Wrc Rally Argentina 2013

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Originally Posted by smsgrafica

So you are telling me there's no way you can hear a second engine behind you for a 3-4km stretch and you don't even dare to take a quick look to see if someone's there, since you are losing minutes (!) because you're driving so slow after a crash AND you know very well Loeb could catch up to you? THAT, my friend, is pure nonsense!

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My friend as said before get into rally car and drive on dusty, twisty, gravel road and try to see or hear anything some 100-200 m behind you. If you manage to that you are a genius. You can't tell that Ogier had to slow down as Sordo is far ahead of him.

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Originally Posted by smsgrafica

So you are telling me there's no way you can hear a second engine behind you for a 3-4km stretch and you don't even dare to take a quick look to see if someone's there, since you are losing minutes (!) because you're driving so slow after a crash AND you know very well Loeb could catch up to you? THAT, my friend, is pure nonsense!

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Don't put words in my mouth, please. How did You come to conclusion they were running 4-5 km behind each other? From 18 seconds long video? In the video they are so far distant that they can't see each other through the dust. No way. And to hear the other car? Yes, that is absolute nonsense. You can't hear the other even if it's ten meters behind You.

You are just trying to invent some sensation where there is none. I'm quite tired of that because it happened so many times before. Always the same storm in a teacup.

Seb-O now told Becsy he lost 'a few seconds.. thats rally'... :)

I spoke to @sebogier at service earlier - this is what he said to me about what happened with Sordo on stage 3 #WRC wrc.com/news/argentina…

tyre choice quite different between vw and citroen... for the second loop

2013 WRC Rally Argentina - a set on Flickr


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Mads Ostberg stopped in the stage with broken steering arm.

Sordo 5 minute penalty because he was late out of service..

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Originally Posted by EightGear

Sordo 5 minute penalty because he was late out of service..

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That seems a lot to me, considering he is behind Loeb on the stage. If he got 5 min penalty that should mean he was 30 mins late out of service?

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Originally Posted by EightGear

Sordo 5 minute penalty because he was late out of service..

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Car No	Driver	Control	Reason	Penalty
10	D. SORDO (ESP)	TC3C	5M LATE	00:50

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Originally Posted by wwbroe

That seems a lot to me, considering he is behind Loeb on the stage. If he got 5 min penalty that should mean he was 30 mins late out of service?

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I got it from WRC twitter, also thought it was way too much, apparently it is 50 seconds because he was 5 minutes late.