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You can get hurt seriously in a car accident driving 80 km/h, plenty for recce on a small gravel road. Meanwhile, the rally speed could be double that.

Ulf Grönholm (Marcus's dad) was indeed...

Hmm, I think they used rally cars for recce/practice but not on rally speeds, there was still police around giving fines. Although many drivers preferred to practice by night to have less traffic and...

This is true. But I don't think it's AnttiK7's intention to put the blame on Tänak in particular, but to give awareness to FIA that the drivers are doing this? As a matter of fact, they must be aware...

I think EstWRC said Estonian media picked it up, but not before being posted here. Also, I have the impression Tänak is right now more of a celebrity in Estonia than Latvala is in Finland.

I tried to search for news stories about this in Finnish media but couldn't find anything

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While I agree with most of what my namesake is saying here, I think a fine and a warning would be enough, issuing bans or taking away points would do harm to the sport itself.

I know the original poster from another forum from years back, he's a big rallying fan. I bet many of you have enjoyed his video work on youtube.

Actually outside this thread I have seen...

Most of the anti-motorsport people usually argue "motorsport makes kids drive dangerously when imitating their heroes on the road", and usually the counter argument from motorsport people is "but...

Also this twitter thread is discussing it https://twitter.com/HartusvuoriWRC/status/957854713227239424

I think it was also stupid from Tänak, that could have been a dangerous situation with the guys having pulled over on the road. One of them jumps immediately in the middle of the road as he sees...