Dakar 2016

Dave.0 · Jan 13, 2016

^^^^^ Best looking front end on any current MINI made.

Steve · Jan 13, 2016

Dakar Cars, Stage 10: Peterhansel leads, drama for Sainz, Al-Attiyah (motorsport.com)

By: Pablo Elizalde

Stephane Peterhansel took a giant step towards victory in the 2016 Dakar Rally after winning Wednesday's 10th stage as both Carlos Sainz and Nasser Al-Attiyah hit major trouble.

Peterhansel started the day in second place in the standings, behind Sainz, but the Spaniard's chances vanished when he stopped with mechanical problems near the end of the day.

At the time of writing, the Spaniard was still waiting for assistance.

Al-Attiyah, third at the start of the day, lost over 52 minutes after rolling his X-raid Mini.

The day included a 278-km special, with a mammoth connection of 485km from Belen to La Rioja. The start was slightly delayed because of the rising of a river.

Al-Attiyah's day got off to a poor start when he rolled his Mini less than six km into the stage.

Although he eventually managed to continue, the Qatari lost over 28 minutes to Peterhansel at the first control point.

Peterhansel himself - and also Sainz, and Mikko Hirvonen - dropped time early on after getting lost in the dunes, although that did not stop the Frenchman from emerging as the quickest driver by nearly six minutes at CP1.

Peterhansel also set the pace at the second control point, increasing the gap to his closest pursuer - Cyril Despres - to nearly nine minutes.

Sainz, meanwhile, was 20 minutes slower than his French rival.

But it all came to a sudden end for the Spaniard, who stopped with a broken gearbox case 213km into the stage.

It is still unclear if the former WRC champion will continue in the event, but he was still waiting for assistance two hours after Peterhansel had finished.

Peterhansel reached the finish in 4h13m32s, beating Peugeot teammate Despres by 5m40s and Toyota's Vladimir Vasilyev by 12m56s.

Mini's Nani Roma finished the stage in fourth, ahead of Sebastien Loeb in the third-fastest Peugeot today.

Today's result leaves the 11-time Dakar winner a full hour clear of Al-Attiyah in the standings with three stages to run.

Giniel de Villiers is third, 1h12m adrift.
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Standings after Stage 10:

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5

Pos. No. Driver Car Time/Gap

1 302 Stephane Peterhansel Peugeot 32h44m59s

Jean-Paul Cottret

2 300 Nasser Al-Attiyah Mini 1h00m00s

Matthieu Baumel

3 301 Giniel de Villiers Toyota 1h12m31s

Dirk von Zitzewitz

4 315 Mikko Hirvonen Mini 1h23m51s

Michel Perin

5 319 Leeroy Poulter Toyota 1h33m58s

Robert Howie

6 321 Cyril Despres Peugeot 1h50m05s

David Castera

7 304 Nani Roma Mini 1h50m25s

Alex Haro

8 307 Vladimir Vasilyev Toyota 1h58m07s

Konstantin Zhiltsov

9 314 Sebastien Loeb Peugeot 2h27m31s

Daniel Elena

10 323 Harry Hunt Mini 2h28m41s

Andy Schulz

Steve · Jan 13, 2016

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acYR83n7OFM"]Stage 10 Summary - Car/Bike - (Belen / La Rioja) - YouTube[/ame]

Steve · Jan 14, 2016

Here's a bit more video from after Loeb's big "event" a few days ago.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CVrIdE7ViY"]SÃƒÂ©bastien Loeb crashes on stage 8 but finishes - Dakar 2016 - YouTube[/ame]

Steve · Jan 14, 2016

Nasser heads todayâ€™s WRC trio (maxrally.com)

14th January 2016

Mini driver Nasser Al-Attiyah led home two other heroes of the World Rally Championship in Dakar today, when he beat Sebastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen to fastest time.

Todayâ€™s 431km test ran from La Rioja-San Juan and offered a real variety from fesh-fesh to fast gravel. And it was last yearâ€™s Dakar winner who was quickest. Al-Attiyahâ€™s best efforts lifted eight minutes out of Stephane Peterhanselâ€™s lead. Unfortunately for the Qatari, thereâ€™s still 52 minutes separating him from the Peugeot in front.

Peterhansel was a conservative fourth quickest, taking no risks in the 2008 DKR.

Nasser admitted his primary concern was former Volkswagen team-mate Giniel de Villiers, who wasnâ€™t too far behind in third. That all changed today, when he beat the Toyota driver by 12 minutes.

â€œGiniel is always very consistent, so we needed to make sure we could keep a gap to him,â€ said Nasser. â€œAt least we didn't have any punctures, so that was good. And we managed to win the stage and keep our second place, so that was job done for today: we did everything we had to do. There were no particular problems on the stage for us, but it was long and we were quite tired by the end of it. Tomorrow we will keep going at a good pace.â€

Hirvonen is just five minutes behind de Villiers in fourth with just two days remaining.
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Steve · Jan 14, 2016

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH6M_xfhWmM"]Stage 11 Summary - Car/Bike - (La Rioja / San Juan) - YouTube[/ame]

Steve · Jan 15, 2016

Hirvonen wins a stage! My guess is he's pedaling fast because he knows how close he is to a podium on his first try.

But there's not much changing at the top overall. It's getting a bit closer but it looks like that's only because Peterhansel is taking it easy, hoping to hold onto the lead by avoiding the mechanical and other issues suffered by his team mates.

One more stage and little is likely to change without a bit of unexpected attrition...

