2013 Dakar Pre-Event Discussion

[Sparrowhawk]

Sheesh! It's going to be a very interesting course tomorrow. Nothing but sand. Head over to Google maps or earth and enter the coordinates listed on the spectator sheet:

S13° 52.753 / W76° 05.995

[ric678]

I keep looking for the bulletin on the official yellow paper but Can't find it yet

[Deco]

Thanks to all you tweeting to keep us folks in the digital hinterlands up to date.

[DruncleWill]

Originally Posted by Mr. DNA

I did some quick looking around and I can't seem to find this... when do the bikes set off on the special tomorrow? I have a 25th anniversary party to go to tonight so I want to make sure I'm up early enough to catch the action!

This is all I found so far;

Exactly where and when will be held the first timed section of the race?
Pozo In the Santo area, 28 kilometers south of Pisco. The stretch is scarce 13 competitive kilometers and will run around the bivouac (camp). It is estimated that the first driver will make the trip at 11: 40 am.
http://elcomercio.pe/dakar2013/15183...-primera-etapa

But, hell who knows I've flubbed my nav a few times already today

[Sparrowhawk]

Originally Posted by Flood

That's a great question. Master doyle, do you want to answer the gentleman?
We still don't know for sure. The Dakar site still hasn't updated fully to the Peru timezone.

The Dakar site shows competitors will go on the podium between 08:00 AM and 1:30 PM for the grand start.

The Spectator's pamphlet estimates 11:40 AM (Peru, GMT-5).

The special is located just past Pisco, ~250 km from Lima, which Google estimates as a 3 hour drive so 11:40 may be about right.

[Bluebull2007]

Originally Posted by Flood

That's a great question. Master doyle, do you want to answer the gentleman?
We still don't know for sure. The Dakar site still hasn't updated fully to the Peru timezone.

What time zone is master Doyle in anyway? I always get confused because he never sleeps

They will anounce the start times at the briefing of course, and after that it likely that they will put it up? I heard on Peru tv that they would be starting around 8 am tomorrow, but that was a week ago when i was recovering after the operation so maybe it was just a morphine dream....

[Bluebull2007]

Originally Posted by Sparrowhawk

The Dakar site shows competitors will go on the podium between 08:00 AM and 1:30 PM for the grand start.

The Spectator's pamphlet estimates 11:40 AM (Peru, GMT-5).

The special is located just past Pisco, ~250 km from Lima, which Google estimates as a 3 hour drive so 11:40 may be about right.

Give that man a beer

[tserts]

From ASO : a high precision slow motion camera will be employed this year for the first time..

Can't wait...

[Sparrowhawk]

If things run as advertised we have a little over 16 hours to wait for the start of the special.

Local time in Peru

[Flood]

On a related note, the Peru TV broadcast will start at 7:00 local tomorrow.

[Stagehand]

A Redbull press conference in Dakar village look like this...
Credit picture: Nasser Al-Attiyah :-)


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[Myway]

Now on foxsports live

http://www.colgadodelcable.com.ar/iframes/foxsports/ !!

[8340SU]

"Dakar here we come" HRC picture

[kaia]

Originally Posted by Myway

Now on foxsports live

http://www.colgadodelcable.com.ar/iframes/foxsports/ !!

wow. 4 popup ads in front of that stream, and a bunch of blocked popups. what is this world coming to?

thanks for the link!

[ric678]

MarathonRally says 8:00am local...but who knows for sure yet


Competitors will go on the podium on Saturday the 05th of January 2013 between 08.00am and 1.30pm
from Dakar.com