Dakar 2013. Day 5. The border.
Thursday, 10 January 2013 01:03
The Dakar crossed the Chile border and came closer by two hours. Also the scenery changed. From now on the competitors will meet less dunes but more dust and more… complicated navigation.
Stéphane Peterhansel (#302) as he planned focused on his position and the tactics paid off. Altough he got some help from Nasser Al-Attiyah (#300) whose navigational mistake cost the Qatari 6 minutes.
Guerlain Chicherit was hard to finish because of the power steering fault and it will be difficult for him to start in the morning.
The first at the finish line was Nani Roma (#305) who now almost reached Leonid Novitskiy (#307) lying on 4th place in overall. They are separated with 8 seconds in all.
Boris Gadasin and Alexey Kuzmich (#348) stay 9th in overall while Vladimir Vasilyev and Vitaliy Yevtyekhov lost two lines. Carlos Sainz was 5th at the special today.
Photo report from G-Force Motorsport team service in the evening:
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Unfortunately, crew #406 Andrey Cherednikov/Albert Horn were withdrawn from the rally, the same for Artem Varentsov (#459) and Roman Briskindov (#436).
Cars standings after 5 stages (first ten):
| Pos. | N° | Name | Mark | Time | variation | Penalty |
| 1 | 302 | PETERHANSEL (FRA) | MINI | 10:55:32 | - | - |
| COTTRET (FRA) | ||||||
| 2 | 300 | AL-ATTIYAH (QAT) | BUGGY | 11:05:26 | 0:09:54 | - |
| CRUZ (ESP) | ||||||
| 3 | 301 | DE VILLIERS (ZAF) | TOYOTA | 11:29:22 | 0:33:50 | - |
| VON ZITZEWITZ (DEU) | ||||||
| 4 | 307 | NOVISTKIY (RUS) | MINI | 11:33:07 | 0:37:35 | - |
| ZHILTSOV (RUS) | ||||||
| 5 | 305 | ROMA (ESP) | MINI | 11:33:15 | 0:37:43 | - |
| PÉRIN (FRA) | ||||||
| 6 | 309 | CHICHERIT (FRA) | SMG | 11:52:06 | 0:56:34 | - |
| GARCIN (FRA) | ||||||
| 7 | 316 | CHABOT (FRA) | SMG | 12:06:07 | 1:10:35 | 0:01:00 |
| PILLOT (FRA) | ||||||
| 8 | 321 | ERRANDONEA (AND) | SMG | 12:13:49 | 1:18:17 | 0:01:00 |
| DEBRON (FRA) | ||||||
| 9 | 348 | GADASIN (RUS) | G-FORCE PROTO | 12:27:18 | 1:31:46 | - |
| KUZMICH (UKR) | ||||||
| 10 | 328 | THOMASSE (FRA) | BUGGY MD RALLYE | 12:28:18 | 1:32:46 | - |
| LARROQUE (FRA) |
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| 24 | 331 | VASILJEV (RUS) | G-FORCE PROTO | 14:24:49 | 3:29:17 | - |
| YEVTYEKHOV (UKR) |
The bikers change positions. Everything starts here tomorrow at the longest special among the first six.
First three in bikes afer stage 5:
| 1 | 9 | PAIN (FRA) | YAMAHA | 11:51:29 | - | - |
| 2 | 10 | CASTEU (FRA) | YAMAHA | 11:52:44 | 0:01:15 | - |
| 3 | 1 | DESPRES (FRA) | KTM | 11:57:36 | 0:06:07 | - |
Unconquerable Patronelly is on top again in quads and increases the gap for almost an hour. But it’s too early to draw the line. It’s the Dakar…
Quads standings after stage 5 (first three):
| 1 | 250 | PATRONELLI (ARG) | YAMAHA | 13:20:56 | - | - |
| 2 | 254 | CASALE (CHL) | YAMAHA | 14:39:28 | 1:18:32 | - |
| 3 | 252 | LASKAWIEC (POL) | YAMAHA | 14:41:41 | 1:20:45 | - |
The Netherland Hans Stacey (#504) won in trucks. Eduard Nikolaev (#501) now is less than 2 minutes behind him. Gerard De Rooy who lost lots of time yesterday now comes third and leads in overall again. In contrast, Ales Loprais who was the leader yesterday did not manage to get a gift for his own birthday but got stuck on the track for a heap of hours.
So now Eduard Nikolaev lies second and Ayrat Mardeev lies third.
Trucks after stage 5 (first three):
| 1 | 500 | DE ROOY (NLD) | IVECO | 13:04:43 | - | - |
| COLSOUL (BEL) | ||||||
| RODEWALD (NLD) | ||||||
| 2 | 501 | NIKOLAEV (RUS) | KAMAZ | 13:10:16 | 0:05:33 | - |
| SAVOSTIN (RUS) | ||||||
| RYBAKOV (RUS) | ||||||
| 3 | 505 | MARDEEV (RUS) | KAMAZ | 13:21:49 | 0:17:06 | - |
| BELYAEV (RUS) | ||||||
| MIRNIY (RUS) |
Full results for trucks after stage 5>>>
Next the longest among the first six stages is awaiting for the racers. And the highest mountain pass. The special of 438 kilometers and 331 kilometers of liaison. The endurance test both for people and machines.
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Photo: G-Force Motorsport, Michail Lastochlin, www.dakar.com
Voice of Dakar on FreeDRIVE, Official photogallery, Championat.com