Can this discussion be moved to a sepperated treath? This has nothing to do with news or rumours. Except the rumour that Loeb is supposed to be the better rally driver, but that rumour is not news, it is old news :)
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Can this discussion be moved to a sepperated treath? This has nothing to do with news or rumours. Except the rumour that Loeb is supposed to be the better rally driver, but that rumour is not news, it is old news :)
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QUOTE=alleskids... This has nothing to do with news or rumours. Except the rumour (rumour?!) that Loeb is supposed to be the better rally driver, but that rumour (make your mind - rumour or news?!) is not news, it is old news (it's not news at all, it is eyes-popping fact!)Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
Ford and Citroën teams and WRC top drivers have sent a letter to FIA rally commission to show their concern towards proposed one minute interval. All top drivers are opposed to the new rule.
Letter was written by Jarmo Lehtinen who represents drivers in the safety commision. Lehtinen and Mikko Hirvonen pointed out several things that have been discussed in this forum as well about the one minute running interval: dust issue, competetive issue if car behind caught the car in front and also the safety issue in cases of going off.
Lehtinen, interviewed by Finnish news agency STT, said that after the heavy crash in Finland this year, his first recollections after the crash starts around the time Petter Solberg passed them - which was four minutes after the crash. In case of car stopping upside down in a stage in a place with only few or no spactators, one minute interval can prove unnecessarily dangerous.
STT also interviewed Rally Finland's clerk of the course Kai Tarkiainen who didn't want to take a stand to one way or another at this time. The new rule would leave it to organizers whether to run cars with one or two minute intervals. Tarkiainen said that the dust won't be an issue in Finland, but caughting the car in front could be, when the stage is long and fast and if drivers starting one after another compete in different experience levels.
STT's story here on MTV3's site. Google translate.
Why hasn't Lehtinen and others been concerned about this earlier? Two minutes interval has been only for top drivers, rest have had one minute intervals and I don't remember Lehtinen or any other top driver been vocal about the issue before....Quote:
Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
Excuses..
It is the same with gravel crews and many more things. They were so concerned how dangerous it would be without them, but the FIA asked how can all the non factory drivers survive without them and then the drivers accepted (only in tarmac rallies now gravel crews still allowed)Quote:
Originally Posted by DonJippo
In national championships there's no 2 minutes gap so that's not dangerous?!
In autosport printed magazine (dont know if its on the .com version)published in UK today there is a story that Dr Helmut Marko, Red Bull's driver consultant considers the Kimi / Rallying experiment a failure. All the publicity is negative from the crashes and Kimi's public attitude. David Evans' editorial comment is against this and says that you only need to see the crowd around the Kimi service area to disprove this theory. Kimi linked to Monster Ford with Ken Block in the same story.
Also rumors that Monster wants Kimi in a Mini.... sounds nice Kimi Mini :DQuote:
Originally Posted by MJW