The Dakar 2015 Rally At Stage 11

     These are the current standings of the Dakar Rally after stage 11 (Salta - Termas De Rio Hondo):

Cars (Top Five):

Pos.	N°	Name	Mark	Time	variation	Penalty
	301	AL-ATTIYAH (QAT) BAUMEL (FRA)	MINI	37:12:47	-	00:02:00
	303	DE VILLIERS (ZAF) VON ZITZEWITZ (DEU)	TOYOTA	37:41:48	00:29:01	-
	307	HOLOWCZYC (POL) PANSERI (FRA)	MINI	38:41:36	01:28:49	-
	314	VAN LOON (NLD) ROSEGAAR (NLD)	MINI	40:06:56	02:54:09	00:40:00
	309	LAVIEILLE (FRA) MAIMON (FRA)	TOYOTA	40:17:08	03:04:21	-

Bikes (Top Five):

Pos.	N°	Name	Mark	Time	variation	Penalty
	1	COMA (ESP)	KTM	41:43:03	-	-
	7	GONCALVES (PRT)	HONDA	41:48:15	00:05:12	-
	26	PRICE (AUS)	KTM	42:14:46	00:31:43	-
	31	QUINTANILLA (CHL)	KTM	42:16:18	00:33:15	-
	18	SVITKO (SVK)	KTM	42:31:10	00:48:07	-

Quads (Top Five):

Pos.	N°	Name	Mark	Time	variation	Penalty
	251	SONIK (POL)	YAMAHA	52:07:58	-	00:15:00
	261	GONZALEZ FERIOLI (ARG)	YAMAHA	54:57:59	02:50:01	-
	283	NOSIGLIA (BOL)	HONDA	55:50:01	03:42:03	00:20:00
	256	SANABRIA GALEANO (PRY)	YAMAHA	56:24:25	04:16:27	00:00:30
	260	DECLERCK (FRA)	YAMAHA	58:14:53	06:06:55	-

Trucks (Top Five):

Pos.	N°	Name	Mark	Time	variation	Penalty
	507	MARDEEV (RUS) BELYAEV (RUS) SVISTUNOV (RUS)	KAMAZ	38:24:13	-	-
	502	NIKOLAEV (RUS) YAKOVLEV (RUS) AKHMADEEV (RUS)	KAMAZ	38:35:24	00:11:11	-
	500	KARGINOV (RUS) MOKEEV (RUS) LEONOV (RUS)	KAMAZ	39:11:57	00:47:44	00:01:00
	503	LOPRAIS (CZE) MARCO ALCAYNA (ESP) VAN DER VAET (BEL)	MAN	39:46:06	01:21:53	-
	520	SOTNIKOV (RUS) DEVYATKIN (RUS) AFERIN (RUS)	KAMAZ	40:48:29	02:24:16	00:02:00

Statistics courtesy of http://www.dakar.com/

     These are the best pictures of the rally taken so far:

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The Dakar 2015 Rally

     The Dakar 2015 Rally started this week.  These are the current standings after stage 4:

Cars:
                                                                                             Time    Difference 

1 301 AL-ATTIYAH (QAT), BAUMEL (FRA) MINI                                   011:44:00                 

2 303 DE VILLIERS (ZAF), VON ZITZEWITZ (DEU) TOYOTA  011:50:30 00:06:30

3 325 ALRAJHI (SAU), GOTTSCHALK (DEU) TOYOTA                      012:03:54 00:19:54

4 307 HOLOWCZYC (POL), PANSERI (FRA) MINI                               012:14:44 00:30:44

5 315 TEN BRINKE (NLD), COLSOUL (BEL) TOYOTA                        012:22:05 00:38:05

Motorcycles:                                                             

1 002 BARREDA BORT (ESP) HONDA                                                  012:22:39

2 001 COMA (ESP) KTM                                                                            012:35:24 00:12:45

3 011 FARIA (PRT) KTM                                                                            012:41:28 00:18:49

4 007 GONÇALVES (PRT) HONDA                                                        012:44:23 00:21:44

5 004 VILADOMS (ESP) KTM                                                                   012:45:02 00:22:23

     These are the stages of this year´s rally:

Picture courtesy of http://www.dakar.com

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Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) Is This Year´s F1 Drivers World Champion

     The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was won by Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), followed by Felipe Massa (Williams) and Valtteri Bottas (Williams).  Because of this, Lewis Hamilton became this year´s F1 Drivers World Champion.  These are the final standings of this year´s F1 Drivers World Championship:

1	Lewis Hamilton	GB	Mercedes	384
2	Nico Rosberg	Ger	Mercedes	317
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Aus	Red Bull	238
4	Valtteri Bottas	Fin	Williams	186
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ger	Red Bull	167

     The Mercedes Team became this year´s F1 Constructors World Champion.  These are the final standings of this year´s F1 Constructors World Championship:

1	Mercedes	701
2	Red Bull	405
3	Williams	320
4	Ferrari	216
5	McLaren	181

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Nico Rosberg Still Has A Chance to Beat Lewis Hamilton To Become This Year´s F1 Champion

     The Russian Grand Prix was won by Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), followed by Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) and Valtteri Bottas (Williams).  The United States Grand Prix was won by Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), followed by Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) and Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull).  The Brazilian Grand Prix was won by Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), followed by Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Felipe Massa (Williams).

     These are the current F1 Drivers World Championship standings:

1	Lewis Hamilton	GB	Mercedes	334
2	Nico Rosberg	Ger	Mercedes	317
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Aus	Red Bull	214
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ger	Red Bull	159
5	Fernando Alonso	Spa	Ferrari	157

     These are the current F1 Constructors World Championship standings:

1	Mercedes	651
2	Red Bull	373
3	Williams	254
4	Ferrari	210
5	McLaren	161

     The next race will be the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina circuit on November 23Th.  This race will award double points because it is the final race of the season.  If Nico Rosberg wants to win this year´s F1 Drivers World Championship, He has to win the race at Abu Dhabi and Lewis Hamilton has to finish lower than second place.

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