Day four the 2012 Dakar Rally had Stephane Peterhansel climb into first position while Robby Gordonn suffered issues with his Hummer and lost second position to Giniel de Villiers.

Results from Autosport.com –

Pos  Driver                   Car         Time/Gap
1.  Stephane Peterhansel     Mini         9h43m20s
2.  Giniel de Villiers       Toyota        + 5m41s
3.  Nani Roma                Mini          + 6m44s
4.  Krzysztof Holowczyc      Mini          + 8m10s
5.  Robby Gordon             Hummer       + 16m23s
6.  Leonid Novitskiy         Mini         + 26m25s
7.  Nasser Al-Attiyah        Hummer       + 30m44s
8.  Carlos Sousa             Great Wall   + 30m45s
9.  Lucio Alvarez            Toyota       + 33m11s
10.  Erik Wevers              Mitsubishi   + 36m42s