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Dakar 2013 - Start and Prologue

Sunday, 06 January 2013 00:41


 
So it all has begun... During the next two weeks the main point of attention for everyone in the world of autosport will be first of all here - at the South-American adventure named Dakar. And the first Dakar 2013 hero becomes... Carlos Sainz!  Despite all his complaints for his buggie's motor overheat he is 8 seconds faster than Lucio Álvares  (#306) and 10 seconds faster than his team mate Nasser Al-Attiyah (#300).
 
 
 
Sure the beginning was the gorgeous start ceremony in Lima that lasted more than 4 hours with live broadcasting provided by several TV channels and online. However the prologue results were of much more great interest though they are rather of strategical importance and hardly can illustrate the crew's real tempo. Now the results are (do not forget they will be multiplied by 3):
 
Bikes (first ten):
 
1 007 LOPEZ CONTARDO (CHL) KTM 000:07:51
2 015 VERHOEVEN (NLD) YAMAHA 000:07:52 00:00:01
3 183 QUINTANILLA (CHL) HONDA 000:07:56 00:00:05
4 160 CABRERA (CHL) KAWASAKI 000:08:02 00:00:11
5 001 DESPRES (FRA) KTM 000:08:04 00:00:13
6 010 CASTEU (FRA) YAMAHA 000:08:06 00:00:15
7 011 FARIA (PRT) KTM 000:08:10 00:00:19
8 030 PIZZOLITO (ARG) HONDA 000:08:12 00:00:21
9 008 ULLEVALSETER (NOR) KTM 000:08:17 00:00:26
10 005 BARREDA BORT (ESP) HUSQVARNA 000:08:20 00:00:29

Full results...

Quads (first ten):

1 268 FLORES SEMINARIO (PER) YAMAHA 000:09:22
2 265 HUSSEINI (NLD) HONDA 000:09:33 00:00:11
3 250 PATRONELLI (ARG) YAMAHA 000:09:37 00:00:15
4 254 CASALE (CHL) YAMAHA 000:09:42 00:00:20
5 257 KOOLEN (NLD) HONDA 000:10:01 00:00:39
6 251 MAFFEI (ARG) YAMAHA 000:10:02 00:00:40
7 289 HERNANDEZ (PER) HONDA 000:10:04 00:00:42
8 253 SONIK (POL) YAMAHA 000:10:05 00:00:43
9 263 PALMA (CHL) CAN-AM 000:10:11 00:00:49
10 266 GONZALEZ (ARG) YAMAHA 000:10:14 00:00:52

Full results...

Cars (first ten):

1 303 SAINZ (ESP), GÖTTSCHALK (DEU) BUGGY 000:07:40
2 306 ALVAREZ (ARG), GRAUE (ARG) TOYOTA 000:07:48 00:00:08
3 300 AL-ATTIYAH (QAT), CRUZ (ESP) BUGGY 000:07:50 00:00:10
4 309 CHICHERIT (FRA), GARCIN (FRA) SMG 000:07:50 00:00:10
5 316 CHABOT (FRA), PILLOT (FRA) SMG 000:07:52 00:00:12
6 302 PETERHANSEL (CHE), COTTRET (FRA) MINI 000:08:14 00:00:34
7 307 NOVITSKIY (RUS), ZHILTSOV (RUS) MINI 000:08:14 00:00:34
8 310 HOLOWCZYC (POL), PALMEIRO (PRT) MINI 000:08:14 00:00:34
9 301 DE VILLIERS (ZAF), VON ZITZEWITZ (DEU) TOYOTA 000:08:15 00:00:35
10 305 ROMA (ESP), PÉRIN (FRA) MINI 000:08:17 00:00:37
...          
15 348 GADASIN (RUS), KUZMICH (RUS) G-FORCE PROTO 000:08:27 00:00:47
24 331 VASILYEV (RUS), YEVTYEKHOV (UKR) G-FORCE PROTO 000:08:46 00:01:06
59 436 BRISKINDOV (RUS), MESHCHERYAKOV (RUS) GAZ 000:10:06 00:02:26
99 459 VARENTSOV (RUS), ELAGIN (RUS) TOYOTA 000:11:46 00:04:06
143 365 SAVENKO (RUS), MALTSEV (RUS) BUGGY 000:29:22 00:21:42

Alas Andrey Cherednikov (#406) was the last at finish line. The details will come later...

Full results...

Trucks (first ten):

1 500 DE ROOY (NLD), COLSOUL (BEL), RODEWALD (NLD) IVECO 000:08:46
2 504 STACEY (NLD), RUF (DEU), DER KINDEREN (NLD) IVECO 000:09:02 00:00:16
3 503 LOPRAIS (CZE), BRUYNKENS (BEL), PUSTĚJOVSKÝ (CZE) TATRA 000:09:11 00:00:25
4 502 VAN VLIET (NLD), ARTUR (DEU), PRONK (NLD) MAN 000:09:19 00:00:33
5 501 NIKOLAEV (RUS), SAVOSTIN (RUS), RYBAKOV (RUS) KAMAZ 000:09:20 00:00:34
6 509 VERSLUIS (NLD), SCHUURMANS (NLD), DAMEN (BEL) MAN 000:09:30 00:00:44
7 511 VAN DEN BRINK (NLD), WILLEMSEN (BEL), VEENVLIET (NLD) GINAF 000:09:44 00:00:58
8 506 KOLOMY (CZE), KILIÁN (CZE), KILIÁN (CZE) TATRA 000:09:45 00:00:59
9 507 BIASION (ITA), FIORI (ITA), HUISMAN (NLD) IVECO 000:09:47 00:01:01
10 517 ARDAVICHUS (KAZ), NIKIZHEV (KAZ), TURLUBAEV (KAZ) KAMAZ 000:09:51 00:01:05

Full results...

We are awaiting for the first pictures. Unfortunately this year we will not see Petr Lusk's  Dakar masterpieces (the photographer has to miss the race  because of the injury). But we soon will get pictures from the group of his coleages who continue working.

The second Marathon's day is on its way. The crews will be faced with 242 kilometers of the special stage. And right off there - the dunes...

Stay tuned!

Dakar 2013 official site. Online results. Official photogallery.