 23rd. It could have been quicker, but Tim Coronel complained of severe back problems after a jump, so they backed off in the last bit (Tom took over as the driver and went no faster then 30mph I gather). Tim went into medical centre and after an hour he was at least happy that he did not break his back, but he needs alot of massaging and is looking for volunteers (eek)

 

In the SSV Light Protos Seth Quintero has a new goal now that there's no chance of a podium, getting the record of most stagewins in one rally. He thought it was nine wins, but apparently Pierre Lartigue won 10 stages for Citroen in 1994. Today Quintero won his sixth, although there was literaly no stopping as the brakes on his OT3 malfunctioned 150km before the finish. He had to drive the rest by using engine braking  :stoned:  Christina Gutierrez was in close proximity the whole stage, never more than a minute behind. Until km 300 where she suddenly lost 10 minutes for a puncture. She came in 2nd, just in front of the EKS duo Lopez and Ericsson. Hans Weijs MacGyver repair yesterday held and he finished a respectable 6th today, 20 min behind Quintero, Michel Becx clocked a 13th time today. In the standings the EKS buggy can only be stopped by Audi's black cat, as the advantage on Gutierrez in 3rd is now 2 hours and twenty minutes. In the regular SSV's several competitors coimplained of fire extinguishers going off (yesterday seen in Dakar Heroes, today also in RTL GP)

 

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A Czech Spanner in the works today for Janus van Kasteren. Until km 120 the Brabander was 4th behind 3 Kamazki's but then he got stuck behind Ales Loprais and got a flat tire in his efforts to pass. Tire change in a truck mostly takes 20 minutes, but Darek Rodewald got it done in 12 minutes. Still Van Kasteren lost the Kamazki fleet and trundled in eighth. Andre Karginov is trying to make it a 1-2-3-4 in the standings again and although he won the stage today, he still has to make up 40 minutes and pass both Loprais and Van Kasteren next week. Gert Huzink came out to play in rough terrain and clocked a fifth time in the hybrid Renault. According to Martin vd Brink his sudden speed today was triggered by a speed zone which he missed and got into a row with codriver Peter Willemsen. He used his anger as fuel and although he got a penalty for that speedzone, he still was sixth today.

 

On the other end of the spectrum was Gerrit Zuurmond, who had to stop his MAN with a broken gearbox. He must have Irish blood, as they were lucky enough to find a broken truck on the route, extracted some parts and could repair their gearbox. They arrived 8 hours late yesterday, take a bite to eat and sleep an hour and then had to drive on in today's special, which they finished 1 hour after Karginov. Enjoy your rest day Gerrit. In the standings Sotnikov stays in the lead before Nikolaev and Shibalov

 

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Posted 09 January 2022 - 17:12

And we're back again, stage 7 to Al Dawadimi. For Daniel Sanders it did not even start, as he crashed on the way to the start and was transported to hospital with what looks like broken elbow. Sam Sunderland had to open the stage now and that did not end well. Most of the early starters managed to minimize losses to 15 minutes, but Sunderland dropped back to 28th and lost 25 minutes. That also cost him the lead as Adrien van Beveren is now leading Mattias Walkner and Kevin Benavides. Sunderland drops back to fourth, the difference between him and Walkner is only a few seconds, but Van Beveren has five minutes. The win in the stage went to Nacho Cornejo Florimo who led home a Latino top5: Benavides 2nd, Barreda 3rd, Luciano Benavides 4th and Santolino 5th

 

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In the cars karma struck Giniel de Villiers. He started 14th and was on course for 4th place in the timings, but after km 121 he stopped with mechanical issues (a broken oilpipe), even Henk Lategan stopped to help. In the end De Villiers lost 1 hour in 46th. At the front Al Attiyah, Loeb and Sainz were battling for a stagewin, Loeb even had to battle his own door falling open again. Still the Frenchman won the 2nd this rally and his 16th dakar stage, still one more to catch up to Sainz. Al Attiyah came in 2nd at 5 minutes, Sainz was leading halfway but lost 7 minutes at the finish. Bernard ten Brinke again had a good day although he lost time midway with a puncture, he still got sixth. Tom and Tim Coronel drove at 75% to not overexert Tim's painful back, it means they lost some time and clocked a 35th time.

 

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In the Light Proto's I saw this strange video from a head on crash in the desert. No individuals seem to be harmed, but ego's are bruised. On the left is Sergei Karyakin's CanAM and on the right the old PH Zephyr which last year drove Kris Meeke almost stir crazy. It is now driven by Matteo Carrara. The question is who had red light and who had green light as one of the comments suggests :eek:

 

 

Both crews have not resumed and probably have to be towed out. Also, Philippe Pinchedez retired. In the front Christina Gutierrez and Seth Quintero made it a duel for the win again. At km 350 Gutierrez was ahead, but at the finish Quintero was 7 minutes ahead again, 7th win this rally. Guillaume de Mevius is in trouble, he did get a start time, but did not participate today. Either means he's withdrawn or his issues are so big he has to skip a stage and use his second Joker to resume on monday. Chaleco Lopez had a good day simply by finishing 3rd, Sebastian Ericsson lost a lot of time with mechanical problems and arrived 16th 1 hour and 15  min behind Quintero. Hans Weijs did very well today, he clocked a 6th time again, Michel Becx starts to get in the groove as well: 10th. Lopez has now 90 min on Ericsson, Gutierrez is in 3rd 2h15 min back.