Dakar Cars, Stage 12: Hirvonen takes maiden stage win (motorsport.com)

By: Valentin Khorounzhiy

Former WRC star Mikko Hirvonen picked up his first stage win in his rookie Dakar Rally, while Stephane Peterhansel preserved his massive lead in the overall standings.

Hirvonen, making his Dakar debut with X-raid Mini, was just nine seconds quicker than team leader Nasser Al-Attiyah at the completion of the marathon 481km stage.

South Africa's Leeroy Poulter looked set to take the honours for Toyota, having led each step of the way before slipping behind Hirvonen and Al-Attiyah at the penultimate waypoint - although he did hang on to third ahead of teammate Giniel de Villiers.

Nani Roma followed the Toyota duo in fifth, ahead of Vladimir Vasilyev and Orly Terranova.

In a stage where none of the Peugeots threatened for the top spot, Peterhansel gave up 11 minutes to Al-Attiyah, holding on to a 41-minute advantage as Dakar enters its final 180km stage.

Teammates Cyril Despres and Sebastien Loeb were slightly quicker than Peterhansel, with Loeb completing the stage as the top-placed Peugeot eight minutes off the pace.
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Standings after Stage 12:

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5

Pos. No. Driver Car Time/Gap

1 302 Stephane Peterhansel Peugeot 43h27m42s

Jean-Paul Cottret

2 300 Nasser Al-Attiyah Mini 40m59s

Matthieu Baumel

3 301 Giniel de Villiers Toyota 1h07m6s

Dirk von Zitzewitz

4 315 Mikko Hirvonen Mini 1h11m42s

Michel Perin

5 319 Leeroy Poulter Toyota 1h36m16s

Robert Howie

6 304 Nani Roma Mini 1h46m16s

Alex Haro

7 321 Cyril Despres Peugeot 1h55m05s

David Castera

8 307 Vladimir Vasilyev Toyota 2h04m49s

Konstantin Zhiltsov

9 314 Sebastien Loeb Peugeot 2h22m46s

Daniel Elena

10 323 Harry Hunt Mini 3h08m58s

Andy Schulz

Steve · Jan 15, 2016

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfIKEhFL1sE"]Stage 12 Summary - Car/Bike - (San Juan / Villa Carlos Paz) - YouTube[/ame]

Steve · Jan 16, 2016

The Dakar is done and Peterhansel has his 12th victory! That's 12! (6 on 2 wheels, 6 on 4)

Not enough fingers to count them all.

Also note, the fellow Angib mentioned in the "trunk bike" (malle-moto) category, Jurgen van der Goorbergh, also won.

Quads: Pastonelli.
Bikes: Price.
Bikes (Malle-moto): van den Goorbergh.
Cars: Peterhansel.
Trucks: De Rooy.

Loeb took the final stage win. Despite his best efforts, Hirvonen was unable to overhaul De Villiers (he was only 2min 31sec short by the end of the stage) so no change in the top 3 overall.

Dakar Cars, Stage 13: Peterhansel wraps up win, Loeb fastest (motorsport.com)

By: Valentin Khorounzhiy

Stephane Peterhansel clinched his 12th victory in the Dakar Rally by coasting through the final stage, which was won by Peugeot teammate Sebastien Loeb.

Peterhansel, whose win is to remain provisional until X-raid's appeal is decided, allowed himself to drop several minutes to nearest rival Nasser Al-Attiyah through the final stage - but still finished with more than half an hour to spare.

Meanwhile, Loeb was a minute off the fastest time at the first waypoint, but picked up the pace later on in the run to claim his fourth stage win in his debut Dakar.

Much of the stage was led by another former WRC star Mikko Hirvonen, who had started the day four minutes off third-placed Giniel de Villiers after having taken his maiden stage win on Friday.

And the Finn did manage to gain ground on de Villiers again - but the South African was fast enough to hold on to third overall, making it three different marques on the podium.

With Hirvonen finishing a debut fourth, Leeroy Poulter completed the rally's top-five, posting his career-best finish.
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Standings after Stage 13:

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5

Pos. No. Driver Car Time/Gap

1 302 Stephane Peterhansel Peugeot 45h22m10s

Jean-Paul Cottret

2 300 Nasser Al-Attiyah Mini 34m58s

Matthieu Baumel

3 301 Giniel de Villiers Toyota 1h02m47s

Dirk von Zitzewitz

4 315 Mikko Hirvonen Mini 1h05m18s

Michel Perin

5 319 Leeroy Poulter Toyota 1h30m43s

Robert Howie

6 304 Nani Roma Mini 1h41m06s

Alex Haro

7 321 Cyril Despres Peugeot 1h49m04s

David Castera

8 307 Vladimir Vasilyev Toyota 2h01m45s

Konstantin Zhiltsov

9 314 Sebastien Loeb Peugeot 2h22m09s

Daniel Elena

10 323 Harry Hunt Mini 3h11m30s

Andy Schulz

Steve · Jan 16, 2016

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64oC5xPf2Dk"]Stage 13 Summary - Car/Bike - (Villa Carlos Paz / Rosario) - YouTube[/ame]

Steve · Jan 17, 2016

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34RWQgnJrsE"]Car/Auto/Coche - Best Of Dakar 2016 - YouTube[/ame]

Angib · Jan 18, 2016

I'm wondering if the 3 litre diesel in the current Dakar Mini racers will give way to a similar, or larger, petrol/gas engine for more speed to counter the Peugeots.

Though judging by how many times some Minis were rolled over, maybe more speed would need more track.

RallyMini370 · Jan 20, 2016

Not exactly a good move!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLVyRAt2cxbxvPmS7gvzm3V_FfTCZ9N1p8&v=OC9Jijh18Qw

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