Engine rule

[Brother John]

No because he did not finish in Sweden so he can change the engine without penalty. This rule you quoted here is for a case you have finalised the previous event and the engine breakes before the start of next event after the scrutineering for that event. This is also the only case when you can change your engine in an event otherwise it's not allowed.

So, Citroën out of engines for Finland 2008? : mokin:

[jparker]

"20.3 Change of an engine
20.3.1 Between Scrutineering and starting park
For cars entered by a Manufacturer or a Manufacturer
Team, in the case of engine failure between
scrutineering and the start of the Rally, and only in
that case, it will be permitted to replace that engine
with a spare engine.
If this engine change takes place during the first rally
of a Link, no penalty will be applied.
If it takes place during the second or third rally of a
Link, a 5-minute penalty will be applied.
Only one spare engine per rally and per Manufacturer
is allowed. The identification numbers of the seals
must be declared at scrutineering."

Reading this, I understand that if Sordo were retired from Monte he didn't got penalty, but if the engine is replaces during the second or third rally of a link, anyway you get a 5-minute penalty, so if Loeb change the engine after Sweden he will have this penalty, isn't??

No. Section 20.3.1 deals with "Between Scrutineering and starting park" only.

[OldF]

By the Finnish rally magazine ”Vauhdin Maailma”, Citroën has a new engine type (EW10J4S) this year and it gives them considerably better potential for new homologations. I don’t know how this match with the paragraph 20.4, engine development.