 

In the trucks there was a heavy crash for Maurik vd Heuvel live on camera. After a few jumps the International lost control and bounced itself into a roll. Through the assistance route the truck got home, but "apart from the rollcage everything is bent out of shape".

 

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Janus van Kasteren had an equally bad day, losing a lot of time shortly after the start as he crashed and landed on his side, another windshield gone and the tyre deflation system did not work anymore ather that. Mitchell vd Brink came to help and both managed to finish 15th and 16th, 45 min behind the Rooskies. Anton Shibalov was the fastest today, the first Dakar stagewin for the loyal worker drone. Nikolaev came in 2nd and Martin vd Brink took a third place, even though his tire deflation system played up. Karginov had to open the stage and lost some time searching so he did close in on Van Kasteren in the rankings, but he has not passed him yet, one minute between the two now.

 

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#71 Lotusse7en

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Posted 09 January 2022 - 18:39

Quote : "In the cars karma struck Giniel de Villiers"

 

Why karma ? 



#72 thegamer23

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Posted 09 January 2022 - 18:53

Sucks for Sanders, he was on fire in the last few days, gaining time on the leaders each stage.



#73 Alex79

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Posted 09 January 2022 - 19:07

Quote : "In the cars karma struck Giniel de Villiers"

 

Why karma ? 

Recap: Giniel de Villiers got into trouble as he hit two bikers earlier in the rally. He got a small penalty for the first, a very big one for the second. Toyota appealed the second penalty and it was rescinded on GPS evidence. But in the end, he still loses a lot of time.



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Posted 09 January 2022 - 19:43

Recap: Giniel de Villiers got into trouble as he hit two bikers earlier in the rally. He got a small penalty for the first, a very big one for the second. Toyota appealed the second penalty and it was rescinded on GPS evidence. But in the end, he still loses a lot of time.

 

And that first one looks really bad.



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Posted 09 January 2022 - 20:39

And that first one looks really bad.

And that is exactly what I mean with Karma strikes. The right thing to do is stop and check if the person you just hit is ok, but as he declared himself, he did not want to stop as he would lose time and get stuck in the soft sand. The second crash is debatable as Toyota succesfully pleaded that there was no warning signal, but the first is where De Villiers should have gotten a bigger penalty.



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Posted 10 January 2022 - 00:00

And that is exactly what I mean with Karma strikes. The right thing to do is stop and check if the person you just hit is ok, but as he declared himself, he did not want to stop as he would lose time and get stuck in the soft sand. The second crash is debatable as Toyota succesfully pleaded that there was no warning signal, but the first is where De Villiers should have gotten a bigger penalty.


That's one aspect of it as well. But the way he hit the rider. Laughable to only give 5 min for it.

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Posted 10 January 2022 - 13:58

Lucio Álvarez seems to have lost a ton of time today. Podium chances gone.



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Posted 10 January 2022 - 15:44

In stage 8 the hopscotching in the bikes continues. Late starters can take risks and follow tracks, the early birds have to take care not to lose too much ground. It's almost like the South American Quad races, where all the local riders from Peru, Bolivia, Argentina rode like the wind, but got lost every time. It enabled the slower and more realiable navigators like Rafal Sonik, Brian Baragwanath and Sergei Karyakin to make up for lost time in the long run, Sonik and Karyakin even won the category outright.

 

Now Sam Sunderland is the one who has to come from behind in 27th start position. And he promply delivered, clocking a fastest time in Wadi Ad Dawasir after almost 400 km of special stage. Pablo Quintanilla was second by almost 3 min, Mattias Walkner lost 4 minutes in third. The best early starter was Ricky Brabec, who went from seventh to 4th. Mason Klein got his BAS Dakar KTM home in fifth. As for the stage openers they either just got into top10 or they lost more and fell out of top 20: Kevin Benavides had trouble with a fuel pump, Barreda erred a few times and fell in the dunes and Adrien van Beveren had a malfunctioning roadbook, the scroll had to be moved by hand as the mechanism was broken. In the standings Sunderland is back on top again, 3m45s ahead of Walkner and 4m45s ahead of Van Beveren. 

 

In the cars Al Attiyah is still ahead, but everyone is gaining time on him now. The Qatari started 2nd and finished 10th losing 10 minutes, after a puncture and a problem with a driveshaft that reduced his car to frontwheel drive. In front the Audis and Jags were fighting for a stage win. Sebastien Loeb also got a puncture but clawed back time, even leading at the halfway point. In the end he finished 3rd, taking a cautious approach in the 2nd half as the infamous doorpanel fell open again and the last spare wheel fell off. The Audi buggies of Peterhansel and Ekström finished 3 minutes in front of Loeb, Peterhansel losing 49secs to the Swede. One of the biggest problems for the new electric vehicles are the vibrations and buffeting of the car due to their drivelines and heavier weight. It unsettles the suspension more on jumps and compression, meaning shock absorbers are taking more strain and break earlier than expected compared to petrol powered cars.

