Dakar Stage 8: ANTOFAGASTA – COPIAPO

[memin.pinguine]

568 km including a 472-km timed section are on the menu of the 8th stage. Following on from the rest day,
the competitors will have been wise to enjoy it, because the race resumes with another “biggie”.
For this penultimate stage in the Atacama, the remaining competitors in the 32nd Dakar will have to pick their way through terrain
at the start of the special that is full of stones and extremely tricky, with in particular several zones of fesh-fesh.
Afterwards, the pace will quicken dramatically as the competitors gobble up some 300 km of winding and fast tracks that will lead the caravan
through the ranges of dunes above Copiapo, before a final 90 km of “total sand”.


2010 Dakar Rally – overall positions cars on rest day

1. Carlos Sainz (E)/Lucas Cruz (E) Volkswagen Race Touareg - 26h 21m 23s
   
2. Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QA)/Timo Gottschalk (D) Volkswagen Race Touareg - 26h 32m 26s
   
3. Mark Miller (USA)/Ralph Pitchford (ZA) Volkswagen Race Touareg - 26h 43m 29s
   
4. Guerlain Chicherit (F)/Tina Thörner (S) BMW X3 CC - 28h 24m 17s
   
5. Stéphane Peterhansel (F)/Jean-Paul Cottret (F) BMW X3 CC - 28h 24m 33s
   
6. Krzysztof Holowczyc (PL)/Jean-Marc Fortin (B) Nissan Overdrive - 28h 42m 21s
   
7. Carlos Sousa (P)/Matthieu Baumel (F) Mitsubishi Racing Lancer - 29h 30m 21s
   
8. Guilherme Spinelli (BR)/Filipe Palmeiro (P) Mitsubishi Racing Lancer - 29h 44m 58s
   
9. Leonid Novitskiy (RUS)/Andreas Schulz (D) BMW X3 CC - 30h 38m 44s
   
10. Robbie Gordon (USA)/Andy Grider (USA) Hummer - 30h 46m 33s

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[FlyHiFlyLo]

Carnage!

[BenStock]

Would be nice to see Peterhansel or the other beemer get back in the mix.

VW in these races is starting to look like Audi in LeMans for the last decade.

Dominate.

[geronimo5]

Will fog along the coast be a factor again?

[memin.pinguine]

Would be nice to see Peterhansel or the other beemer get back in the mix.

That would be sure great but most likely not happen the gap is to big. But at least they can keep VW on their toes....

VW in these races is starting to look like Audi in LeMans for the last decade. Dominate.

Until somebody comes and put's his head into it on a same level - Audi got also waxed last Le Mans from Peugot... so will it happen to VW, just am matter of time

[FlyHiFlyLo]

memin.... Awesome you quote yourself....

FAIL

[BoothPacific Films]

i was gonna say Peugot stepped up. but seriously you can't knock somebody for being good. if the V-dubs are spanking everybody, it's cuz they are good. if you want to beat them, get better.

the fact that the rules are so screwy is what makes this rally seem like more of a demonstration in technology, than an actual car race. i'd rather see a good ole bring what you can build and let rrr rip. restrictors are lame.

and can someone explain why RG thinks his 2 wheel drive is better in the sand than a 4x4. i've been stuck in the sand a bunch and it's always better to have 4x4 if you ask me.

[FlyHiFlyLo]

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and can someone explain why RG thinks his 2 wheel drive is better in the sand than a 4x4. i've been stuck in the sand a bunch and it's always better to have 4x4 if you ask me.

Refer to stage 4... LOL

[fishd00d]

and can someone explain why RG thinks his 2 wheel drive is better in the sand than a 4x4. i've been stuck in the sand a bunch and it's always better to have 4x4 if you ask me.

He is able to have unlimited travel (per 2wd rules) so he can go faster over the small dunes and whoops and camel grass sections. Thats why he always is saying how the hummers eat camel grass. The 4x4 are limited to 10" (per 4x4 rules) travel so they arent able to go as fast over the bumps but they KILL him on all the smooth rally roads.

[Yumaoffroad]

RG has got stuck in this rally more than ever... I think he might consider 4x4 sometime in the future