[WRC] XION Rally Argentina | 25th - 28th April

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Citroen Racing
Confused when the route seemed to differ from the roadbook, @SebOgier lost a lot of time, breaking the power steering. He then showed great skill to fight his way back to podium places.

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[dimviii]

[KiwiWRCfan]

from TGR end of day media release
"He [Ott] ended the morning loop only 6.4 seconds from the lead, but stopped on SS14 after he had started to lose battery voltage prior to the stage. The team is preparing the car to restart on the final day from ninth position overall."

[dimviii]

Tommi Mäkinen (Team Principal)

“Ott was showing very good performance again here in Argentina until he had to stop this afternoon. We are investigating the problem, but we know that the battery was losing voltage prior to the stage, so we think it is probably something to do with the alternator or battery.

https://toyotagazooracing.com/releas...rd05-day3.html

[EstWRC]

Ott Tänak (Driver car 8)
“We had a good start this morning. The roads today were very different to what we had yesterday: really smooth and fast in places. There were still a few slippery places, so the grip was inconsistent. We were looking forward to having a big push in the afternoon, but we knew in the first stage that we had a problem, that the battery voltage was going down, and in the second stage we had to retire. Of course, it’s disappointing. With the performance we have I believe we are capable of winning any rally, but we still have some work to do. Tomorrow we’ll do what we can, and we’ll keep pushing: it’s a long season.”

[KiwiWRCfan]

an example hypothetical...
... if Lappi was 1st or 2nd and he had used the same route as the rest,would Ogier asked for penalties that would ''change positions''?

An excellent hypothetical.
Ogier/Citroen may not have asked for penalties if it hurt their drivers title chances ... .... but another team probably would have asked for penalties if it assisted their drivers/manufacturers title chances.

[KiwiWRCfan]

SS11 Gate-gate penalty
Mads Ostberg, Ott Tanak and Kris Meeke have all received a 10 second penalty for taking right hand option thru gate rather than road book indicated (left hand) option over cattle grid.
Seb Ogier move up into P3, Dani Sordo up into P4 and Kris Meeke drops down to P5.
Stewards decision re Mads can be found here http://www.rallyargentina.com/wp-con...sion-No.-3.pdf

[ruesluporp]

With Ostberg, Tanak and Meeke received a 10 sec penalty!

[mknight]

I posted the roadbook box here: https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...=1#post1215267
, it's missing the explanation of the symbol which is mentioned in the decision. If it really means "gate" rather than "pole on right" (which I thought), it's hard to argue against.

In other news Tanak might just about be able to catch Ostberg for 8th.

[AnttiL]

I think the definitive thing is the cattle grid which is on the left route, not on the right. The road book tells you to drive over a cattle grid.

Last year the route went through the right path with the cattle grid blocked