 

The Jag buggies did have their suspension problems as well, Nani Roma lost an hour after a puncture damaged his front suspension. For Tom en Tim Coronel the Dakar 2022 is over, Tim's back only got worse and the brother did not want to risk Tim's health for it. Bernard ten Brinke got home 13th, finishing 10min behind Ekström after a puncture. Lucio Alvarez indeed lost a chunk of time, arriving 56th after more than four hours. Yazeed Al Rahji now sits third, Kuba Przygonski is 4th half an hour behind the Saudi

 

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One of the very few navigators not having put a foot wrong yet this rally is German Dennis Zenz, codriver of Seth Quintero. Due to his string of stagewins the American-German combi starts almost every stage first in the light protos, and they almost always get home first, today was the 8th time Quintero wins a stage. Sebastian Ericsson started almost an hour later as 15th, and he clocked a 2nd time 11 minutes after the RB Offroad team. Chaleco Lopez is getting sloppy, this was the second stage in a row where he was not in top3, Pavel Lebedev was in 3rd, 5 minutes quicker than the Chilean leader. Both Christina Gutierez and Hans Weijs ran into mechanical problems today. Gutierrez started 2nd but lost 3 hours and came home 30th. Weijs stopped several times. He passed the last Waypoint in 36th and just got home in 33rd, his tracker info is now listed as losing 3 hours 17 minutes (aargh, damn you ASO, it's bugged again !!).It means though Red Bull Offroad will probably win the most stages, they will not feature in the top10 of the standings, where 8 CanAm buggies and 2 Yamaha entries lock out the proceedings. Lopez still 1 hour ahead of Ericsson, Fernando Alvarez quietly slots into 3rd at 2 hours. Thanks to trucker Richard de Groot I found out what was the cause of the head on collision between the buggies of Karyakin and Carrara in stage 7, the Russian started 2 minutes earlier and had missed a waypoint, he drove back and slammed into Carrara. After that the ASO forbid competitors to drive back when they miss a point, so De Groot got a 15 minute time penalty today

 

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A special mention for this man: Ondrej Klymčiw. He started a few times in the South American Dakars on the bikes, got an 11th place in 2017, but crashed very heavily in 2018. "I cannot remember anything of that, I woke up three months later in a hospital in Prague." After he recovered from his broken vertebrae he still came back to the Saudi Arabian dakar in a partly self built Skoda Rapid, which he enters in the Dakar Classics. RTL GP boasted that he rebuilt a Group B Skoda 130 LR, but a lot of parts Klymčiw had to develop himself. He has an interesting Youtube Dakar that follows his trials and tribulations. In an interview he calls it "Dakar with coffee, bananas and music on the radio." but listening on this, that's a bit too rosy

 

 

In the trucks De Rooy Iveco Torpedo trucks were hit by the same bug, a non functional tire deflation system. On the twisty fast stuff they can follow the Kamazki fleet but in the dunes you have to drop your tire pressure to keep grip in the sand. All the in cabin systems to do so on the trucks of Van Kasteren, Vd Brink and Versteijnen failed so they had to stop at every dune, get out, let air out of the tires. At every fast section they had to stop again, pump air in to the tires, get moving again, rinse and repeat at the next dune. Van Kasteren also had to start at the back and had a busy day trying not to run into of run over slower competitors with the same difficulties in the dunes. He still got home 8th, but lost half an hour to Karginov who passed him again in the standings. The older private Iveco's of Mitchell vd Brink, Richard de Groot and brothers Ben and Jan vd Laar had no problems (older generation software   ;) ), De Groot even got his Firetruck in the top10 as 9th. Sotnikov grabbed another stagewin, increasing the distance to Nikolaev by 11 minutes

 

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Posted 11 January 2022 - 18:44

In stage 9 the Dakar makes a loop around Wadi ad Dawasir, a short stage designed to 'pick up any stragglers left behind from the day before'. In the bikes Ricky Brabec almost looked like he was going to be a combobreaker. The American started fourth and was the fastest of the early starters, even leading at km 200. After that the later starting duo of Kevin Benavides and Nacho Cornejo Florimo and pipped his time by almost two minutes. Cornejo Florimo got another stage win and Benavides finished second, Brabec ended up third. In the battle for the standings it was Mattias Walkner who had a good day, starting third and arriving fourth. His rival Adrien van Beveren finished 9th and Sam Sunderland as stage opener lost almost eight minutes. Some might classify this a crucial loss, but the Briton starts 15th tomorrow, only two minutes behind Walkner. So the Austrian might have been gifted the lead, it could turn into a case of Brits Bearing Gifts :drunk: Van Beveren and Quintanilla (who has been labeled a Peruvian by a very stubborn news outlet here) are also in close contention, only five minutes between them. Toby Price and Lorenzo Santolino fell even further back losing 11 minutes. Mirjam Pol still leads the ladies standings, even though she lost her backpack at the stagefinish and and noticed it only after 200 clicks of liaison stage: so she had to turn back, pick up the backpack which miraculeously was still at the finish, and do the whole liaision again: triple dakar baby!

