Coates Hire WRC Rally Australia 2014 11th-14th Sept

[stefanvv]

Meeke has received a penalty

Yeah, I guess it was obvious he did it intentionally.

[EightGear]

One minute penalty!?

[jonkka]

Actually, a loss of one place which is achieved by one minute one second time penalty.

[noel157]

Bit of a bummer. A drop of 1 place but a 1 min (and .01...) penalty. Will Nawerecki appeal?
A harsh decision.

And the spectator standing somewhere stupid earlier is hardly a driver's fault.

[EightGear]

Meh, that will be an easy VW 1-2-3 now then.

[makinen_fan]

This is a silly situation, I think this will start backfiring soon, the same as all the penalties did in F1 and now they just dont impose them.
Is there a video of this cut?

[stefanvv]

Is there a video of this cut?

it's on re-live on wrc+

[noel157]

It's on the poor man's WRC.com on the SS 7-10 video highlights as well @ 0.50 secs.

[dimviii]

[wwbroe]

It was quite obvious, he did it on live television broadcast. I was watching it live on WRC+ and immediately wondered if that would be allowed. It was not a very smart move i must say, and he didn't gain anything with it. Rules are there to be folowed tough, so i understand the decision, alltough i find it bad for this rally, no more opposants for VW now.