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20th November 2017, 21:00 #701
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The entire rally took place during changeable conditions and Mikkelsen was undoubtedly caught out by them. It was a known fact that the stages were difficult and not entirely dry during Saturday and Sunday. Mikkelsen made his own mistake but the road wasn't completely dry and grippy.
It is correct that the access roads' condition was the reason for the cancellation, though. That's just a shame.
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20th November 2017, 21:06 #702
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Lappi and Evans nearly went off on the Power Stage when it was really wet with standing water. And Latvala did go off through pushing too hard for the conditions.
That's rallying - you have to drive to the conditions. None are too dangerous, its up to the driver to go at the right speed to get through them.#M-SPORTER
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20th November 2017, 21:09 #703
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20th November 2017, 21:17 #704
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I feel you're trying to paint a picture in which I called out Mikkelsen for something. I'm not. He overcooked a corner, likely thinking he had enough grip in the mud, hit a bank and had to retire. Meeke's accident, on the other hand, was nearly unrelated to the conditions as you said.
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20th November 2017, 21:19 #705
Does anyone know when the crews are heading back to Europe?
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20th November 2017, 21:33 #706
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I was trying really hard to find any mud on the onboard but failed. Either you have much better eyes, or you just remember it wrong.
The onboard is on WRC+, in case you don't have it then on the open channel you just have views from before/after (with 2 punctures) during the same stage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9SnXa1a-0w
Looks totally dry with dust and everything. Driver comments suggest the same:
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...2017/?s=153101
So yes I do feel you are calling Mikkelsen out for mistake in wet/tricky conditions when it was a mistake on completely dry stage.
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20th November 2017, 21:41 #707
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20th November 2017, 21:43 #708
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20th November 2017, 22:49 #709
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20th November 2017, 23:03 #710
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I can confirm that rain on cancelled stage started earlier and ended approximately one hour later than in Powerstage and it would have been very-very wet and slippy while running (it was planned to run more than hour before PS). Lefebre-s corner was so slippy that it was almost impossible to walk on it and one of the watersplash got dagerously deep. Sometimes you need to take unpopular decisions. So, I think it was a good idea to cancel, too many obstacles for drivers and possible emergency car along the stage and on the access roads.
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