 

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In the cars Toyota and Audi made it a team pursuit: Peterhansel and Sainz were opening strong behind Ekström as the wayopener, but at the next few WP's De Villiers and Lategan were quicker, pulling Al Attiyah along. The South Africans made a game of seconds out of it and De Villiers managed even with a slow leak to win the stage with 9 secs on Lategan. Al Attiyah had a good  day and came in third, one minute after De Villiers but 1 minute ahead of Loeb, who was a few seconds slower than Ekström who got 4th. Mattieu Serradori's SRT Century also came home in the top10, splitting the Audi's of Sainz and Peterhansel. Bernard ten Brinke had a hot and bothered day: airco broke and he got stuck behind Vladimir Vasiliev's dustcloud, he clocked in 12th. Orly Terranova took on a Mad Max look as the Jag lost its bonnet, but he did not get a puncture unlike Przygonski who lost 18 minutes. The Argentinian is 4th now half an hour behind Yazeed Al Rahji

 

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In the light protos Christina Gutierrez looked quite chagrined yesterday when she had to concede yet another stagewin to Seth Quintero. So it became a mission for her to finally beat that "Yanqui" who is still gunning for the 10 stage record. Until km 200 it was never more than 15secs between both, one WP Quintero was quicker, the next Gutierrez. But.... he did it again. Quintero clocked his 9th stagewin today, 2 minutes quicker than Gutierrez. So he equalises with the likes of Hubert Auriol, Vladimir Chagin, Nico Cavigliasso and Jacky Ickx who managed the same feat. The EKS buggies of Lopez and Ericsson arrived home  3rd and 4th. In the standings Gutierrez string of second places had a good effect, she did make a leap in the top10 and is now in 4th again. Distance to 3rd placed Fernando Alvarez is still 2 hours so unless her countryman runs into a big snag the coming days, chances of a podium remain small. Hans Weijs started bog last after a DAF truck from De Groot Dakar towed him 100 clicks to the finish yesterday and drove safely to a 12th place in the stage.Michel Becx got home 31st, he drove more cautiously as he battled overheating issues and stopped to help a stricken SSV. But top10 is not for him, that's a job for teammate Weijs: "Our dream is building our own car that finishes Dakar. For now we're on the right track."

 

In the trucks Nikolaev's only chance to get the overall win is to put pressure on Sotnikov, but he is not budging much. Nikolaev won the stage, but Sotnikov only lost 2 minutes. Martin Maçik finally got Karl working on all cilinders again and drove the Iveco/Liaz to a third place in the stage, 3 secs behind Sotnikov. Ignacio Casale also got his Tatra working again after a fire knocked him out of contention, but the Chilean got a 4th place, despite an enormous amount of time penalties (52 hours :eek: ). Janus van Kasteren switched his malfunctioning tire inflation system to an older version and was clocking top3 times but at the end he got a flat tire ánd a broken tie rod and lost 18 minutes. Martin vd Brink came home 8th, Vick Versteijnen and Pascal de Baar also got a top10 spot. Richard de Groot lost some time as 14th, but the Firetruck still remains in tenth, half an hour in front of the Tatra of Vaidotas Paskevicius, who is driving the older Tatra Jamal that Loprais used in South America

 

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Posted 12 January 2022 - 01:43

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Posted 12 January 2022 - 13:47

Kevin B. with engine failure in bikes and Copetti with the same issue in quads. Both were in contention for the win.



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Posted 12 January 2022 - 19:11

An old Dutch saying reared its head in the bikes. "Als twee honden vechten om een been, loopt de derde er mee heen." Most people, including yours truly, were looking at a fight between Sunderland and Walkner for the glittering prize, but like in any Dakar rally, things can turn topsy turvy in a minute. First we had Kevin Benavides, already struggling with his fuel pumps a few stages back. Now he totally binned it after blowing the engine block on his KTM. He would have been one of two early starter to set a good pace on this stage to Bisha. Up until his retirement Benavides was setting 3rd and 4th stage times, Walkner also put in top3 performances and continued until the last WP. There it was again: Der Neuralgischen Punkt.

 

Both contenders for the overall win made navigational errors and lost chunks of time. Sunderland came in 17th at 11 minutes, Walker dropped to 25th losing 16 minutes. That Toby Price gave KTM a stagewin was small consolation, because Adrien van Beveren is looking to a Keke Rosberg, win it by not winning much. The Frenchman dodged a herd of camels and clocked a 4th time and drove like Brian Baragwanath in his quad years, not so fast on stage, but not putting a foot wrong in navigation. He's back in the lead five minutes ahead of Pablo Quintanilla and Sunderland. Walkner drops back to fourth with Joan Barreda behind him in fifth. Despite his shoulder and collarbone problems the Spaniard still put in a third time today. So instead of UK versus Austria it turns into France versus Chile, with an outside chance for UK and Austria. Petrucci rode along with Wiljan van Wikselaar again, clocked a 12th time today, 8 minutes behind Price, Van Wikselaar was a lot slower in 48th

 

