So a brief review from today. On the first run of Dhrontal we went to a hairpin right with nice braking. Was a good place, but in the forest and I expected it to be more muddy, and so did the drivers apparently, most took it easy. Evans was very nice to see, going sideways during the braking for the hairpin. Nothing more special to mention. On the second run we went to a fast left corner with a cut that was a bit higher than the road (see photos). Latvala and Neuville were 2 of the drivers who cutted quite deep causing them to go on 2 wheels, hard to believe they gained time with it (regarding how fast Sordo was there) but very spectacular for sure. :) The commitment of the drivers was crazy. Attacking so hard, we were thinking this morning "who doesn't crash wins". Thierry made a mistake, and Sordo finally has a well-deserved win. It's just great when there are battles like these, that's what we missed (a lot) in the last few years, let's hope we can see more of that in the future. :) Regarding the accident, I've always noticed that the huge braking areas are a bit too small in many events (France in particular), sometimes a row of people is some 10m straight after a hairpin. But if a car arrives at let's say 150kph, 10m is nothing (at least if there's nothing to protect them). Let's hope they learn from it and work towards the right direction. For me the WRONG direction is making public areas where spectators are far from the road, with a speaker and some "bradwurst" and beer... Organizers must understand that spectators want to decide what they want to see, rather than the organizers pointing some place and let them "pack" together making them 69 euros each... 100% safety is impossible to achieve, but I would prefer to see less "spectator areas", in change for more correct safety measures everywhere.
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