Dakar 2014

kfxnando · Post by **kfxnando** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 8:18 am

Seems things are not off to a good start for SA teams

hilux has issues

SA V8 Ford also no shine

Eish

Post by **CasKru** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 9:36 am

Hey... Leeroy had an awesome run first up. Giniel's power steering stopped working 30km's into the race but even with that... they didn't loose too much time.. hats of to them

Dingo · Post by **Dingo** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 10:53 am

Overall standing after Stage 1:

Cars:

9th - Poulter, 5:57min behind ( was leading at CP1 and CP2

)
27th - De Villiers, 15:57min behind
49th - Rundle, 31:07min behind
130th - Alvarez, 2h05:08 min behind
141th - Visser, 5h34:38 behind. Also has an 1hr penalty.

Bikes:

27th, van Niekerk, 11:47min behind
65th, Cummings, 27:23min behind

Die$eL · Post by **Die$eL** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 12:23 pm

considering Giniel and Dirk has power steering issues and stopped like 3 times, its amazing they only 16 mins behind!!!

Let's see where they stand at the end of today

Harold · Post by **Harold** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 5:29 pm

In Dakar time lost, especially in the first few stages of the race, is bad news.
He needs a trouble free run to move up in position; if a 3rd the way through the race and down to 5th place his chances are slim.
Now is the time for Everything keeps going right - TOYOTA.

Post by **george** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:20 am

Giniel is back

Cars
1 Stephane Peterhansel (FRA/Mini) 3hr52min05
2 Carlos Sainz (ESP/Smg) +46sec
3 Giniel De Villiers (RSA/Toyota) +5min34
4 Nani Roma (ITA/Mini) +7min25
5 Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT/Mini) +7min44
6 Orlando Terranova (ARG/Mini) +12min41
7 Ronan Chabot (FRA/Smg) +14min03
8 Christian Lavieille (FRA/Haval) +19min38
9 Lucio Alvarez (ARG/Ford) +26min00
10 Reinaldo Marques Varela (BRA/Mitsubishi) +28min06

Overall car standings
1 Stephane Peterhansel (FRA/Mini) 6hr17min02
2 Carlos Sainz (ESP/Smg) +28sec
3 Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT/Mini) +4min10
4 Nani Roma (ITA/Mini) +4min19
5 Orlando Terranova (ARG/Mini) +8min31
6 Giniel De Villiers (RSA/Toyota) +17min10
7 Christian Lavieille (FRA/Haval) +20min59
8 Reinaldo Marques Varela (BRA/Mitsubishi) +36min00
9 Krzysztof Holowczyc (POL/Mini) +37min08
10 Marek Dabrowski (POL/Toyota) +38min08

Motorcycles
1 Sam Sunderland (GBR/Honda) 3hr42min10
2 Francisco Lopez Contardo (CHI/KTM) +39sec
3 Joan Barreda Bort (ESP/Honda) +2min00
4 Ruben Faria (POR/KTM) +4min07
5 Alain Duclos (FRA/Sherco) +5min51
6 Ben Grabham (AUS/KTM) +7min15
7 David Casteu (FRA/KTM) +7min27
8 Paulo Goncalves (POR/Honda) +7min45
9 Marc Coma (ESP/KTM) +8min23
10 Cyril Despres (FRA/Yamaha) +8min43

Overall motorcycle standings
1 Joan Barreda Bort (ESP/Honda) 6hr09min41
2 Francisco Lopez Contardo (CHI/KTM) +2min03
3 Sam Sunderland (GBR/Honda) +2min33
4 Alain Duclos (FRA/Sherco) +5min47
5 Marc Coma (ESP/KTM) +7min00
6 Ruben Faria (POR/KTM) +7min18
7 Paulo Goncalves (POR/Honda) +8min10
8 Cyril Despres (FRA/Yamaha) +8min23
9 Ben Grabham (AUS/KTM) +10min05
10 David Casteu (FRA/KTM) +10min59

Post by **CasKru** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:43 am

Thunder02 · Post by **Thunder02** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:55 am

Looking good so far

Toppie4x4 · Post by **Toppie4x4** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:41 am

Yes I think he did very well yesterday..............