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In the cars a bit of politicoes again. The ASO is clamping down on crews who forget to pick up their flat tires, dishing out five minute time penalties to a number of crews. Except Sebastien Loeb, he lost a spare wheel (remember the flapping body panels?) as he had just swapped one out, though his team did get 10.000 dollar fine for the mishap. Al Attiyah did cop a penalty for not wearing his seat belt. After all that the rally resumed on a quick stage with a tricky end, as the bikes proved. De Villiers lost 11 minutes as stage opener, Al Attiyah was 7th on 6 minutes, Lategan was doing ok in 4th. Loeb was consistent, starting 5th and finishing fifth. For the stagewin it was Orly Terranova against the Audi's. The BRX started slow but at the tricky navigation suddenly made up a lot of time, clocking third. Peterhansel and Sainz swapped the lead a few times and the Frenchman won his 49th stage, two minutes ahead of El Matador. Yazeed Al Rahji lost a few minutes again in tenth, Bernard ten Brinke came home 17th, losing 12 minutes and admitting their V8 engine without a turbo has a disadvantage in the higher altitudes

 

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In the light protos the RB Offroad time was going at it again. Seth Quintero did not get an easy stroll to his 10th stage victory, Christina Gutierrez hounded him the whole way, but still she came in second, 2 minutes behind Quintero who equalises the old 1994 record of Pierre Lartigue. Two stages left, so he can pull ahead. The chances of Sebastian Ericsson winning Dakar on his debut went from almost non existent to a slight chance as Chaleco Lopez did have a little off day and lost half an hour. As Ericsson came home 3rd 10 minutes behind Quintero, he claws back 23 minutes. Tomorrow is a stage heavy on navigation, and Ericsson still has 55 minutes to make up. Both Arcane buggies had to take it slow, as the higher heat in the south was detrimental for performance. Hans Weijs came in 21st, Michel Becx came in 31st

 

I was a bit shocked as how quickly the quad category loses its competitors. Twenty started in Jeddah, 9 are left after Bisha. Veteran Pablo Copetti (7th) already lost 25 hours, Alexandre Giroud looks poised to win this edition almost a lead of three hours. In the SSV's Austin Jones, Gerard Farres Guell and Marek Goczal still have a chance to win their category, differences are only 15 minutes.

 

In the trucks it was over for Gert Huzink after 6 clicks in the stage, the Hybrid Renault crashed into a dune and the chassis split in half after the impact (ouch). Another dropout made himself useful. Maurik vd Heuvel lent a software technician to De Rooy who checked the beligerrent tire inflation systems and made an impromptu software update (IT baby, even in the empty quarter :clap: ). Vick Versteijnen tried it yesterday and it worked, so the software on the trucks of father and son Vd Brink and Van Kasteren was also updated. The Iveco's looked like they drove in convoy as they came in shortly after another. Van Kasteren was 7th, Versteijnen 8th, Martin 9th, Mitchell 10th. Richard de Groot and his firefighters had to drive slow as the gearbox and diff gave troubles, he did lose some time again as 13th, but Ales Loprais ran into problems with a broken steering . The Praga had to be towed back to start and the Firetruck climbs into a suprising 9th place. Vamos Bomberos! Up ahead the Kamazki fleet sailed out in full force: Sotnikov winning the stage 90 secs ahead of Nikolaev. Best non-Kamaz was Ignacio Casale in 4th in his older Tatra, give that man a Big Shock Iveco!

 

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Posted 13 January 2022 - 20:36

Yesterday Mattias Walkner did a fair imitation of a certain Austrian F1 team boss. A camera crew of RTL tried to interview him when he parked his bike at the KTM pits, but he just stormed off, threw his helmet off, used a few very strong cursewords. Adrien van Beveren politely accused him of posturing and deliberately dropping time so he had to open, but in Walkner he got the wrong guy I think, he really wanted a different wednesday. Sam Sunderland however díd admit today he could have driven faster on wednesday, as he did not want to drive circles in the desert. In this stage I've only seen him make óne mistake that costed him a handful of seconds, whereas Van Beveren lost 10 minutes to find that first Neuralgischen Punkt after only four clicks. The Frenchman came in a disconsolate 15th and lost more than 20 minutes.

 

Walkner came out guns blazing as well, did really well but still had one error that costed him five minutes halfway. He still had one teammate as helper in Kevin Benavides (allowed to restart with 15 hours time penalty), but the helper was the best today as Kevin won a stage. Just 4 seconds ahead of Sunderland, that little mistake cost the GasGas/KTM another stagewin. Joaquin Rodrigues had a good turn again, came in third almost 2,5 minutes after Benavides. Danilo Petrucci also ran into navigational mazes and lost 20 minutes as 17th on stage. Sunderland won't really mind as he starts the 12th and last sprintbased stage as overall leader. Pablo Quintanilla had a more subdued day but it was enough to jump into the 2nd place at 7 minutes, a few secs in front of Walkner. Van Beveren drops back to fourth 15 minutes and probably has to hope David Castera tortures everyone with a last Neuralgischen Punkt. Will it be the factory team or the sister team from Spain with 1 year older bikes?

