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Lol, i love your avatar :p
are those air freight 'frame', with the tapered side bottoms for the fuselage?
Yes. Those pallets are specifically made to go in the lower deck of wide body passenger aircraft. It`s much cheaper to send airfreight that way as opposed to upper deck on dedicated cargo aircraft. They are tapered on both ends and sit sideways in the belly of the plane.
After his dismal start to the season I kinda want Ogier to win Mexico. Of course I'd rather Latvala wins the rally but Ogier has been having it tough so far. My only wish: Latvala ahead of Tanak on pace.
Edit for clarity: by dismal I mean Sweden, actually and the fact that he's not leading the championship, something he's become so accustomed to doing after 2 rounds.
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Martin Holmes preview https://rallysportmag.com/preview-ra...ionship050318/
M-sport preview http://www.m-sport.co.uk/m-sport-new...form-in-mexico
Benito Guerra
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Pic of a friend:
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What happened?
omg what happened?
https://twitter.com/eWRCresults/stat...32468365119489
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Rallirinki / Teemu
Huttunen's Hyundai was next to Guerra's burnt Skoda. Maybe 10 metres distance away.
video
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...11499842532809
what? why?
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Confirmamos que el auto de @BenitoGuerra se incendió durante test. Ninguna persona sufrió lesión alguna incluída la tripulación, más tarde se dará el reporte oficial.
Translated from Spanish by Microsoft
We confirmed that the car of @BenitoGuerra caught fire during test. No person suffered any injuries including the crew, later the official report will be given.
https://www.facebook.com/rallymexico...type=2&theater
This video shows it quite close
Crazy mechanics!! Gasoline flood really much and uses battery tools and open sump quards. Last one push fire extinguisher and propably pushes gasoline to exhaust pipe and then flames come wild.
That's mad. Huttnen's car was no one near the fire though clearly. Bit of fake news.
Where's the Poland fire engine when it's needed?
I guess the spill was too sudden to get the car down and out of the way, but that's a lot of spilled fuel. Quite a mistake by someone.
De acuerdo con los reportes obtenidos por ESTO DEL BAJÍO, el auto ya había realizado algunas pruebas a velocidad, el percance se generó cuando los mecánicos realizaban algunos ajustes en el motor. Además del vehículo de Benito Guerra, la carpa y parte de las herramientas del equipo Motorsport Italia también resultaron con daños severos
According to the reports obtained by ESTO DEL BAJÍO, the car had already made some tests at speed, the mess was generated when the mechanics made some adjustments in the engine. In addition to the vehicle of Benito Guerra, the tent and part of the tools of the Motorsport Italia team also resulted in severe damage
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It's all for Benito. Although there is no official report, I think they hardly recover the car for Thursday
According to ewrc - this 4th burn FabiaR5
Should have thrown a bag of absorbant on the spilled fuel, though I guess it might be wise to leave any bags of white powder behind if returning equipment to Europe in case the bags are substituted for white powders from the americas.
https://youtu.be/3jr-0DY8MQY fuel absorbant
Does Benito have a spare Evo X in the shed?
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Thanks KKS, so I'll have to update my mental database. Arai went off the road though. Not much info that I can find on the other one.
The Skodas seem more of a case of "spontaneous" combustion. No crash, no sudden grass fire or broken wheel that tear off a brake line or something like that.
I was there. When it happened there was no chance to do anything. Before it happened also not much, as with such hot car and big leak not much can be done to prevent fire. If fire brigade could come faster then maybe more could be saved...
Can Skoda apply for an urgent homologated parts upgrade if they figure out the issue and find safer replacement parts?
Call in some VW/Audi race/ rally engineers in a consultancy role. Wouldn't want the Polo R5 to have the same issues?