Why? He called the FIA out on the rule and they didn't change it so why shouldn't he use it to his advantage now when he feels he's been disadvantaged by it in the past?
My dad was a seagoing marine engineer and was away a lot more than that.
Yeah imo people totally ignore this. When I've watched the Saturday's puncture drama, most of it was drivers' mistakes. They were cutting even when there were big stones, which also led to throwing...
And with lovely "synchronisation" mode between WRC and ERC they were trying to kill qualifying also in ERC few years ago. Thanks god they didnt succeeded...

It looks like he was extremely angry.
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