Dakar 2010

[y2blade]

coverage starting on eurosport tonight at 19:25



http://www.dakar.com/index_DAKus.html

Edited by y2blade on Friday 1st January 19:26

[y2blade]

good to see Robbie Gordon and the Hummer there again

[xspencex]

y2blade said:

good to see Robbie Gordon and the Hummer there again

big beast!

VW's year? will Carlos take it?

[bruh_la]

i quite fancy doing it in one of these...there 7 of them competing, they are single seaters, fitting inbetween the bikes/quads and the cars,

Edited by bruh_la on Saturday 2nd January 09:07

[bruh_la]

[Sir HC]

Gordon is nuts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-uxHH7N4lM

[stuttgartmetal]

Car Drivers said:

Number Name Make
300 DE VILLIERS Giniel (ZAF)
VON ZITZEWITZ Dirk (DEU)
VOLKSWAGEN
301 PETERHANSEL Stéphane (FRA)
COTTRET Jean-paul (FRA)
BMW
302 GORDON Robby (USA)
GRIDER Andy (USA)
HUMMER
303 SAINZ Carlos (ESP)
CRUZ Lucas (ESP)
VOLKSWAGEN
304 ROMA Joan (nani) (ESP)
PERIN Michel (FRA)
BMW
305 MILLER Mark (USA)
PITCHFORD Ralph (ZAF)
VOLKSWAGEN
306 AL-ATTIYAH Nasser (QAT)
GOTTSCHALK Timo (DEU)
VOLKSWAGEN
307 CHICHERIT Guerlain (FRA)
THOERNER Maria cristina (CHE)
BMW
308 HOLOWCZYC Krzysztof (POL)
FORTIN Jean-Marc (BEL)
Nissan Overdrive
309 ZAPLETAL Miroslav (CZE)
OUREDNICEK Tomas (CZE)
MITSUBISHI
310 NOVITSKIY Leonid (RUS)
SCHULZ Andreas (DEU)
BMW
311 TERRANOVA Orlando (ARG)
MAIMON Pascal (FRA)
MITSUBISHI
312 NEVES Mauricio jose (BRA)
MAESTRELLI Clecio (BRA)
VOLKSWAGEN
313 LAVIEILLE Christian (FRA)
FORTHOMME Jean-Paul (BEL)
NISSAN
314 SOUSA Carlos (PRT)
BAUMEL Matthieu (FRA)
MITSUBISHI
315 KAHLE Matthias (DEU)
SCHÜNEMANN Thomas (DEU)
Fast - Speed
316 GACHE Philippe (FRA)
GORDON Fabrice (FRA)
SMG
317 VAN DEIJNE Tonnie (NLD)
ROSEGAAR Wouter (NLD)
MITSUBISHI
318 MISSLIN Nicolas (FRA)
POLATO Jean-michel (FRA)
MITSUBISHI
319 THOMASSE Pascal (FRA)
LARROQUE Pascal (FRA)
BUGGY MD
320 GARLAND Bruce (AUS)
SUZUKI Hiroaki (AUS)
ISUZU
321 DE AZEVEDO Jean (BRA)
HADDAD Youssef (BRA)
MITSUBISHI
322 SPINELLI Guilherme (BRA)
PALMEIRO Filipe (PRT)
MITSUBISHI
323 ERRANDONEA Bernard (AND)
GARCIN Jean-Pierre (FRA)
SMG
324 PATISSIER Isabelle (FRA)
DELLI ZOTTI Thierry (FRA)
BUGGY
325 HENRARD Stéphane (BEL)
BEGUIN François (BEL)
VOLKSWAGEN
326 DE GAVARDO Carlo (CHL)
RODRIGUEZ Juan pablo (CHL)
HUMMER
327 SOLOVYEV Yaroslav (RUS)
ZHILTSOV Konstantin (RUS)
SMG
328 VAN DEN GOORBERGH Jurgen (NLD)
MC RAE
329 COX Alfie (ZAF)
SCHRÖDER JÜrgen (DEU)
Nissan Overdrive
330 SIREYJOL Patrick (FRA)
WISSMANNS Rainer (FRA)
BOWLER
331 TRAGLIO Maurizio (ITA)
LURQUIN Fabian (BEL)
NISSAN
332 BARBOSA Miguel (PRT)
RAMALHO Miguel (PRT)
MITSUBISHI
333 KOLBERG Klever (BRA)
GODOI Giovanni lima (BRA)
MITSUBISHI
334 MIRONENKO Alexander (RUS)
LEBEDEV Sergey (RUS)
Nissan Overdrive
335 WALLENTHEIM Pelle (SWE)
OHLSSON Olle (SWE)
ISUZU
