Frenchman Guerlain Chicherit, driver of an X-raid BMW truck, claimed his first Dakar stage win on the Santiago to San Juan stage today, Wednesday.
Event leader Carlos Sainz had a difficult day. The Spaniard sustained damage to his VW Touareg early during the timed stage, and although he made it to the finish, he was 7 minutes slower than Chicherit, and 5m38s down on Nasser Al-Attiyah's time.
The incident allowed the Qatari driver to reduce Sainz's lead on top of the standings from ten minutes to four and a half minutes going into the final three days of the raid.
Behind Sainz and Al-Attiyah, American Mark Miller continues to maintain VW's overall one-two-three, with Stephane Peterhansel still ahead of Chicherit in fourth.
NASCAR driver Robby Gordon had a relatively good day, finishing 7th behind the wheel of his Hummer.
Results of stage 11 :
1. Chicherit (BMW) in 2h34’51’’
2. Terranova (Mitsubishi) +0’30’’
3. De Villiers (Volkswagen) +0’39’’
4. Al Attiyah (Volkswagen) +1’41’’
5. Miller (Volkswagen) +2’50’’
6. Peterhansel (BMW) + 2’52’’
7. Gordon (Hummer) +5’01’’
8. Misslin (Mitsubishi) +6’54’’
9. Sainz (Volkswagen) +7’19’’
10. Sousa (Mitsubishi) +7’26’’
etc.
Overall standings :
1. Sainz (Volkswagen) in 39h16’55
2. Al Attiyah (Volkswagen) +4’28’’
3. Miller (Volkswagen) +23’50’’
4. Peterhansel (BMW) +2h09’53’’
5. Chicherit (BMW) +2h23’40’’
6. Sousa (Mitsubishi) +3h54’12’’
7. De Villiers (Volkswagen) +4h39’33’’
8. Spinelli (Mitsubishi) +5h28’25’’
9. Terranova (Mitsubishi) +5h33’42’’
10. Gordon (Hummer) +5h41’38’’
etc.
photo:dakar.com
Event leader Carlos Sainz had a difficult day. The Spaniard sustained damage to his VW Touareg early during the timed stage, and although he made it to the finish, he was 7 minutes slower than Chicherit, and 5m38s down on Nasser Al-Attiyah's time.
The incident allowed the Qatari driver to reduce Sainz's lead on top of the standings from ten minutes to four and a half minutes going into the final three days of the raid.
Behind Sainz and Al-Attiyah, American Mark Miller continues to maintain VW's overall one-two-three, with Stephane Peterhansel still ahead of Chicherit in fourth.
NASCAR driver Robby Gordon had a relatively good day, finishing 7th behind the wheel of his Hummer.
Results of stage 11 :
1. Chicherit (BMW) in 2h34’51’’
2. Terranova (Mitsubishi) +0’30’’
3. De Villiers (Volkswagen) +0’39’’
4. Al Attiyah (Volkswagen) +1’41’’
5. Miller (Volkswagen) +2’50’’
6. Peterhansel (BMW) + 2’52’’
7. Gordon (Hummer) +5’01’’
8. Misslin (Mitsubishi) +6’54’’
9. Sainz (Volkswagen) +7’19’’
10. Sousa (Mitsubishi) +7’26’’
etc.
Overall standings :
1. Sainz (Volkswagen) in 39h16’55
2. Al Attiyah (Volkswagen) +4’28’’
3. Miller (Volkswagen) +23’50’’
4. Peterhansel (BMW) +2h09’53’’
5. Chicherit (BMW) +2h23’40’’
6. Sousa (Mitsubishi) +3h54’12’’
7. De Villiers (Volkswagen) +4h39’33’’
8. Spinelli (Mitsubishi) +5h28’25’’
9. Terranova (Mitsubishi) +5h33’42’’
10. Gordon (Hummer) +5h41’38’’
etc.
photo:dakar.com