As said before, some hay bales doesn´t lower the top speeds on a stage. And the safety reason from FIA falls.
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Rumours about Abbring competing the first rally of the Belgian Championship with the Peugeot Belgium 208 R5.
That would surely mean the end of his contract with Hyundai.
I do repeat, it's a rumour but comming from the biggest autosport magazine in Belgium.
That's pretty simplistic thinking too. A sudden impact at 50mph can put more energy to the occupants of a car than a big roll at 100mph. Think about McRae's accident in Corsica in the Focus (forget what year) and compare it to Burns in Finland (Subaru, big roll at the flying finish) or Tommi's big off at Argentina when he was with Subaru. Cutting speeds on a stage doesn't automatically make it safer, it's all completely relative.
The impact of 2017 rules appearing, like Ostberg's wing flying off ?
http://www.rallysportmag.com.au/home...2017-wrc-rules
Citroen/Matton on their poor start:
http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/febru...5--12-12-.html
Agreed. Just look at Camilli's onboard from Monte Carlo in 2016 when he crashed out. Wasn't going faster than he would on a straight, but his impact with a tree was big enough to wreck the roll cage. The A pillar on his car was inches away from hitting him in the face. High speed rolls are something drivers usually gets away with.
Not my interpretation. You wrote: "the higher the speed, the worst the impact will be." but that's not always the case, hence why your view is simplistic.
Two accidents I mentioned. One is flat out in 6th gear, taking what you wrote that means worse impact because it's higher speed. Except that it wasn't, driver and co-driver walked away. The other is much slower, still quick but probably 3rd or 4th gear. The drive was trapped and injured.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGvnvfWlwqc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMhSiKG6wfs
I'm not saying that speed doesn't have a bearing sometimes, just that there are a lot of factors and a high speed straight doesn't make a stage unsafe. A blanket ban on quick stages doesn't automatically make rallying safe, and a succession of stages over 130kph doesn't mean it's automatically dangerous either. THere is balance...but the FIA lacks that.