Dakar 2013 - Official Event Coverage - thank you ALL TeamF5, lurkers and posters!

There goes the neighborhood.

As far's I can tell, the date dump theory seems pretty legit. It's waves of data at once.

where's Caselli?

France4 starts at 06:40 PM CET, Eurosport at 08:00 PM CET and 23:00 CET.

Luis now shows through WP2 on the 2smoker!

30th at the finish

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and you might have to wait till it comes on, it's like real tv

Thanks! Not good news....

Well, SPeedbrain wasnt exactly turning up multiple podiums their first year, either. Honda hasnt been in the game that long.

Wonder if its fuel consumption, ie jetting thats making them go through gas fast. 30L should be worth at least 250K's, if not 300, but what the hell do I know.

David's "...engine blew" after a total of 24 km of racing (13 km on Saturday and 21 km on Sunday), and with Paul Round, the builder who also set-up the car as co-driver??!!

Real anxious to know what happened?...

Dakar.com recap:

He only started in 30th place, but by the time he got to Nazca he'd already left almost 20 other riders in the dust. Francisco López took his second stage win in three days at the 2013 Dakar.

Leading the field can prove costly. A strategic factor that must be taken into account in the Dakar. Yesterday's heroes are often today's losers. And this is exactly what happened to Joan Barreda and his fellow travellers towards the start of the stage. Yesterday's winner was followed by Pedrero, Fish and others as he carefully performed his duties. He avoided the most dangerous pitfalls by focusing 110% on the road book... meaning he could only maintain a leisurely pace. Meanwhile, the most experienced riders started quite far back but they seized their chance to overtake the entire field without having to wrack their brains navigating. And few are better at this than Francisco López: the leading group went through the km 39 checkpoint at no more than 50 km/h, but Chaleco blasted onwards at 100 km/h. The Chilean was rewarded with his eighth Dakar win, the second of this edition. But he didn't take over the lead. Cyril Despres is no slouch either when it comes to experience and strategy, and he's got a knack for recognising the key points where he can make the difference. Today's third place behind Chaleco and Paulo Gonçalves was enough for him to defend the overall lead with a margin of 2′51″ over López, 4′59″ over Pål Anders Ullevålseter and 6′03″ over Olivier Pain.

EFI

While many of us firmly believe that Nasser & Carlos don't have a chance in hell with fresh new out of the box buggies, IF Carlos were to pull this off Robby would NEVER be able to live it down. I

Sainz 1st @ WP3, Peterhansel +58s

RG @ WP2 +1m46s, Nasser +1m11s

14 cars past WP2:

Chicherit, Al-Attiyah, Gordon in 3rd +1'46, Sainz 4th +2'41.

Don Hatton not yet threw WP2...anyone have info ?

Agreed. But it's a long, long rally... and when you're driving a new vehicle which hasn't been tested that thoroughly (like the Buggy) trouble is bound to happen.

None here.

And for the porn followers

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PAYEN (FRA)
YAMAHA
07:51:48 01:36:45

currently 74th overall

Devilliers lost 22mins between WP1 & 2. Sup with that?