[WRC] Rally Finland 2023

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Originally Posted by cali

Rock or compression hit the oil sump and they talk about oil pump possibly and starter definitely being broken.
By the words of Ott this is not an engine issue per se but damage done by this compression.

Imho Ott's very low setup is the root of this cause

DELFI VIDEO SOOME RALLILT | Ott Tänak katkestamisest: midagi tuli läbi auto põhjakaitsme, see ei sõida enam kuskile - Delfi Sport
https://sport.delfi.ee/artikkel/1202...a-enam-kuskile

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and probably it was one of the smoothest interview by Ott to Estonian media ;)

Rich Millener has free day, so he is co-commenting now in all-live.

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Originally Posted by flat_right

First time? This was the case also with Tänak in Toyota.

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yeah, but Sardignia and Finland are 2 different road surfaces

It was already seen on Harju stage that Ott was driving low car. Splitter was scraping through gravel.

Ott retired from SS3, we have already SS5, let's move on and enjoy the rally.

and now, some rain arrived, makes things more interesting...

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Originally Posted by Rallyest

Could a rock have a such impact it pierces the underbody guard? kinda weird in my opinion

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definitely...if a rock can lift a car to roll, detach a wheel, etc, it's fair enough that a rock hit above 100km/h can easily brake parts that aren't supposed to be hit. (a little crack is enough to leak oil and set fire to engine bay)

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Originally Posted by AndersX

So, estonian boys and girls, you can not throw the stone and angree comments towards Msport - engine was broken because of impact that can be both driver mistake and/or unlucky situation.

Tanak does not seem bothered, even looks relieved.

But Rovampera is a monster - are we entering another Loeb-ish, Ogier-ish time in the world championship? Total dominance!

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Agreed. I have mentioned many times here before that Ott likes to set up the car to be lower and this usually causes issues to the suspension and a few times to the sump guard

I believe other hit this rock as well but the impact wasn't such bad as the compression couldn't reach to mecahnical parts.

But as someone mentioned here, let's move on...

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Originally Posted by seb_sh

No super rally for Ott: https://twitter.com/DirtFishRally/st...75953511464960

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Originally Posted by Rallyest

yeah, but Sardignia and Finland are 2 different road surfaces

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In Sardegna he landed quite heavily on nose.
In Portugal there was a massive rock in the middle of corner
In Wales it was also some low bad landing..?

Starting to pour really hard for Neuville

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Originally Posted by Rallyest

Could a rock have a such impact it pierces the underbody guard? kinda weird in my opinion

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A bedrock….very large rock or a boulder embedded in surface