Hoppy · Post by **Hoppy** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:53 am

Ek is so bly om te sien die KTM's "rule" nie meer nie

17 min op die eerste dag, do-able

mervyn · Post by **mervyn** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 9:03 am

Good to see our boy is making up for lost time. I think despite the first days gliches, he did well with only a 15 min delay. He should get ahead of the number 2 guy as well.

Post by **CasKru** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 3:53 pm

I just hate the guys that put the footage together. They have something against us Safas. I mean Giniel advanced from 23 position to 6th overall and not one word was said about that. :evil:

ChrisF · Post by **ChrisF** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 4:08 pm

Cassie presies wat ek vir my vrou gesê het .....

dalk moet hy maar weer n stage of twee wen - moeiliker om hom dan uit die storie te laat ...

Post by **CasKru** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 4:13 pm

Hy sal nou maar net die Dakar moet wen dat hulle hom nie verder kan ignoreer nie... hehe

Dingo · Post by **Dingo** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:18 pm

Looks like Poulter came in 3rd on stage 3 and Giniel 13th.

Peter Hansel had problems and came in 27th.

Giniel is still 6th overall and Poulter moves into 10th.

Roma takes lead.

Rundle not in yet.

Visser in the Ford is out, rolled on a dune yesterday and had to be airlifted to hospital - suspected neck injuries, but he's all good and will be released from hospital tomorrow.

UTV Racing · Post by **UTV Racing** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:30 pm

Dagse manne trots op leroy vandag hier is so paar fotos vir julle hier van my span geniet

Wurmscooby · Post by **Wurmscooby** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 9:45 pm

mooi man

Harold · Post by **Harold** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 7:06 am

Two Hilux's and two South Africans in the top 10 - great acheivement!
Be wonderful if they could both move into the top five!

This should be given a 'little' more exposure in the abysmal 30 minute slot each day.

Die$eL · Post by **Die$eL** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 8:00 am

CasKru wrote:I just hate the guys that put the footage together. They have something against us Safas. I mean Giniel advanced from 23 position to 6th overall and not one word was said about that. :evil:

I agree totally!
They just concentrate on a few favourites. Especially on the french and italian guys.
I'm surprised there was no mention of the Ford's crash and that the guys had to be hospitalised.

Either way, the Toyos are gaining momentum now! Let's hope there are no punctures and stuff.

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 8:04 am

Die$eL wrote:
CasKru wrote:I just hate the guys that put the footage together. They have something against us Safas. I mean Giniel advanced from 23 position to 6th overall and not one word was said about that. :evil:
I agree totally!
They just concentrate on a few favourites. Especially on the french and italian guys.
I'm surprised there was no mention of the Ford's crash and that the guys had to be hospitalised.

Either way, the Toyos are gaining momentum now! Let's hope there are no punctures and stuff.

They did mention Visser's crash in the news section IIRC.

I watched again this morning and to my surprise they actually mentioned and had "sample" footage of both Giniel and Leeroy but hardly 10 seconds combined :evil:

Harold · Post by **Harold** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 12:00 pm

Daily 30 minute coverage: - if you take out the advertisements and some of the un-necessary items, then the actual viewing time of the Dakar is about 22 minutes.

This is all you get each day of one of the greatest sporting events in the world.

4x4BEES · Post by **4x4BEES** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 12:47 pm

Hell, even netball gets more coverage!!

Hilux 1 · Post by **Hilux 1** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 1:24 pm

ok so I've read and googled but still no answer, The Imperial Toyota Hilux drivers will spend an average of how many hours in the vehicle per day?

komaan help my die van wen seblief

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 1:46 pm

Harold wrote:Daily 30 minute coverage: - if you take out the advertisements and some of the un-necessary items, then the actual viewing time of the Dakar is about 22 minutes.

This is all you get each day of one of the greatest sporting events in the world.

Together with Le Mans the GREATEST!!

