[WRC] Tet Rally Latvia 2024

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just two estonian dudes presenting the newest Toyota model

Tanak wants FIA investigation:

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/tanak...arch-incident/

There were people present who had to check the arch's safety and communication was to clear it. Which they were doing but apparently didnt make it in time before Tanak's car.
Crazy that while safety is most important, big penalties for driving without seatbelt or speeding, stages cancelled for spectator safety etc. But this...

Was Tanak's problem in last stage connected to this incident? Basically lost overall podium to Sesks.

Yeah, that point is intresting, drivers get penalties for baclavas, seatbelts and doughnuts and now we have freaking arch on road after blind corner. FIA approved.

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Originally Posted by dnb

Was Tanak's problem in last stage connected to this incident? Basically lost overall podium to Sesks.

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Probably. Ott said to Estonian media that after the jump the driveshaft broke and he needed some other ways to stop the car. And why it broke was most probably connected to the incident.

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Originally Posted by Dontcut

Yeah, that point is intresting, drivers get penalties for baclavas, seatbelts and doughnuts and now we have freaking arch on road after blind corner. FIA approved.

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That is nothing out of the ordinary in sport, the "rule makers" can also make a mistake, but they can hardly give them self a 10 second time penalty.

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Originally Posted by flat_right

Probably. Ott said to Estonian media that after the jump the driveshaft broke and he needed some other ways to stop the car. And why it broke was most probably connected to the incident.

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This was said on TV too, I don't get why you need the driveshaft to stop the car. Turn, yes - but not braking. What am I missing?

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Originally Posted by becher

That is nothing out of the ordinary in sport, the "rule makers" can also make a mistake, but they can hardly give them self a 10 second time penalty.

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Yes, but on next event they can give to each competitor 200 euro cheaper entry fee (and pay the difference to the organiser from their pocket) ;)

As usual with this type of bizarre situations, it is a series of situations, mostly just unlucky, that leads to the ‘major’ part of it. If HQ had had visibility of it, then I’m sure there is a red flag straight away, we see how quickly they do it if there’s people standing in dodgy positions.
I’ve not seen one of these banners close up recently, but surely there was someone there that could have set off down the road to stop the next car - they would’ve had a few minutes and probably have more of an idea that they couldn’t move it in time? The difficulty would be trying to stop the car flat out and not get hit, which is maybe why this didn’t happen?