[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

The second driver injured at X-Games!? All the rallies he did, all those dangerous roads, and the monkeys who organise this competition make a course so dangerous (dumb obstacles on racing lines and jumps), which could potentially kill a driver. They don't deserve the participation of drivers like Marcus and Seb if they are going to run the event like a bunch of circus chimps.

Here's some footage - terrible crash, looks like he tried to take a little bit too much off the corner.

http://youtu.be/m3uTZh-iml8

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Originally Posted by makinen_fan

it does not look like a huge crash, not even the left corner of car is not destroyed... why did they need to cut the whole rood off...

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Marcus was unconscious after the crash so better to cut the roof off than try to bend him out not knowing internal injuries. They did the right thing.

Maybe he's too old for this. Didn't look like nasty crash, he had much worse crashes in WRC.

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Originally Posted by vkangas

Marcus was unconscious after the crash so better to cut the roof off than try to bend him out not knowing internal injuries. They did the right thing.

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Rallycross cars like I think all FIA approved competition cars are designed that the driver can be extracted while still in his seat, without needing to cut the car. Apparently the problem was that the in the accident the doors were crushed shut. Also I do not think the rescue crews are very experienced in rallycross. In both accidents the Ford mechanics were way earlier on the scene than any marshal or doctor....

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Originally Posted by Rallyper

N.O.T please give some comments of yours of this crazy spectacle going on in US! (This is serious)

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I do not mind rallycross, i actually like it a bit... i do not like they way it is marketed in the US though... They seem to focus mostly on circus antics like gap jumps and other stupid meaningless things rather than the driving though, which is a pity since they only manage to attract rednecks with reduced mental capability as fans...the same people who like those drift videos of block.

hope marcus is ok... Mr Loeb created some serious mental focus problems through the years to anyone who challenged him... his presence alone is enough to cause focus problems.

drama for Marcus.. gutted ... :( ((

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Originally Posted by Gherid_lacksGPS

Regarding Toomas, photographers and media are not allowed to approach the car. The help did seem to come a bit late, but the context of space is not known, nor the relation of crews to the ramp.

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If all those people at the inside of the jump are media then were there no marshals or safety crew at the jump at all? The jump's not going anywhere so having to drive an oversize pickup truck there after the wreck seems like poor planning.

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Originally Posted by Gregor-y

If all those people at the inside of the jump are media then were there no marshals or safety crew at the jump at all? The jump's not going anywhere so having to drive an oversize pickup truck there after the wreck seems like poor planning.

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Agreed. I would like to know where the help came from, though. If they had to navigate an odd route due to track layout and what not - which again, is still poor planning.

Regarding Marcus's accident. I always tell people, the problem isn't speed itself, it's that sudden, abrupt stop that gets you. 85mph to 0 in .1 seconds is pretty violent.

So I had to turn on the tv and granted tanner foist is actually pretty quick with rallycross, but Loeb just humiliated the field in his heat.