That time would have put him 30th on the stage so he must have taken it easy. Which stage did he say he had problems with the heated screen? Might have been this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by J4MIE
Meeke ran an 11:09.5 on SS3.
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That time would have put him 30th on the stage so he must have taken it easy. Which stage did he say he had problems with the heated screen? Might have been this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by J4MIE
Meeke ran an 11:09.5 on SS3.
Farcial stuff but looks like the results of the rally will now have to wait until Thursday.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80320
Says that they have measured the weight of the cross member three times and each time it has given a different reading. So they have to send out working scales to complete the job. Slow clap for all involved.
This start to stink a little bit to much and is absolutely unaceptable.... are there no scales availeble in the UK / Scotland..to make a correct reading....Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
FIA Rules are for everybody... if its out of the tollerance then you are excluded.. its simple..
If the same set of scales measured the item differently three times then we must be looking at a pretty small error.
I guess for RGRS it would be nice to get a win back in this way after losing one in Wales but I am sure the team and Guy would have rather won it on the stages!
Regarding the Fiesta's pace, it is virtually impossible to draw any conclusions until we see it on Monte (and then only if a good driver who is behind the wheel who we know is an IRC frontrunner) Even with recorded times Wilson could have slowed down on the stage, he might not be running at 100% of his capabilities and of course we don't know exactly how much slower he is than the IRC frontrunners. It would have been better to use someone like Gardemeister maybe who has at least driven a couple of other rival S2000s and should stack up better against the IRC regulars.
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Originally Posted by RS
Yes Correct.. we prefer to win it on the stages, but this is a matter of respecting the Rules made by the FIA and Homologation documents with measurements that have to be accepted... by everybody..
Nobody is sugguesting otherwise. But the scales are giving 3 different reading, and it appears very close to tolerance levels, then it think its in everyone interest to make to correct decision.Quote:
Originally Posted by GTA
Split times on the final stage showed Guy was 5-6 seconds up 1/3rd of the way through, it would have been close! Info from this article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle6927687.ece
Kris' comments about weight irregularities: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80322
For Meeke to take 9s off him earlier, and then to get beaten by 20+ seconds on the next run.... In your dreams Guy.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
The quote isn't from Guy. Guy did look quicker on the final stage (I guess Kris was driving more cautiously) but I would be surprised if Guy would have ended on top. Still, real shame we didn't get to see. That is where live tv works really well (if they show accurate split times and enough of them)Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzz Lightyear
During the first run Guy was also faster on first TV split but slower in finish. I don't remember first TV split of second run though...