Rallye Wrc Monte-Carlo 2013

I don't know how the FIA works, but in the US, its not whether rally cars can clear the stage determining if a stage is cancelled. If ambulance and safety crews cannot access the stage with some level of ease to reach an injured crew or spectator, then the stage is cancelled.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

It's the exit of Moullinet. Just two or three corners after start. One would not expect a driver like JML to crash so early in the sage. But ok, **** happens. The main thing is they are unhurt.

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I think that's just the problem. Loeb, Ogier and other drivers knew they had to back off in that kind of conditions. Latvala and Novikov realized it only three corners later. But on that time it was too late.

Are there other videos of that particular part of the stage? I would like to compare the speed of Loeb and Ogier to the speed of Latvala and Novikov in that corner.

Before everyone gets angry in here read the official decision.
http://www.rallyliveresults.com/acm/...SION%20No6.pdf

The two stages was cancelled due to a road block.
Safety issues isn't mention...

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Originally Posted by Martin Luijk

I think that's just the problem. Loeb, Ogier and other drivers knew they had to back off in that kind of conditions. Latvala and Novikov realized it only three corners later. But on that time it was too late.

Are there other videos of that particular part of the stage? I would like to compare the speed of Loeb and Ogier to the speed of Latvala and Novikov in that corner.

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Just for the record the drivers behind Latvala were warned as his car was still on the road.

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Originally Posted by pucky54

You saw what happenend to Novikov at that corner...not just scratches ;)

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Novikov had hit exactly the same tree ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M9QjTkk69o

JML crash - ouch !

That was a proper impact, much worse than Novi...

Looks like his luck has moved with him from Ford to VW. :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cz0GpUPWUg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

Looks like his luck has moved with him from Ford to VW. :(

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Last year some people were saying that Ford's "nervous by default" chassis made him (and Solberg) leave the road so often, let's see if the Polo has the same factory defect. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgueLfmpDzE

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Originally Posted by Rallyper

Ouuussshhhhh! That was heavy impact. Could have happened to anyone... Thjough I don´t understand you guys putting "Like" on that one. Maybe because the clip was up, hopefully not because of Latvalas´unluck...

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Because it was a big one and nobody was hurt, because it's useful to see a mistake from outside the car because it helps to understand the accident and could prevent others under the same conditions, because I like to see that this sport is now more secure than ever (despite recent facts), ...

Besides, I'd call bad luck when something happens once. Twice is a coincidence. When something happens to you three times is unlikely, very unlikely four times. However, it's the fifth or sixth time that JML has a problem here.