Wrc 2/3 2021

[AnttiL]

Maybe there´s a separate document for Veiby...

You mean this?

[Mirek]

Well, but his statement could be understood he also took a drive alone to Spain...

That is irrelevant. He was not allowed to leave the country unless given a permit for which he didn't even ask.

[mknight]

I don't know what he asked or did not ask apart of the official info.
Do you have anything that proves he is not speaking truth when he says he talked on the phone with someone from organizer COVID team who told them they could drive home to Spain?
(FIA decision doesn't actually contradict this)

I don't know about Portugal and Spain but I do see that in most countries these kinds of rules change almost every week and are close to impossible to follow. So I find that part a bit problematic.


The whole decision does look a lot like "pre-emptive" message to all others in WRC (hundreds?) cause FIA got scared about what possibly "could have been". Arguably it was a close call, say if he infected some of the TV crews on Thursday half of the field could get knocked out before Sardinia. That would totally not look good for FIA/promoter.

[Mirek]

I don't know what he asked or did not ask apart of the official info.
Do you have anything that proves he is not speaking truth when he says he talked on the phone with someone from organizer COVID team who told them they could drive home to Spain?
(FIA decision doesn't actually contradict this)

I don't know about Portugal and Spain but I do see that in most countries these kinds of rules change almost every week and are close to impossible to follow. So I find that part a bit problematic.

The stewards decision clearly states that he breached basically everything he could and considering his record of not respecting rules (his Škoda fuck-up namely) I really don't see why not to believe the official steward's decision.

[mknight]

As I have written and you have missed or ignored. The decision does not contradict what he says about talking to a member of the organizers COVID team.

Could have been that the organizer told them they can go but have to ask for permission and they didn't ask, could be that he didn't tell them cause he didn't know or thought they know that or could be they didn't talk with any official at all.

Anyway thanks for clarification that your comments is based on "I read the official decision and don't thrust Veiby".

[pantealex]

I see Mr Korsia as biggest criminal but everybody here only cares about Veiby.

[AnttiL]

I see Mr Korsia as biggest criminal but everybody here only cares about Veiby.

True, but Veiby has the biggest impact on WRC2

[Sulland]

The stewards decision clearly states that he breached basically everything he could and considering his record of not respecting rules (his Škoda fuck-up namely) I really don't see why not to believe the official steward's decision.

What was that Skoda fuck up again?

[mknight]

He took a picture during a Skoda internal business presentation where it explicitly said that it's not allowed to take pictures and posted it on social media (Instagram I think?)

On the picture you could see a not yet revealed Skoda model (Scala) and more importantly financial/growth goals for next few years. The second part is actually much more important as it has direct impact on the stock market. Someone could make or loose a lot of money based on that. In this particular case I think the growth was less than generally expected. (EDIT: There are no numbers on the scale, but the main point is that profit is much reduced due to WLTP, electrification and some plans in India)

After that he was basically kicked immediately. Hard to argue about that.

Hypothetically if someone he knew made a lot of money based on the info he could even have faced criminal charges. Personally I think he was just showing off (by showing the new Skoda model that was in front of the charts).

EDIT: Here's the pic:
https://auto-mania.cz/wp-content/upl...koda-rapid.jpg

[Rallyper]

That is irrelevant. He was not allowed to leave the country unless given a permit for which he didn't even ask.

Stated he got permit, though.