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    Quote Originally Posted by RS View Post
    WRC2 rules are best six of seven scores count right? But it looks likely Kopecky and Tidemand will both only do six, so no dropped scores..
    Tidemand is entered for Wales, and is rumored to do Catalunya with VW Polo.

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    Tidemand has to retire Turkey. https://twitter.com/MotorsportSkoda/...30709802446848

    #RallyTurkey #SKODA #WRC2 Having consulted technical stewards of the FIA, @ Pontus Tidemand is not able to re-start under Rally 2 regulation for safety reasons. Additional structural damage was discovered when the car was inspected at service, safe repair cannot be carried out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    Tidemand is entered for Wales, and is rumored to do Catalunya with VW Polo.
    Maybe that's the real reason to retire him in Turkey, level the playing field with Kopecky again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RS View Post
    Maybe that's the real reason to retire him in Turkey, level the playing field with Kopecky again.
    Sorry but that is ridiculous

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    Sorry but that is ridiculous
    I just find it rather hard to believe the chassis was irrepairably damaged as the result of a puncture.

    And if Tidemand is entered for WRC2 in Spain and Kopecky doesn't go to Oz, they will not have 'exact same chances of WRC2 title' as Skoda promised.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RS View Post
    I just find it rather hard to believe the chassis was irrepairably damaged as the result of a puncture.

    And if Tidemand is entered for WRC2 in Spain and Kopecky doesn't go to Oz, they will not have 'exact same chances of WRC2 title' as Skoda promised.
    Maybe he had a crack in the rollbar leading from the strut tower, like Østberg had in Finland one year
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    Quote Originally Posted by SubaruNorway View Post
    Maybe he had a crack in the rollbar leading from the strut tower, like Østberg had in Finland one year
    Yes, it was that after the damper was broken and was going thru bonnet. He had also double puncture on last stage of the day. So in total 4 punctures on two stages
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    Quote Originally Posted by RS View Post
    I just find it rather hard to believe the chassis was irrepairably damaged as the result of a puncture.

    And if Tidemand is entered for WRC2 in Spain and Kopecky doesn't go to Oz, they will not have 'exact same chances of WRC2 title' as Skoda promised.
    Skoda gives their drivers equal 6 drives each. It's up to Tidemand's own relations to get an extra drive from VW?

    But it's just a ridiculous thought that they realized mid-rally that their drivers will have unequal chances of the title and thus retired one of themö

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    Skoda gives their drivers equal 6 drives each. It's up to Tidemand's own relations to get an extra drive from VW?

    But it's just a ridiculous thought that they realized mid-rally that their drivers will have unequal chances of the title and thus retired one of themö
    I thought it may have been a factor once he had to retire from day one, like 'oh well, he's got another chance' but probably not i suppose, especially given the nature of this rally.

    They said on the BT Sport broadcast yesterday that if Kopecky wins today he would win the title. That would be the case if each just had their six Skoda rounds but unfortunately we're not going to know until the entry lists for Spain and even Australia come out. I hate the dropped score system.

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    Great result for Chris Ingram on Rally Turkey. Perfect tactics paid off with a WRC2 podium on debut.

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