 

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In the cars Henk Lategan started the stage, drove 300 metres and simply stopped. It could not be more obvious had he taken out a picnic basket, a plaid an a thermos with coffee. Only when Al Attiyah left, Lategan started up and followed. But instead of the ace it was the watercarrier that stopped with issues. Luckily Lucio Alvarez started behind the Qatari, caught up and became the new wingman. He even drove to a second time on stage, 3 minutes behind Carlos Sainz, who was fasted at almost every waypoint. Al Attiyah drove rather more conservative, as the masterplan of Toyota (a quickly drawn schedule on the side of his motorhome) indicated 8th place would have been enough today, he did one better as 7th. Loeb was the one who had to attack, and the Jag buggies did. Roma got home 4th, Terranova was 9th after some difficulties on the home stretch and Loeb thought he'd won back 4 minutes, but a speeding penalty dropped him just behind Al Attiyah as 8th. Bernard ten Brinke almost sommersaulted his "rental" car today but still came home 11th, Yazeed Al Rahji did lose some time again as 13th but still he is in contention for a podium.

 

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In the light protos Seth Quintero was confirming that it might look easy, but it is not. The American is turning Dakar into a record hunt: most stagewins (he scored the 11th one today), youngest stagewinner, his next one will come 2023 as (maybe) the youngest Dakar winner. At EKS they are targeting an overall win. Chaleco Lopez drove cautiously as he can afford it still 50 minutes between him and Sebastian Ericsson. The Swede clocked a second time and is most pleased with Wouter Rosegaar's exploits. In fact he might even lose Wouter to his teamboss next year, as Mattias Ekström himself "wanted a word with him after stage". Christina Gutierrez was leading after the dreaded first waypoint, but she stopped for 15 minutes (either flat tire or again diff problems) and came home in fifth at 25 minutes. Hans Weijs (15th) and Michel Becx (31st) had to opt for a speed limiter on their Arcane buggies, they could drive no faster dan 100 km/h to prevent overheating: "We can only solve this back home, so now we have to get them to the finish."

 

Their exploits have garnered interest under a number of SSV customers who now have to contend with older CANAM material from last year. For example Paul Spierings, who drove on a bike until last year is eyeing an Arcane partnership (his sponsor is a big car dealership: Louwman). He got into a 15th place today, which either means the rest dropped a lot of time, or they just had no nav issues. For Austin Jones and Michal Goczal it was a day to forget. The Pole was eyeing 2nd place behind brother Marek, but fell back at km 169 and lost 30 minutes. Jones had a good midsection in the stage, but the first Neuralgischen Punkt and the last 40 clicks costed him the stage and probably the Dakar win. He lost 17 minutes and Gerard Farres Guell came in 2nd, so the Spaniard move into the lead. In the sprint tomorrow Jones needs to make up 1m41s. Surprise third today is Lithuanian youngster Rokus Baciuska, who used the skills of veteran codriver Oriol Mena to sneak up to a possible podium. He is fourth in the standings, still has to find 5 minutes to beat Goczal.

 

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In the trucks the heat was on between Richard de Groot and Vaidotas Paskevicius. Even when the Firemen were interviewed a lone Tatra spy in a Team FeshFesh shirt was lingering close. The Firetruck has an older version of the niggling tire inflation system that Janus van Kasteren wanted to "burn down" in his own words, but thats not the problem, gearbox and diff are, so careful smooth sailing instead of plowing our way through. The Tatra's were having none of that. Ignacio Casale and Paskevicius were even 1st and 2nd after the first clicks. But both hares stopped running as the dunes got bigger. Casale had to repair damage to a driveshaft losing an hour as 13th. Paskevicius got stuck, lost half an hour, tried to gain back time and then got stuck big time, losing three hours at the finish as 21st.

 

De Groot was not much faster than Casale, he clocked a decent 11th time, half an hour slower than the Rooskies, but he's happy with being 2,5 hours quicker than the Fesh Fesh Tatra and being comfortably 9th. Mitchell vd Brink was also very happy with all the shenanigans the Tatra's were pulling. The youngest trucker in the field drove the old Iveco Trakker to an excellent 9th time, beating his father Martin by ten minutes. If Martin would have been a bit more careful at the dunes where ASO was filming he would not have gotten stuck. He had to wait for teammate Versteijnen and his "cutting out expedition" did not really help, he only broke a towing cable and a rear mudflap on the other truck as the line whipped around :eek: They told after the finish they lost 20 minutes, so it could have been another podium in stage, now it was only 12th. Jan and Ben vd Laar and Simon Stubbs were also kicking themselves. The problems of Paskevicius might have given them a shot at top10, but the Magirus Iveco got stuck on a dune, also 30 minutes lost. In front Nikolaev did a last desperate attack and won another stage, but 2 minutes on Sotnikov is not enough. Still 8 to go, the 8 minutes Nikolaev lost himself due to a flat tire in the first week.

 

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#84 jonpollak

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Posted 14 January 2022 - 00:20

You can call me Al.

 

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Posted 14 January 2022 - 08:18

First result of the day

 

 

Sam Sunderland wins Dakar for the 2nd time!  

