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2010 Dakar : Stage 7 - Volkswagen leads Dakar Rally with three cars at mid-point

January 9, 2010 Leave a Comment

Stage 7 Winner : 306 - Nasser Al-Attiyah/Timo Gottschalk - Volkswagen Race Touareg 2

Stage 7 - January 8, 2010 : Iquique to Antofagasta - Connection 37 km/ Special 600 km/ Connection 4 km

After seven of the 14 stages of the 2010 Dakar Rally Volkswagen maintains a commanding advantage. Three Race Touareg cars with TDI power are running in front in the overall standings before the rest day. Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz (E/E) are leading the world's toughest rally with 11m 03s ahead of their team-mates Nasser Al-Attiyah/Timo Gottschalk (Q/D) and 22m 06s in front of Mark Miller/Ralph Pitchford (USA/ZA).


Nasser Al-Attiyah managed an outstanding feat on the seventh stage: From Iquique to Antofagasta in the Chilean Atacama desert the Volkswagen factory driver from Qatar commandingly won the 600-kilometre, and so far longest, stage. After a nail-biting duel and the lead changing many times he arrived 3m 29s earlier at the finish than Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean Paul Cottret (F/F) in the X-Raid-BMW. On the first 80 kilometres the two drivers had been snatching individual seconds from each other. For Al-Attiyah it was the second stage win after his exploit on the second day of the rally.
Overall leader : 303 - Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz - Volkswagen Race Touareg 2

Carlos Sainz finished the stage that first consisted of dunes, then a surface of "salar” salt crystal blocks and, ultimately, quicker, stony sections in third place. Mark Miller took the fourth position. Last year's winners Giniel de Villiers/Dirk von Zitzewitz (ZA/D) finished the stage before the rest day in sixth place after two punctures but, due to previous delays, are ranking 4h 31m behind the front runners.
Stage 7 Result : January 8, 2010 : Iquique to Antofagasta - Connection 37 km/ Special 600 km/ Connection 4 km

























































































































































































































































































Pl
No.
Driver
Car
Time
Variation Penalty
1 306 AL-ATTIYAH (QAT)

GOTTSCHALK (DEU)		 VOLKSWAGEN 05:41:29 00:00:00
2 301 PETERHANSEL (FRA)

COTTRET (FRA)		 BMW 05:44:58 00:03:29
3 303 SAINZ (ESP)

CRUZ (ESP)		 VOLKSWAGEN 05:45:50 00:04:21
4 305 MILLER (USA)

PITCHFORD (ZAF)		 VOLKSWAGEN 05:50:09 00:08:40
5 307 CHICHERIT (FRA)

THOERNER (CHE)		 BMW 05:57:02 00:15:33
6 300 DE VILLIERS (ZAF)

VON ZITZEWITZ (DEU)		 VOLKSWAGEN 06:02:51 00:21:22
7 311 TERRANOVA (ARG)

MAIMON (FRA)		 MITSUBISHI 06:14:37 00:33:08
8 308 HOLOWCZYC (POL)

FORTIN (BEL)		 Nissan Overdrive 06:23:08 00:41:39
9 318 MISSLIN (FRA)

POLATO (FRA)		 MITSUBISHI 06:28:55 00:47:26
10 313 LAVIEILLE (FRA)

FORTHOMME (BEL)		 NISSAN 06:46:36 01:05:07
11 310 NOVITSKIY (RUS)

SCHULZ (DEU)		 BMW 06:52:53 01:11:24
12 322 SPINELLI (BRA)

PALMEIRO (PRT)		 MITSUBISHI 06:57:07 01:15:38
13 332 BARBOSA (PRT)

RAMALHO (PRT)		 MITSUBISHI 07:03:35 01:22:06
14 323 ERRANDONEA (AND)

GARCIN (FRA)		 SMG 07:06:36 01:25:07
15 315 KAHLE (DEU)

SCHÜNEMANN (DEU)		 Fast - Speed 07:07:01 01:25:32
16 336 LEAL DOS SANTOS (PRT)

FIUZA (PRT)		 BMW 07:15:55 01:34:26
17 314 SOUSA (PRT)

BAUMEL (FRA)		 MITSUBISHI 07:20:44 01:39:15
18 321 DE AZEVEDO (BRA)

CAVASSIN (BRA)		 MITSUBISHI 07:28:41 01:47:12
19 325 HENRARD (BEL)

BEGUIN (BEL)		 VOLKSWAGEN 07:45:34 02:04:05
20 327 SOLOVYEV (RUS)

ZHILTSOV (RUS)		 SMG 08:03:14 02:21:45
21 341 MITSUHASHI (JPN)

CATTARELLI (FRA)		 TOYOTA 08:10:52 02:29:23
22 330 SIREYJOL (FRA)

WISSMANNS (FRA)		 BOWLER 08:15:21 02:33:52
23 338 GIBON (FRA)

