Rallye Wrc Monte-Carlo 2013

[dimviii]

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Posts to prevent cuts, like in the IRC/ERC ...



Forecast: -8 degrees & snow for rally!

[tommeke_B]

Posts to prevent cuts, like in the IRC/ERC ...



Forecast: -8 degrees & snow for rally!

Like in the ERC/ERC?? In Ypres you don't see that, in Barum Rally it's also very rare to see things that prevent cutting. In Jänner there were these long poles everywhere (and sometimes poles to prevent cutting indeed), but aren't those longer poles just in order to see the road when there is fresh snow (nothing to do with the rally)? In Alsace (WRC) I've also seen similar things, to not let the road be destroyed. I've seen onboards from Finland (2011) with hay bales in several places to prevent cutting. It's not an IRC/ERC-thing...

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Thats according to WRC.com ...

WRC ‏@OfficialWRC Big posts stopping 'cuts' if anyone hits one it's going to hurt! Photo St Bonnet

[Mirek]

Tommeke is right. Anti-cutting poles or other obstacles are common thing in most of asphalt events. The reason is that the edge of the road is very easy to destroy. They are used also in WRC if it is needed (Alsace sure and as Tom said I saw haybales for same use also in NORF). It depends on locals if they don't care about road damage or not. In Belgium such things are not used. Here they are (even in Barum but not everywhere).

The poles in Jänner were really of different purpose - only to show where the road is when there is a lot of new snow. That same poles were present in past editions of RMC too! Not everywhere but I remember them from Ardeche roads. In 2009 on stage Labatie d'Andaure (it is run this year) there was a pole of which seven cars broke their side mirrors. I have a photo in my flat but I'm not there now.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Poles must be fairly recent - I've been watching rallies since 1983 and only remember them appearing very recently and can only recall them on the IRC.

Are they to really to 'protect the road edges' or to stop mud and stones being dragged onto the asphalt and causing puntures to other cars ?

[dimviii]

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[A FONDO]

Are they to really to 'protect the road edges' or to stop mud and stones being dragged onto the asphalt and causing puntures to other cars ?

In Alsace 2011 they put them because in the previous year it was a muddy mess. In the recce Loeb damaged his Lancer trying to see how strong they are and if he would be able to cut them in the rally.

In the last hungarian IRC they put massive wooden logs. Some of them miraculously disappeared after the recce and local drivers posted stunning times in the first day. Later Turan hit one of them and it led him to a terrible roll.

[Kielder]

Interesting photo

I think that stage isn't run in the same direction since 2003, under the name of "Les Quatre Chemins-Sigale". I wonder when that iconic place will return to the WRC. Hope next year!

[Cacatua]

Poles must be fairly recent - I've been watching rallies since 1983 and only remember them appearing very recently and can only recall them on the IRC.

Are they to really to 'protect the road edges' or to stop mud and stones being dragged onto the asphalt and causing puntures to other cars ?

Someone once told me that's a way to save money in cleaning the roads after the events.