[WRC] COPEC Rally Chile 2019

**mknight** · 13th May 2019, 05:58

All it cost him is 3 driver points (no change for manu) , which in his position are rather pointless anyway. Could have been much worse as he clearly broke the rules by working on the car in TC.

Other points:
- why don't they have ski goggles on car? This does hapen from time to time and at least for Sweden, sone crews do have them

- In quite a few european countries he would probably be stopped by Police for driving without windscreen on road section, here he wasn't.

**mknight** · 13th May 2019, 06:03

Also the point about the penalty going against FIA push for safety is playing with fire. They will take his words for it and change the rules to forbid driving without compete windscreen. Just like last year when him starting the stage on the rim in Portugal made them forbid this in the rules.

**Allez Andruet** · 13th May 2019, 06:21

Hats off for Meeke for telling it like it is instead of voicing his opinion through the usual PR-BS filter.

**AnttiL** · 13th May 2019, 07:26

Just to make sure you all understand: Meeke was penalised for working on the car at the control area after TC, not for driving without windscreen. If he had removed the windscreen during the road section, it would have been OK.

Latvala was also penalized in Mexico for fixing the car on Light Fitting Zone.

**CWJ** · 13th May 2019, 07:39

It would have been also OK just past the start area in the stage

**AnttiL** · 13th May 2019, 07:42

Originally Posted by CWJ

It would have been also OK just past the start area in the stage

which would have cost him probably exactly that minute...

**Rallyper** · 13th May 2019, 08:18

Originally Posted by Tarmop

Well, you have to remember those unfrotunate incidents like Evans having a puncture on the final stage, Suninen and Paddon crashing, even Mikkelsen was going for it in Turkey before his car broke...first ones that spring to mind, could be some more.

Yes. And Latvala leading Rally Finland 2017 when engine failure let him down on Ouninpohja.

**kiil** · 13th May 2019, 08:56

Originally Posted by AnttiL

Just to make sure you all understand: Meeke was penalised for working on the car at the control area after TC, not for driving without windscreen. If he had removed the windscreen during the road section, it would have been OK.

Latvala was also penalized in Mexico for fixing the car on Light Fitting Zone.

Exactly, rules are rules. Everybody in that game is aware of the parc ferme rules, and you can't really start bending these, not even on safety grounds.

**spiderem** · 13th May 2019, 09:47

Very poor performance by Mikkelsen. He cannot hide anymore behind car setup / lack of confidence / driving style change / etc. All the drivers were in the same boat starting Friday morning. The fact that Loeb was in contention for 2nd place also shows how low Mikkelsen's level is.