Today BMW driver Stéphane Peterhansel took the stage win, but he's still two hours behind Sainz. Overall standings: Pos Driver Car Gap 1. Carlos Sainz Volkswagen 31h28m13s 2. Nasser Al-Attiyah Volkswagen +14m35 3. Mark Miller Volkswagen +22m28 4. Stephane Peterhansel BMW +2h02m25s 5. Guerlain Chicherit BMW +2h24m13s 6. Krzysztof Holowczyc
It's a rest day today on Dakar, but you can check out this video in case you've missed any of the action. :R
Day seven at Dakar was all about VW pilot Nasser Al-Attiyah who took the day's stage victory and closed the gap for Sainz down to 11 mins. Overall Positions: Pos Driver Car Time/Gap 1. Carlos Sainz VW 26h21m23s 2. Nasser Al-Attiyah VW + 11m03s 3. Mark Miller VW + 22m06s 4. Guerlain Chicherit BMW + 2h02m54s 5. Stephane Peterhansel BMW + 2h03m10s
Dakar day six saw BMW Driver Stephane Peterhansel took the day's win but the VW crews continue to dominate... Overall standings: Pos Driver Car Time 1. Carlos Sainz Volkswagen 20h35m33s 2. Nasser Al-Attiyah Volkswagen 15m24s 3. Mark Miller Volkswagen 17m47s 4. Carlos Sousa Mitsubishi 1h34m04s 5. Krzysztof Holowczyc Nissan 1h43m40s 6. Robby Gordon
Sainz takes the lead yes! Overall standings: Pos Driver Car Time/Gap 1. Carlos Sainz VW 16h10m51s 2. Nasser Al-Attiyah VW + 4m37s 3. Mark Miller VW + 9m39s 4. Robby Gordon Hummer + 59m55s 5. Carlos Sousa Mitsubishi + 1h13m22s 6. Krzysztof Holowczyc Nissan + 1h16m18s 7. Mauricio Neves VW + 1h20m10s 8. Guerlain Chicherit BMW + 1h27m41s 9. Guilherme Spinelli
Day four of Dakar saw American Robbie Gordon take a surprise stage victory. Stephane Peterhansel continues to lead from Sainz. The result sheets were unavailable today. :R
The third day of Dakar saw yet another leader rise to the top of the tables. BMW driver Stephane Peterhansel is now sitting four minutes and 33 seconds ahead of Sainz at the end of a day out in the sand dunes. Overall Results: Pos Driver Car Time/Gap 1. Stephane Peterhansel BMW 9h14m28s 2. Carlos Sainz VW + 4m33s 3. Nasser Al-Attiyah VW + 7m31s 4. Mark
I'm pretty sure the title for the above Youtube video is incorrectly labelled. Day two of the 2010 Dakar saw VW driver Nasser Al-Attiyah take the overall lead as day one leader Roma slid down the order with an accident. Sainz maintains his second place. Overall results: Pos Driver Car Time/Gap 1. Nasser Al-Attiyah VW 6h16m39s 2. Carlos Sainz VW
I was looking back through old January 2009 posts and just realized that at this time last year, we were covering the start of the Dakar desert raid race. A quick google of the word "Dakar" and low and behold I realized that the race was starting today! Day one results saw ex-motorcycle class winner Nani Roma edge out a small gap over Volkwagen