Coates Hire WRC Rally Australia 2014 11th-14th Sept

**semsem** · 15th September 2014, 13:37

Does anyone know what was the total cost of the damage to the vines at Rallye Deutschland? Did the event insurance cover this or do the teams have to pay for the damage their driver caused? And will the insurance be available for next year?

**bluuford** · 15th September 2014, 13:57

Originally Posted by semsem

Does anyone know what was the total cost of the damage to the vines at Rallye Deutschland? Did the event insurance cover this or do the teams have to pay for the damage their driver caused? And will the insurance be available for next year?

All the FIA events must have insurances for the third parties (that means landowners, grape owners, house owners etc.).All the costs will be coverd. Total cost is business secret for insurance company.

**raybak** · 16th September 2014, 06:45

Originally Posted by gravelman

How did times compare with WRC field Ray? Shame that your national championship cannot run in conjunction with the WRC field, and let you guys mix it with the main field. One of the downfalls of the new WRC that needs remedying.

Some of the smoother stages we were just off Friserio's times, we are running Kumho's which are a lot slower than all the WRC tyres. The stages this year were the roughest i have seen them, the good stuff was very good and the bad very bad.

We would love to be able to run on the same tyres as the WRC field but we have a control tyre.

Ray

**COD** · 17th September 2014, 00:02

Didn't bother to follow thw rally too closely dunring the weekend, but having sewn the fottage of Meeke's cut I strongly feel that the penalty was unfair and not justified. There has been far more severe incidents before and there was no danger to anyone.
Why are they trying all they can to kill all the thrill from a sport that is already getting less and leas exciting

**litifeta** · 19th September 2014, 04:01

Well I read some posts talking about the semantics of the rules regarding Meeke's cut so downloaded the FIA regulations myself.

14.2 ROAD BOOK
All crews will receive a road book containing a detailed description of the itinerary. This itinerary and the road direction diagrams must be followed. Any deviation will be reported to the Stewards.

Does not say anything in that about cutting corners. If it did Ogier would have been fined for Germany SS1 when he set off first and put his wheels in the mud on virtually every corner to dirty the road for those behind.

On a tarmac section if cutting is not allowed it should read something like: "A driver must not allow his vehicle to leave the tarmac surface of the road" or "At no time must a driver allow the vehicle to have more than x wheels of his vehicle off of the surface of the road in corners on either the left or right side of the finished tarmac.[not meaning jumps, the sides of the road]."

**litifeta** · 19th September 2014, 04:25

and on another point, I have no idea about Europe, but on a land map in Australia the actual road is usually many many metres either side of the surface that is used to drive on. The land map is provided to determine who actually owns the piece of land that is being used as a thoroughfare. In cities for instance, the footpath is included in the thoroughfare and a landowner does not 'own' their footpath. It is their responsibility to maintain it to allow non motorised access.

**6789** · 20th September 2014, 10:02

I really enjoyed Rally Australia - the event is improving every year. Shame that Latvala chose the wrong tyres for the second loop on Saturday, he was looking very fast out on the stages. The VWs are in a league of their own at the moment, Kris Meeke is the next best. Mads just seemed to be over driving the car, may have been setup related? A good performance by Paddon, has taken a mature approach and has put in some great times.

A quick video review of the weekend can be found here - http://youtu.be/LuLk4AyfhUc

Photo gallery can be found here - http://www.ewrc.cz/ewrc/fotogalery.p...0&fotograf=311