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 1:48 pm

This is not good: South African Leeroy Poulter's Toyota has remained at a standstill at km 47 for over 20 minutes now. This is much longer than what it takes to change a tyre and suggests the Toyota's problems are serious.

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 1:50 pm

This will help Giniel: And now it is Stéphane Peterhansel's Mini which has ground to a halt for five minutes, just before km 28 of today's special. Is he having trouble with the course or was it simply a puncture?

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 2:18 pm

I heard Peterhansel had a series of punctures today that have severely affected his position...

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 2:24 pm

I'm really starting to worry about Giniel as well as he has not passed through WP1 as yet

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 2:30 pm

09:15 Cars: Km 129: Al-Attiyah bares his teeth
The Qatari at the wheel of the no. 301 Mini has set a new best time at the first checkpoint. Al-Attiyah's time of 1 h 20'07' was 24' faster than Terranova's.

4x4BEES · Post by **4x4BEES** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 2:35 pm

Hilux 1 wrote:ok so I've read and googled but still no answer, The Imperial Toyota Hilux drivers will spend an average of how many hours in the vehicle per day?

komaan help my die van wen seblief

12 ure per dag boet. Ek is klaar al die "stages". Wag nou vir nommer 5

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 2:36 pm

CasKru wrote:I'm really starting to worry about Giniel as well as he has not passed through WP1 as yet

And he started the stage.

Rundle is through WP2 already and he started after Giniel.

First 4 cars are through WP4 already.

Hilux 1 · Post by **Hilux 1** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 2:38 pm

dankie, het toe n kans gewaag en dit gekies.

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 2:40 pm

Traveler wrote:
CasKru wrote:I'm really starting to worry about Giniel as well as he has not passed through WP1 as yet
And he started the stage.

Rundle is through WP2 already and he started after Giniel.

First 4 cars are through WP4 already.

Hoop maar net daar is iets fout met hulle tracking unit (Dakar sin). Dien niks van hulle in die news feed nie

4x4BEES · Post by **4x4BEES** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 2:42 pm

Waar volg julle die timing?
Sal self wil sien asb.

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 2:48 pm

4x4BEES wrote:Waar volg julle die timing?
Sal self wil sien asb.

http://gaps.dakar.com/2014/dakar/stage-04/aso/ukie.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

ForYota · Post by **ForYota** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 3:15 pm

4x4BEES · Post by **4x4BEES** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 3:31 pm

Dankie

Mr_B · Post by **Mr_B** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 4:09 pm

For the non-twitters like me, you can check Giniel's tweets here:

https://twitter.com/TheRealGiniel" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Nothing mentioned for today... so I hope he's still racing!

KOBUSL · Post by **KOBUSL** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 4:11 pm

4x4BEES wrote:Hell, even netball gets more coverage!!

Sagter op die oog..............................

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 4:25 pm

Van Niekerk op sy KTM is al deur CP2.

Cassie, hopelike is jy reg. Het al hulle tracking verkeerd gesien in die verlede. Dalk is daai Hilux so vinnig deur hulle het hom nie gesien nie?

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 4:27 pm

Seems all is fine.. must be faulty equipment on Dakar side:

11:16 Cars: State of affairs before the neutralised section

With the competitors quickly approaching the second part of the special, a small group has formed at the front of the car race. Nasser Al-Attiyah, Carlos Sainz, Giniel de Villiers, Stéphane Peterhansel and Nani Roma are fighting for the stage victory, with just five minutes between the Qatari at the front and the Spaniard at the rear. The next 284 km will be decisive.

Looks like they are about to start with the second section of the day

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 4:48 pm

CasKru wrote:Seems all is fine.. must be faulty equipment on Dakar side:
11:16 Cars: State of affairs before the neutralised section

With the competitors quickly approaching the second part of the special, a small group has formed at the front of the car race. Nasser Al-Attiyah, Carlos Sainz, Giniel de Villiers, Stéphane Peterhansel and Nani Roma are fighting for the stage victory, with just five minutes between the Qatari at the front and the Spaniard at the rear. The next 284 km will be decisive.

Looks like they are about to start with the second section of the day

Ek spekeloer ook nou daardie goeie nuus.

