[WRC] Monza Rally 2020

[Mirek]

No, they just cancel it. Too bad, really.
could organizers done this differently?

We don't know what is going on behind the scene. Who is lobbying for what, what the teams push for, what is the FIA stance. It's easy to blame the organizers but it may be more complicated.

Also... we used to laugh on Monte Carlo organization for their usual chaos but it's good to see that organizing similar event may be much more difficult than we think.

[denkimi]

Why do they even give the drivers snow tyres if they are going to cancel snowy stages anyway?

This is bullshit.

[mknight]

Lappi has been robbed by his own amateur team and now the organisers

Yes, organizers 3 times even.

1. Yesterday he didn't use snow tires on one of the afternoon stages to save them ... and right after that they allowed 2 more
2. 10s penalty
3. SS12 cancel

+ his team on SS11.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

UPDATE: Rally organisers have cancelled SS12 - Costa Valle Imagna 2 - on safety grounds due to severe weather conditions.

[mknight]

We don't know what is going on behind the scene. Who is lobbying for what, what the teams push for, what is the FIA stance. It's easy to blame the organizers but it may be more complicated.

It maybe as easy as the rescue vehicles not having tires/chains to come in case someone gets injured. Not a weather to fly rescue helis in. (due to icing, not visibility)

Also if it really got high with snow (10+ cm) you could even risk cars not making it up the hill on wet tires.

[tpt010]

This is a joke. Michelin told well before rally, that they will provide winter tyres as conditions can be snowy. Recce was done on snow conditions. All week everyone has been talking only about conditions and that there can be snow on stages. OK, then comes rally and, surprise surprise, there is snow. And what happens, stage needs to be cancelled. Sorry, but I don't get the point of WRC anymore.

[ferrial]

Sad for Elfyn

[Mirek]

Yes, organizers 3 times even.

1. Yesterday he didn't use snow tires on one of the afternoon stages to save them ... and right after that they allowed 2 more
2. 10s penalty
3. SS12 cancel

+ his team on SS11.

Sir, FIA stewards are not organizers.

[Alex009]

I said it already. This sport, Wrc and Fia are fucking joke nowadays.

[Mirek]

It maybe as easy as the rescue vehicles not having tires/chains to come in case someone gets injured. Not a weather to fly rescue helis in. (due to icing, not visibility)

Yes, that is the most likely reason for cancelation. Not the WRC tyres but the inability to reach them with ambulance in case they crash hard. It's not the first time we would have stage canceled exactly for that. And it happened also on rallies without snow.