MIURA (JPN)		 TOYOTA 08:19:58 02:38:29
24 302 GORDON (USA)

GRIDER (USA)		 HUMMER 08:22:35 02:41:06
25 351 BALDWIN (USA)

WALCH (USA)		 HUMMER 08:36:48 02:55:19
26 317 VAN DEIJNE (NLD)

ROSEGAAR (NLD)		 MITSUBISHI 09:20:13 03:38:44
27 377 FAVRE (FRA)

FAVRE (FRA)		 TOYOTA 09:29:38 03:48:09
28 352 BOUTRON (FRA)

MARTIN (FRA)		 BOWLER 09:41:27 03:59:58
29 339 FOJ (ESP)

JATON (ARG)		 TOYOTA 09:43:23 04:01:54
30 402 YACOPINI (ARG)

MARCO (ARG)		 TOYOTA 09:53:33 04:12:04


Stage 7 - Overall Standing






























































































































































































































































































Pl
No.
Driver
Car
Time
Variation Penalty
1 303 SAINZ (ESP)

CRUZ (ESP)		 VOLKSWAGEN 26:21:23 00:00:00
2 306 AL-ATTIYAH (QAT)

GOTTSCHALK (DEU)		 VOLKSWAGEN 26:32:26 00:11:03
3 305 MILLER (USA)

PITCHFORD (ZAF)		 VOLKSWAGEN 26:43:29 00:22:06
4 307 CHICHERIT (FRA)

THOERNER (CHE)		 BMW 28:24:17 02:02:54
5 301 PETERHANSEL (FRA)

COTTRET (FRA)		 BMW 28:24:33 02:03:10
6 308 HOLOWCZYC (POL)

FORTIN (BEL)		 Nissan Overdrive 28:42:21 02:20:58
7 314 SOUSA (PRT)

BAUMEL (FRA)		 MITSUBISHI 29:30:21 03:08:58
8 322 SPINELLI (BRA)

PALMEIRO (PRT)		 MITSUBISHI 29:44:58 03:23:35
9 310 NOVITSKIY (RUS)

SCHULZ (DEU)		 BMW 30:38:44 04:17:21
10 302 GORDON (USA)

GRIDER (USA)		 HUMMER 30:46:33 04:25:10
11 313 LAVIEILLE (FRA)

FORTHOMME (BEL)		 NISSAN 30:50:06 04:28:43
12 300 DE VILLIERS (ZAF)

VON ZITZEWITZ (DEU)		 VOLKSWAGEN 30:52:56 04:31:33
13 332 BARBOSA (PRT)

RAMALHO (PRT)		 MITSUBISHI 31:01:48 04:40:25
14 311 TERRANOVA (ARG)

MAIMON (FRA)		 MITSUBISHI 31:27:33 05:06:10
15 318 MISSLIN (FRA)

POLATO (FRA)		 MITSUBISHI 31:30:28 05:09:05
16 336 LEAL DOS SANTOS (PRT)

FIUZA (PRT)		 BMW 31:32:45 05:11:22
17 323 ERRANDONEA (AND)

GARCIN (FRA)		 SMG 31:33:49 05:12:26
18 325 HENRARD (BEL)

BEGUIN (BEL)		 VOLKSWAGEN 31:56:29 05:35:06
19 317 VAN DEIJNE (NLD)

ROSEGAAR (NLD)		 MITSUBISHI 34:32:43 08:11:20
20 338 GIBON (FRA)

MIURA (JPN)		 TOYOTA 35:51:56 09:30:33
21 341 MITSUHASHI (JPN)

CATTARELLI (FRA)		 TOYOTA 36:49:42 10:28:19
22 315 KAHLE (DEU)

SCHÜNEMANN (DEU)		 Fast - Speed 38:21:26 12:00:03
23 339 FOJ (ESP)

JATON (ARG)		 TOYOTA 38:37:42 12:16:19
24 330 SIREYJOL (FRA)

WISSMANNS (FRA)		 BOWLER 38:51:41 12:30:18
25 327 SOLOVYEV (RUS)

ZHILTSOV (RUS)		 SMG 39:43:55 13:22:32
26 377 FAVRE (FRA)

FAVRE (FRA)		 TOYOTA 40:36:37 14:15:14
27 335 WALLENTHEIM (SWE)

OHLSSON (SWE)		 ISUZU 41:16:30 14:55:07
28 351 BALDWIN (USA)

WALCH (USA)		 HUMMER 42:01:35 15:40:12
29 382 LU (CHN)

DI PERSIO (ITA)		 CHERY 43:46:49 17:25:26
30 357 SMULEVICI (FRA)

MARTINEZ (FRA)		 EUROREPAR-SMG 44:18:55 17:57:32


Images : 2010 Dakar Rally - Stage 7 : Iquique to Antofagasta












[Source : 2010 Dakar - Official, VOLKSWAGEN, X-Raid]

 

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