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 5:28 pm

Seems Poulter lost more than 3 hours but is going again

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 5:46 pm

According to Dakar's FB page Geniel went through WP5 1'36" after Nassar which had the fastest time

Dingo · Post by **Dingo** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 6:25 pm

Poulter broke suspension and shock at around 75km in, had to wait for the backup truck to come to repair.

UTV Racing · Post by **UTV Racing** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 6:49 pm

Mini span se strategie vandag is dat ons graag wil he nasser moet wen om tyd op sainz temaak, stephan het n ander band keuse gevat vandag klas b waar nasser klas g is. Mini wil net so biki druk plaas op toyota vandag om tesien wat hulle maak maar hulle is nou agter. So nou het ons net sains en lavielle op oog. Manne hou tomas rundel dop hy doen baie goed in ook n SA hilux

Post by **george** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 7:25 pm

Ek hoor nou op die nuus.Giniel het 3 pap bande gehad

UTV Racing · Post by **UTV Racing** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 8:47 pm

My dierbare friend ex bmw x3 works drywer geurlian chicert se vsa geboude buggy aan die brand geslaan dankie tog hys intyd uit. Baie geluk aan Sainz met stages wen vandag.

4x4BEES · Post by **4x4BEES** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 9:01 pm

Bly om te hoor hy het nie seer gekry nie

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 9:28 pm

UTV Racing wrote:My dierbare friend ex bmw x3 works drywer geurlian chicert se vsa geboude buggy aan die brand geslaan dankie tog hys intyd uit. Baie geluk aan Sainz met stages wen vandag.

Bly om te hoor hy is veilig. Jammer om te hoor van die skade.

As it stands Giniel is 7th over all for today... seems it was a difficult run again today. Poulter is running right at the back but at least hy is running again. His race is over but at least he can now gooi mielies for the stage wins

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 7:43 am

Van Niekerk on his KTM is also doing really well.

He was in 7th for a large part of the day yesterday, unfortunately ended the day in 13th position and is currently in 12th position overall. Still a darn impressive performance.

Die$eL · Post by **Die$eL** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:16 am

Seems Giniel had powersteering issues again

Ended the stage 7th but is still 6th overall

At the halfway point he was 1 min off the lead!!

ChrisF · Post by **ChrisF** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:15 am

DIE een is nie n maklike reis nie !!

Die wat nie uitval nie sal op die podium eindig .... Giniel ons hou STYF duim vas !!!!!!!!

dantjie · Post by **dantjie** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:26 am

18:04 Cars: De Villiers finishes ahead of Lavieille

Giniel de Villiers (Toyota) came in seventh, 24'49' behind the winner. Christian Lavieille (Haval) finished eighth, 26'59' back, with Pascal Thomasse (Buggy MD) in ninth place, 33'37' back

mervyn · Post by **mervyn** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 2:23 pm

Peterhansel has overtaken Sainz at the first CP. Hope Giniel can make up lost time too.

Post by **CasKru** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 2:57 pm

Nee vrot... lyk my Giniel se timing ding werk alweer nie... maak my so bietjie kinder ongelukkig en grootmens bevoeterd

4x4BEES · Post by **4x4BEES** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 3:03 pm

Stem saam met oom :evil: :evil:

mervyn · Post by **mervyn** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 3:10 pm

Oh Man...4 of the leaders have passed CP2 and Giniel has not yet got to CP1 as yet.

Post by **CasKru** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 5:19 pm

12:15 Cars: End of part 1: few finishers, big gaps

Nani Roma has put in a good performance so far today, since on completion of the first half of the special stage,he boasts a lead of 10’33' over second placed driver Giniel de Villiers. However already 32’39' separate him from his nearest team-mate Nasser Al-Attiyah and 34’22' from Stéphane Petehansel. It will be worse still for Carlos Sainz who is about to arrive at the end of the first half.

Go Giniel.... they are making up some time on the others

Bulletjie-3 · Post by **Bulletjie-3** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 5:34 pm

Een van daardie shocks kos blykbaar R30k