336 LEAL DOS SANTOS Ricardo (PRT)
FIUZA Paulo (PRT)
BMW
337 VAN LOON Erik (NLD)
VERHOEF Eric (NLD)
MITSUBISHI
338 GIBON Nicolas (FRA)
MIURA Akira (JPN)
TOYOTA
339 FOJ Xavier (ESP)
JATON Pablo (ARG)
TOYOTA
340 CHABOT Ronan (FRA)
PILLOT Gilles (FRA)
TOYOTA
341 MITSUHASHI Jun (JPN)
CATTARELLI Bruno (FRA)
TOYOTA
342 STRUGO Jean-pierre (FRA)
FERRI Yves (FRA)
NISSAN
343 HARDY Jérôme (FRA)
FAVREAU Karolyn (FRA)
MITSUBISHI
344 PITA Francisco (PRT)
HUMBERTO GonÇalves (PRT)
TOYOTA
345 POZZO Gabriel (ARG)
MARTIN Zarazaga (ARG)
SUBARU
346 IKEMACHI Yoshio (JPN)
HOSONO Takao (JPN)
SUBARU
347 CORONEL Tim (NLD)
MC RAE
348 DUBRISAY Arnaud (FRA)
MARTIN Patrick (FRA)
BOWLER
349 LATRACH JUAN PABLO (CHL)
LATRACH Jorge (CHL)
TOYOTA
350 LOGINOV Pavel (RUS)
RUSOV Andrey (RUS)
NISSAN
351 BAILEY Ronn (USA)
WALCH Kellon (USA)
HUMMER
352 BOUTRON Philippe (FRA)
MARTIN Jean-luc (FRA)
BOWLER
353 SCHOTT Stephan (DEU)
SCHMIDT Holm (DEU)
MITSUBISHI
354 FIDEL MEDERO Juan miguel (ESP)
VENTAJA Javier (ESP)
TOYOTA
355 BONACHE Julio (BRA)
ROLDAN Lourival (BRA)
MITSUBISHI
356 SZUSTKOWSKI Robert (CHE)
KAZBERUK Jaroslaw (POL)
MITSUBISHI
357 SMULEVICI Etienne (FRA)
MARTINEZ Jean-jacques (FRA)
EUROREPAR-SMG
358 KOOLEN Kees (NLD)
MC RAE
359 CHAVIGNY Frederic (FRA)
BRUCY Jean (FRA)
NISSAN
360 HANGGORO Kasih (IDN)
MC RAE
361 YOUNG Billy (ARG)
BENJAMIN Lozada (ARG)
TOYOTA
362 BEFFIE Dees (NLD)
MC RAE
363 VARELA Reinaldo marques (BRA)
AYALA Erley (BRA)
MITSUBISHI
364 TURON-BARRERE Michel (FRA)
FENESTRAZ Stéphanie (FRA)
BUGGY
365 VAN DER BEEK Wouter (NLD)
HOOGENDIJK Jan (NLD)
KIA
366 CASTELNUOVO Mauro (NLD)
MC RAE
367 BONFILS Jerome (FRA)
IRISSOU Bernard (FRA)
BMW
368 SACHANBINSKI Aleksander (POL)
RABIEGA Arkadiusz (POL)
TOYOTA
369 LEYDS Chris (NLD)
MC RAE
370 FROMONT Yves (FRA)
REYNAUD Marie-laure (FRA)
BOWLER
371 MEMI Andres gaston (ARG)
TRIPPAR Daniel (ARG)
MITSUBISHI
373 JANECEK Jiri (CZE)
CHYTKA Viktor (CZE)
TOYOTA
374 TORNATORE Alberto (ARG)
DETOMASI Juan carlos (ARG)
TOYOTA
375 HACKING Lawrence (CAN)
GIROUARD Christian (CAN)
MASON MOTORSPORTS
376 BLANCHEMAIN Jean luc (FRA)
GUEHENNEC Alain (FRA)
BUGGY MD
377 FAVRE Frédéric (FRA)
FAVRE Christine (FRA)
TOYOTA
378 TOSCANO Herve (FRA)
GAMBILLON Pascal (FRA)
BUGGY MD
379 POTTIER Olivier (FRA)
GOSSELIN Philippe (FRA)
BUGGY MD
380 OTAÑO Francisco (ARG)
MONTI Leonardo (ARG)
Monti 09
381 REGUNASCHI Francisco claudio (ARG)
GRIMI Federico Eduardo (ARG)
TOYOTA
382 LU Ningjun (CHN)
DI PERSIO Roberto (ITA)
CHERY
383 JIANG Yaohuan (CHN)
BARTHOLOME Marc (BEL)
CHERY
384 LEPLAT Alain (BEL)
FERRAND Pascal (FRA)
BOWLER
385 PORCHERON Philippe (FRA)
RIVET Cedric (FRA)
SPRINGBOK
386 VICO CORDOBA Antonio (ESP)
VICO JIMENEZ Carlos (ESP)
BOWLER
387 MIKULA Peter (CZE)
ŠULÁK Petr (CZE)
TOYOTA
388 KUNOVSKY Dusan (CZE)
LATINAK Libor (CZE)
TOYOTA
389 ZHOU Yong (CHN)
PONCET Sylvain (FRA)