Quintanilla 2nd

Walkner 3rd

 

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#86 Alex79

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Posted 14 January 2022 - 20:52

You can call me Al.

 

 

Well, thanks to jonpollak's remark above I found a little inspiration in that song. Though not for "Al" Attiyah but for Sam Sunderland in the phrase "I want a photo opportunity, I want a shot at redemption. Don't wanna end up a cartoon on a cartoon graveyard." Because Sunderland might have won the Dakar before in South America, he also has the reputation of being fast and a bit reckless because of his crashes. Even this Dakar did not go flawless as he had a huge off not even in the stage, but in the run to the bivouac. Today he drove cautiously as he had a small cushion and finished eigth. He did not want to celebrate too early even though semi teammates Walkner and Benavides already came to congratulate him. Pablo Quintanilla started as 6th and was the quickest rider in the stage, but 3 minutes and 25 secs was only half of the advantage Sunderland held. The man from Bournemouth wins his second Dakar, GasGas wins their first Dakar as a team, KTM again delivers the bike to win Dakar, although it's a second hand lion :p

 

Toby "Animal" Price came close to another stagewin, but he lost 18 secs and duly congratulated Sunderland before he got away to punch a drumkit (HaaHaaHaa). Nacho Cornejo Florimo got third time, beating Joan Barreda by 30 secs. Mattias Walkner finished 7th at almost 3 minutes, securing a third place on the podium behind Sunderland and QuintanillaMason Klein drove another fine stage, clocking 5th time, and finishing the best rookie in front of Romain Dumontier and Bradley Cox (double podium for Bas Dakar in this ranking). Mirjam Pol again finished as the fastest lady on the bikes. Extra motivation might have been that start number 40, which previously carried by her friend the late Edwin Straver two years ago.

 

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In the cars "Al" Attiyah declared winning Dakar was hard, but winning a medal in his other sport skeet shooting was definetely a lot harder. The Qatari drove an easy last stage, finishing 19th, 7 minutes later than the top5. But as Loeb only won back 5 minutes with his 4th place today, it was more than enough to clinch the 4th Dakar win. Yazeed Al Rahji was in the same position in his last duel with Orly Terranova, the Jag buggy was a few minutes quicker, but the Toyota had enough of an advantage, giving Al Rahji a podium in his home country. The last stage was won by Henk Lategan, who was 49 secs quicker than Peterhansel and 1m31s quicker than Brian Baragwanath. Bernard ten Brinke also managed to get into top10 in 8th position, finishing 17th in total.

 

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In the quads, it was a case of Only Seven Left. Alexandre Giroud drove his fourth Dakar and won the classement general 25 years after his father Daniel Giroud managed to finish a Dakar on a quad. Francisco Moreno claimed 2nd spot in his debut, Kamil Wisniewski got on the podium for the first time as third.

 

In the SSV's we found the only category were an upset still happened. Gerard Farres Guell started 90 secs in front of Austin Jones but after km 81 the CanAm of the Spaniard started to falter. At the finish Farres Guell turned up 10th, 6 minutes behind stagewinner Rokus Baciuska. But worse, Jones got a 3rd place and won Dakar by 2m37s. Farres Guell slipped to 2nd, Baciuska's last stagewin elevated him to third as Marek Goczal only managed fourth five minutes behind the Lithuanian. Jeffrey Otten made it a sprint in the last stage finishing 15th and complaining that just as he found his groove, the rally was over. Polar Opposite is Andre Thewesen, who stumbled back in the bivouac just this morning from stage 11 with a totally crumpled vehicle as he was rammed an Overdrive Toyota who circled back for a waypoint. Thanks to some last minute fixing the ATS buggy managed to start the last stage "I have enough of sand and dust for a while, I like my grandkids, but the sandbox is off limits for them the first few weeks."

 

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In the Light Protos, Seth Quintero also won stage 12, he would have dominated the rally were it not for stage 2 where the young American had to be towed back to the finish. This means he finished Dakar in 16th. Both EKS buggies might not have the speed to compete with Red Bull offroad, but they stayed mechanically sound and both Juan Pablo Latrach and Wouter Rosegaar made very little navigational errors. It enabled Chaleco Lopez to win Dakar in three categories (bike, SSV and now light prototype buggy) and it enabled a rookie with no Dakar experience like Sebastian Eriksson to finish 2nd. Christina Gutierrez clocked 4th in the stage and got on the podium in 3rd, 4hours 34min behind Lopez. Hans Weijs finished Dakar "Three wheels on my wagon" as he had ran out of spare tires and drove very carefully to 28th, the Arcane buggy, which was only a blueprint 6 months ago finished the Dakar in 11th place. Inventor and teammate Michel Becx had a better day, clocking 15th and already making notes for an Arcane Mark2. A list that probably will grow in to a large folder.

