From Best-of-Rallylive.com
Carlos Sainz (Buggy) started the 2013 Dakar, which runs from Lima (Peru) to Santiago de Chile, on the right foot, grabbing at the end of day one his 25th stage victory at the prestigious rally raid.
Lucio Alvarez (Toyota Hilux) crossed the finish line second, followed by Guerlain Chicherit (Buggy) and Nasser Al-Attiyah (Buggy), ex aequo.
Participants only faced 13 kilometres of competitive stage, yesterday. Nevertheless, Robby Gordon (Hummer) found a way to already hurt his chances by getting stuck in the sand.
Furthermore, his deficit was tripled by the organizers, who want to discourage competitors from slowing down on purpose to avoid opening the road.
Defending champion Stéphane Peterhansel (MINI ALL4 Racing) came home eighth, right behind his teammates Holowczyc et Novitskiy, respectively sixth and seventh.
Classification after day one:
1. Sainz/Gottschalk (Buggy)
2. Alvarez/Graue (Toyota Hilux) + 24s
3. Chicherit/Garcin (Buggy) + 30s
3. Al-Attiyah/Cruz (Buggy) + 30s
5. Chabot/Pillot (Buggy) +36s
(...)
8. Peterhansel/Cottret (MINI)
Carlos Sainz (Buggy) started the 2013 Dakar, which runs from Lima (Peru) to Santiago de Chile, on the right foot, grabbing at the end of day one his 25th stage victory at the prestigious rally raid.
Lucio Alvarez (Toyota Hilux) crossed the finish line second, followed by Guerlain Chicherit (Buggy) and Nasser Al-Attiyah (Buggy), ex aequo.
Participants only faced 13 kilometres of competitive stage, yesterday. Nevertheless, Robby Gordon (Hummer) found a way to already hurt his chances by getting stuck in the sand.
Furthermore, his deficit was tripled by the organizers, who want to discourage competitors from slowing down on purpose to avoid opening the road.
Defending champion Stéphane Peterhansel (MINI ALL4 Racing) came home eighth, right behind his teammates Holowczyc et Novitskiy, respectively sixth and seventh.
Classification after day one:
1. Sainz/Gottschalk (Buggy)
2. Alvarez/Graue (Toyota Hilux) + 24s
3. Chicherit/Garcin (Buggy) + 30s
3. Al-Attiyah/Cruz (Buggy) + 30s
5. Chabot/Pillot (Buggy) +36s
(...)
8. Peterhansel/Cottret (MINI)