This caused the Australian to lose two and a half hours for the day, resulting in Fish finishing the day in 140th position and sliding down to 56th in the standings after starting the day in 24th.
It looks as though we have lost our second rider from this years event with Troy O'Connor not completing stage five, again we will do our best to find out what has taken O'Connor out of the race along with fellow Aussie, Andrew Scott.
Yamaha Racing Team Argentina quad rider Marcos Patronelli continued in winning form today, taking his fourth consecutive stage victory of the Rally. The Yamaha YF700M based quad looking stronger than ever and taking the top four positions in both the day‰Ûªs stage and the overall standings.
Australian Paul Smith have a great day aboard his Honda ATV, finishing the stage in 12th position and climbed two places to 16th in class after five days of racing.
2013 Dakar Rally Stage 5: Arequipa - Arica
1. CASTEU (FRA) YAMAHA 001:39:42
2. PAIN (FRA) YAMAHA 00:01:09
3. PEDRERO GARCIA (ESP) KTM 00:02:58
4. BOTTURI (ITA) HUSQVARNA 00:03:25
5. DESPRES (FRA) KTM 00:04:07
6. SVITKO (SVK) KTM 00:04:40
7. LOPEZ CONTARDO (CHL) KTM 00:04:47
8. RODRIGUES (PRT) HONDA 00:04:52
9. DUCLOS (FRA) SHERCO 00:05:01
10. JAKES (SVK) KTM 00:05:45
22. FAGGOTTER (AUS) YAMAHA 00:10:12
33. GRABHAM (AUS) KTM 00:18:29
41. STRANGE (AUS) HONDA 00:20:11
44. SMITH (AUS) HONDA 00:21:50
63. PAVEY (AUS) HUSQVARNA 00:45:29
140. FISH (AUS) HUSQVARNA 02:30:33
Quads
1. PATRONELLI (ARG) YAMAHA 001:59:30
2. LASKAWIEC (POL) YAMAHA 00:03:00
3. CASALE (CHL) YAMAHA 00:14:14
4. GAGLIARDI (ARG) YAMAHA 00:16:58
5. VAN BILJON (ZAF) E-ATV 00:17:53
12. SMITH (AUS) HONDA 00:31:14
2013 Dakar Overall Standings after Stage 5:
1. PAIN (FRA) YAMAHA 11:51:29
2. CASTEU (FRA) YAMAHA 00:01:15
3. DESPRES (FRA) KTM 00:06:07
4. FARIA (PRT) KTM 00:13:34
5. VILADOMS (ESP) HUSQVARNA 00:13:36
6. LOPEZ (CHL) KTM 00:13:39
7. BOTTURI (ITA) HUSQVARNA 00:14:00
8. PRZYGONSKI (POL) KTM 00:19:00
9. SVITKO (SVK) KTM 00:20:45
10. GOUÌÜT (CHL) HONDA 00:22:44
20. FAGGOTTER (AUS) YAMAHA 00:32:07
27. GRABHAM (AUS) KTM 01:06:19
28. STRANGE (AUS) HONDA 01:09:35
50. SMITH (AUS) HONDA 02:53:35
56. FISH (AUS) HUQSVARNA 03:05:10
79. PAVEY (AUS) HUSQVARNA 04:08:34
Quads
1. PATRONELLI (ARG) YAMAHA 13:20:56
2. CASALE (CHL) YAMAHA 01:18:32
3. LASKAWIEC (POL) YAMAHA 01:20:45
4. SONIK (POL) YAMAHA 01:30:22
5. VAN BILJON (ZAF) E-ATV 01:58:20
16. SMITH (AUS) HONDA 03:21:16
Top Image: David Casteu claimed the stage five victory
Credit: Yamaha Racing
