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Originally Posted by jonas_mcrae
And like David Richards wasn't sitting there drooling prodding them along and encouraging them as much as possible.
More commercial circus for the "promotion" of the sport at the cost of legitimate sporting...
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Originally Posted by jonas_mcrae
And like David Richards wasn't sitting there drooling prodding them along and encouraging them as much as possible.
More commercial circus for the "promotion" of the sport at the cost of legitimate sporting...
Just spoken to the guys in Carlos Paz.
Apparently the rules say that as long as the stewards declare a result, half points will be awarded, no matter how many kms have been completed.
As things stand in Argentina, if all remaining stages in Leg 2 and 3 of the rally are completed, we will be 13kms short of the required distance for full points.
Apparently it might be possible to add the required kms to the remaining scheduled distance.
So the legimitacy of the rally has been compromised for a 2.2km superspecial....
Bit like like the 1984 Monaco GP when it was cut short because the rain was so bad and they awarded half points. Prost won the championship by half a point that year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally_Rocks
Good stat.Quote:
Originally Posted by bt52b
In english now :bandit: :angryfireQuote:
Originally Posted by jonas_mcrae
http://www.rallyargentina.com/englis...hp?id_noti=145
http://www.rallyargentina.com/english/
Half points would just further compound the embarassment in my opinion as we'd have to wince every time we look at the championship standings.
Saying that I've done that for the past couple of years anyway thanks to Super Seb.
The leg has been 'modifided' apparently. Thats one way of putting it. The correct english translation would be something more like 'Cancelled' or 'balls'd up'!Quote:
Originally Posted by bt52b
from subaru usa:
Immediately following the stadium stage the rally cars were loaded back onto the transporters and driven overnight back to Carlos Paz where they were unloaded and put into Parc Ferme at approximately 8:40AM Friday morning, on schedule. But where are the drivers? As the cars were being unloaded some drivers had still not arrived back to Carlos Paz!
The facts are still trickling in here to the team hotel in Carlos Paz, but it seems late last night the Buenos Aires airport lost their radar and no flights could depart. The drivers waited and waited in the airport all night. Then at about 3am the three planes departed for Cordoba. Two planes landed safely at about 4am, but the 3rd chartered jet, which included Pastrana/Edstrom had to turn around and fly back to Buenos Aires! It is unconfirmed, but weather(fog) was the culprit. As of 11am this morning that 3rd and final plane is still in Beunos Aires waiting for heavy fog at Cordoba airport to lift! Without that final plane load of drivers the rally can not run as planned today.
Most of today's stages will be canceled. Rally officials are still determining if the final two originally scheduled special stages as well as the end of day Cordoba stadium stage could be run as planned.
Hennings mentioning that fridays stages might be run on sunday http://www.vgb.no/6339/