 

In the trucks all De Rooy Iveco's tried to help Vic Versteijnen in his last battle Martin Macik. Hans Stacey's replacement had a small lead on the Czech, but Maçik was imitating Casale and Paskevicius yesterday by going on the attack. In contrast to the Tatra's yesterday he timed better and even threatened Kamaz's perfect record of stagewins, but at the finish Maçik came in 2nd 32 secs behind Sotnikov. Casale also joined in the fun and came in third, spoiling the last attack of Nikolaev who fell back to fourth. Dimitri Sotnikov wins his second Dakar title in front of the whole Kamazki Fleet: Nikolaev 2nd, Shibalov 3rd Karginov 4th. Janus van Kasteren was relatively safe in 5th as Martin vd Brink was an hour back in 6th, so he concentrated on finishing 13 in stage the first non Kamaz in 5th overall, almost 3 hours behind Sotnikov.

 

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Versteijnen díd take risks in his attack to keep up with Maçik, even rammed a tree and lost the windshield, but he only finished 6th five minutes behind Maçik. The Czech crew finished 25 secs in front of Versteijnen as 7th. Martin and Mitchell vd Brink came to the finish in tandem, father in 9th place, son in 10th. Mitchell's birthday gift: a 10th place overall in the Dakar. Richard de Groot consolidated his 9th place overall and cruised in 16th and Kees Koolen notched another Dakar finish to his loooooong list of finishes and participations in bike/quad/buggy/car/truck. He smiled that he could have been better but he remembered his last truck (a second hand DAF almost 10 years old when he bought it) and drove the much sturdier Big Shock Iveco too cautiously. Interested to see how the combined efforts of De Rooy and Big Shock can lead to an electrified version, probably in 2023 in the offroad cup, in 2024 in Dakar.

 

Finally, the hardest classification to follow was the Classics, as it was an old fashioned regularity contest and no tracking was available for the first few stages. In the end it became a battle between Toyota and Mercedes with two outsiders, a ProTruck Chevy and Title holder Marc Douton who sold his Sunhill buggy and started in a restaurated Porsche 911. The winner after 12 stages was the Toyota Landcruiser of Serge Mogno. Second was the Mercedes ML of Arnaud Evrard, third went to the G Klasse Mercedes of Jesus Fuster. Best Dutch competitor was Alexander Wurfbain in 10th place. Both DAF Trucks also reached the finish. Jack Brouwers brought "Brummeke" home in 17th, Michiel Kuijs had a more difficult rally 72nd in place, but he lost count how many time the Dubbelkop DAF was asked to pose for a photograph.

 

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#87 Otaku

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Posted 14 January 2022 - 20:56

Redneck Dakar >>> Pro Dakar

 



#88 Alex79

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Posted 14 January 2022 - 21:11

Why is it that Koen Wouters alwas has these strange encounters with the locals ;) I wonder if he was a fan of Jan de Rooy and wanted to recreate this Iconic moment

 

https://youtu.be/9yd0Fis9DeE?t=56


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Posted 15 January 2022 - 00:04

Al Attiyah seems like a really nice guy. I'm happy for him

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Posted 15 January 2022 - 12:45

Good stuff, thanks Alex for all your effort in this thread!

 

Congrats to Nasser Al-Attiyah, Toyota, Sam Sunderland, Gas Gas, and all the other winners. Sounds like we've not heard the last of electric vs ICE in the battle of the buggies.



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Posted 15 January 2022 - 13:30

Was hoping against all hope that somehow Loeb will get the Toyotas this year, but alas. And hope one day that Quintanilla and Van Beveren get their maiden wins as well.

Congrats to Nasser ( a true gentlemen and legend ), Sam Sunderland, Lopez, Jones, Giroud and Sotnikov. Out of all the Kamaz dudes, I have a fondness for Sotnikov so all good there.

And podium in T3s for my main dudette - Cristina Gutierrez !

Looking forward to seeing how this new and improved World Rally Raid Championship evolves.

Huge gratitude and appreciation to Alex79 for being our resident Dakar scholar again; fantastic content. Cheers y'all and thoughts go out to that young chief mechanic that sadly passed away on the last liaison. 

Let's have a better one next year.



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Posted 15 January 2022 - 21:42

Thnx you all for keeping up with a fan's maunderings :drunk:  I must say Eurosport Germany again has been a real addition to the more standard program of RTL. Lots of extra inside info although the schedule was a bit iff in the second week with all the snooker matches



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Posted 16 January 2022 - 11:57

Thnx you all for keeping up with a fan's maunderings :drunk:  I must say Eurosport Germany again has been a real addition to the more standard program of RTL. Lots of extra inside info although the schedule was a bit iff in the second week with all the snooker matches

Snooker and tennis ALWAYS take priority with Eurosport. 

 

Interesting that, despite a team car being blown up by a terrorist bomb, there was still no-one in this thread bleating about sports-washing or Saudi Arabia's human rights record.



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Posted 16 January 2022 - 15:19

And that is exactly what I mean with Karma strikes. The right thing to do is stop and check if the person you just hit is ok, but as he declared himself, he did not want to stop as he would lose time and get stuck in the soft sand. The second crash is debatable as Toyota succesfully pleaded that there was no warning signal, but the first is where De Villiers should have gotten a bigger penalty.

Hindsight is a bugger. But you go up , under power, to crest a sharp dune , can't see what is on other side , then he hit the biker . Could have been serious , but you see the guy waving you through . Quick decision to make . He did get a penalty for that , which was the right decision in the minds of race direction - They at least were there