[WRC] Wales Rally GB 2019

[mknight]

There goes the tire plan of the guys who took softs to gain time on ss20...

(Mikkelsen, Ogier as well as Lappi and Tidemand had either full softs or half-softs)

[Katvala]

A short Sunday cut even shorter..

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[EstWRC]

bad news for MIkkelsen

[AnttiL]

If it's spectator safety again, they deserve to be dropped from the calendar...

[EstWRC]

If it's spectator safety again, they deserve to be dropped from the calendar...

agreed, its been quite a mess this year organizing wise. the haybale case, two stages cancelled before today already, people standing everywhere they want etc

Do the drivers have to drive the stage anyway? im looking on wrc plus that they could turn right to the service park but everybody turns left and go to the stage. Lappi is through it already

[AnttiL]

agreed, its been quite a mess this year organizing wise. the haybale case, two stages cancelled before today already, people standing everywhere they want etc

Do the drivers have to drive the stage anyway? im looking on wrc plus that they could turn right to the service park but everybody turns left and go to the stage. Lappi is through it already

The roadbook should have an alternate route.

One rumor on twitter is that the sea is too stormy for a lifeboat in case someone would drive off the cliff to the water.

[dimviii]

One rumor on twitter is that the sea is too stormy for a lifeboat in case someone would drive off the cliff to the water.

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GREAT ORME CANCELLED

Due to rough sea conditions, we are unable to have our safety diving team positioned off the Orme. Without the team in place, we are not able to run the stage.

The safety of the crews must come first.

[doubled1978]

The statement says “insufficient safety cover”. That sounds like there are not enough Marshall’s to cover the amount of spectators that have tried to watch the stage.
I fear we are getting to the point like in the McRae/Burns era where the popularity of the event is overtaking the ability to safely control it. You can bet that next year there will be far more stringent spectating rules in place.
Not sure if this is true, but I read on a facebook page that Aberhirnant cancellation was due to a group of about 20 Belgian guys who refused to move and then threatened the marshalls.

[Katvala]

So not because of spectator

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[doubled1978]

Edit.
Just seen the note about the divers, that’s fair enough.