GREAT WALL HOVER
390 FISCHER Sven (BRA)
STAL Joao (BRA)
MITSUBISHI
391 MORIN Eric (FRA)
BARBET Mayeul (FRA)
BOWLER
392 MERCEIJ Peter (NLD)
VAN BERGEN HENEGOUW Jos (NLD)
DESERT WARRIOR
393 GONZALEZ Gaston alberto (ARG)
RUDI Christian (ARG)
TOYOTA
394 NESTERCHUK Vadym (UKR)
PAVLOV Eugeniy (RUS)
MITSUBISHI
395 NEIRYNCK Robert (COG)
NEIRYNCK Jean-pierre (COG)
BOWLER
396 ROUND Paul (SVK)
BOOIJ Henk (NLD)
DESERT WARRIOR
397 CLÉVENOT JoËl (FRA)
LABARBE Alain (FRA)
TOYOTA
398 LURTON François (FRA)
MARTINEAU Guillaume (FRA)
BUGGY
399 HERRERA Ruben oscar (ARG)
QUIROGA Osvaldo daniel (ARG)
TOYOTA
400 RAUD Philippe (FRA)
LEFEBVRE Guy (FRA)
TOYOTA
401 HUGOUNENQ Denis (FRA)
GÉRARD David (FRA)
RALLY RAID UK
402 YACOPINI Alejandro miguel (ARG)
MARCO Scopinaro (ARG)
TOYOTA
403 DI PALMA Jose luis (ARG)
SCICOLONE Gerardo (ARG)
TOYOTA
404 AMOR Eduardo osvaldo (ARG)
BLANCO Eduardo maximil (ARG)
TOYOTA
405 SAVENKO Sergey (RUS)
MALTSEV Denis (RUS)
BUGGY
407 NICOLAS GONZALEZ Josep (ESP)
SANTAMARIA Ignacio (ARG)
TOYOTA
409 RAHAL Kamil (SEN)
KARRIT Karim (SOM)
NISSAN
410 BASSO Jean-Claude (FRA)
BASSO Ronald (FRA)
TOYOTA
411 AUDAS Roger (FRA)
CHAUBET Bernard (FRA)
MITSUBISHI
412 CASALE Ignacio (CHL)
MELO Jose (CHL)
TOYOTA
413 CARMONA Luis miguel (CHL)
CARMONA Luis miguel (CHL)
TOYOTA
414 ZUCCHINI Victor Hugo (ARG)
RUBEN FRANCISCO Garcia (ARG)
TOYOTA
415 VAUTIER Jean francois (FRA)
MOGNIER Gerald (FRA)
TOYOTA LAND CRUISER
416 MOREL Antoine (FRA)
AUBEL Pascal (FRA)
SPRINGBOK
417 IBAÑEZ Pablo (ARG)
BUGGY
418 SCHULTIS Mirco (DEU)
LEARDI Ulrich (CHE)
DESERT WARRIOR
419 SANCHEZ Rafael norberto (ARG)
LUSARDI Cristian fernando (ARG)
HYUNDAI
420 SISTERNA Lino (ARG)
SISTERNA Juan pablo (ARG)
NISSAN
421 RODRIGUEZ GURBINDO Pablo (ESP)
CONTIN OTEGUI Luis (ESP)
ESTERIBAR
422 WILLIAMS Sergio (BRA)
KONIG Rodrigo (BRA)
JEEP
423 RUBINETTI Cristian amilcar (ARG)
WALTER Kent (ARG)
TOYOTA
424 SERINET Gilles (FRA)
COUILLET Pierre (FRA)
BOWLER
425 ARRIETA Guillermo (URY)
ARRIETA Fernando (URY)
KIA
427 GIRARD Christophe (FRA)
SCHURGER Denis (FRA)
TOYOTA
428 LJUBETIC Vladimir (CHL)
GONZALES BAILLES Gonzalo (CHL)
NISSAN
429 KIM Hernan (ARG)
SANCHEZ Jorge leonardo (ARG)
MERCEDES
430 MURANO Jorge (ARG)
RALLYRAID.COM PROTO
431 LOPEZ RIVAS Jose (ESP)
RUBI MONTSERRAT Joan (ESP)
MITSUBISHI
432 GRASA EGEA Francisco javier (ESP)
GRASA EGEA Luis miguel (ESP)
MITSUBISHI
433 LEON Fernando (CHL)
LEON Alvaro (CHL)
TOYOTA
434 VANDENBERGHE Steve (BEL)
HILLEWAERE Patrick (BEL)
NISSAN
435 FERRAND MALATESTA Fernando (PER)
FERRAND DEL BUSTO Fernando (PER)
TOYOTA
436 MENDOZA FRANCO Luis antonio (PER)
BROMBERG Ive (PER)
TOYOTA
437 ZHAO Yongguo (CHN)
HAN Yue (CHN)
TOYOTA
438 ZHU Jinzhong (CHN)
HE Xudong (CHN)
TOYOTA
439 CAMPILLAY PAEZ O.javier (CHL)
DARIO Guzman (CHL)
FORD
440 DRAZEN Curic (HRV)
KOLEGA Kresimir (HRV)
TOYOTA

