Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2012

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in my opinion Citroen must be disqualified.
About the clutch mechanism....
yes it is heavier,but the supplier doesn t product a wrc car spare part by ''accident'' heavier.
Also a heavier clutch cover is more durable.More durable/heavier makes less happy the engine to rev,there is not so good gas response,but is stronger in terms of reliability.
About the turbocharger compressor wheel,we dont know the exact dimension from the wheel they measure.
That the turbo is supplied by Garett to all wrc cars is ridiculus excuse.Ok they are supplied by Garett,but no one will stop you to modify.
The gain is very tiny,as the turbo is with orifice.
The blades cant be longer after some km,while they have measured inside tolerances.
The gap between blades and housing is minimal,if they were geting longer,then they will touch the housing and then kaboom.There are street cars with 2,5 bar boost,that after some 30-50.000 km the blades are not longer.
A wrc team has to be very carefull about the homologated parts.We are talking about a 300 people team,they can measure(and they have to) every bolt or nut in a wrc car.Not a turbocharger,or a clutch cover...
Sorry Miko but thats rallying.Hope to gain another one in Argentina.

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Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1

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Epic Fail!

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Originally Posted by Iskald

Conspiracy theory no. 2

Anyone better?

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All good conspiracy theories have freemasons in them. ;)

So... Mads's father is a freemason, and so is Loeb. And Jean Todt. So they got together and decided that the best thing for the lodge is that Mikko is excluded. Mikko is not a freemason, he's a knight templar. :p :

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Originally Posted by 6789

WRC.com article - World Rally Championship - News - Citroen heads comment on Hirvonen exclusion

Seems they are appealing on the basis that they didn't gain an advantage and that the penalties were out of proportion because of that

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every team that gets an DQ or penalty says the illegal/mis manufacturerd parts did not gain them any advantage. Illegal parts never ever gained advantage in the autosport. :P

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Originally Posted by mousti

Epic Fail!

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Must be someone from North One Sport guys.

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wrc.com is abit of a fail lol - I can never get videos to work on there

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I think you were generous when you say "a bit of a fail", that site really is rubbish!

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Originally Posted by tfp

I think you were generous when you say "a bit of a fail", that site really is rubbish!

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They're not all bad. They have splits. ;)

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All good conspiracy theories have freemasons in them. ;)

So... Mads's father is a freemason, and so is Loeb. And Jean Todt. So they got together and decided that the best thing for the lodge is that Mikko is excluded. Mikko is not a freemason, he's a knight templar. :p :

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I heard Latval is one of those tricky Knights of the Cross and Petter is one of those nasty Rosicrucians.....

It sure explains a lot of the inexplicable.

Better than saying "sheeeet just happens''.....

Conspiracies. Treachery, dead bodies.... (what!!!??)

All swirling under the smooth calm exterior.. Always thought Loeb seem a little toooooooooooooooo relaxed.

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Must be someone from North One Sport guys.

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AFAIK, the website is run by the FIA for now...