Petrhansel, Ledge.
Sainz, ditto.

Where,TF, I may add, is a bracketted GB/IRL/W/Ecosse ?

Edited by stuttgartmetal on Saturday 2nd January 18:06

[y2blade]

any idea what sort of BHP those BMW/VW TDIs are putting out?


really enjoying the Eurosport coverage so far, always great pictures esp the helicopter shots

[Chris944_S2]

Apparently no. 418 has crashed into a load of spectators, a 28 year old woman has been killed and several others are injured

[mattsayle]

Chris944_S2 said:

Apparently no. 418 has crashed into a load of spectators, a 28 year old woman has been killed and several others are injured

Unfortunatly so

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80724

[PhillT]

Horrible news about the accident. I hope some more thought can be given as to keeping spectators safe without ruining the atmosphere of the event.

I'm backing Nasser Al Attiyah this year - he was doing well last year until he had technical problems and having had a passenger ride off him last year, I'm convinced that he's super human.

[boycieboy]

If you want to follow the dakar and have an iPhone or iPod touch, there is a app available.
It's done by VW however, gives quite abit of general info and also a 'live' leader board and stage maps

Search under 'Dakar' in iTunes or app store

Oh and it's free! enjoy

[FourWheelDrift]

If you use Twitter you can get regular updates from Toby Moody if you follow him. Even if you only sign up for it and ignore everyone else.

[Rude-boy]

PhillT said:

Horrible news about the accident. I hope some more thought can be given as to keeping spectators safe without ruining the atmosphere of the event.

Whilst I have every sympathy for those who have lost someone as a result of such an accident it has to be said that Motorsport is dangerous, reports i have read advise they were outside the designated spectator area and short of building 10 foot thick, 20 foot high walls along the edges of any piece of roadway which is being used competitively, this sort of incident will always be a risk.

[Speedy11]

I hope this doesnt break any rules but here are some pictures which show the sequence of events

http://mundod.lavoz.com.ar/?q=content/%C2%BFel-sho...

[Syndrome]

Speedy11 said:

I hope this doesnt break any rules but here are some pictures which show the sequence of events

http://mundod.lavoz.com.ar/?q=content/%C2%BFel-sho...

When will people ever learn. YOU DON'T STAND ON THE OUTSIDE OF A CORNER DURING A RALLY

[y2blade]

Syndrome said:

Speedy11 said:

I hope this doesnt break any rules but here are some pictures which show the sequence of events

http://mundod.lavoz.com.ar/?q=content/%C2%BFel-sho...

When will people ever learn. YOU DON'T STAND ON THE OUTSIDE OF A CORNER DURING A RALLY

well said

[rev-erend]

Thanks for the linky .. very interesting.

Did not look a big accident but just people where they should not be .. and not really even looking at the cars
(perhaps eating or having a picnic)..

Anyway - I used to do a bit of rally marshalling and the public are just sooooo stupid.

You tell them to stand on the inside of a corner because it's safer .. and you get ball out by an angry mob. They got covered in stones too .. sad old lot.

[BIG BAVARIAN]

Sod the VW s, i want one of those Kamaz trucks ,now thats a proper big boys toy.

[Speedy11]

BIG BAVARIAN said:

Sod the VW s, i want one of those Kamaz trucks ,now thats a proper big boys toy.

I love the trucks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icMbS_xCP9I (a great shot at 3:33) also who can forget the twin engined Daf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWhAU5Qn6dQ

Edited by Speedy11 on Monday 4th January 17:31