[WRC] Safari Rally Kenya 2021

[Fast Eddie WRC]

10sec penalty for Fourmaux after cutting on a SS14. He drops 0.1 behind Greensmith with this.

At least he didnt lose a place to another team driver.

It seems a harsh penalty for what he did.

( BTW,when I watched the Safari rally documentary the other day it showed it used to be the case that you could go any way you wanted between the time controls. If a road was really bad, like flooded or deep mud, some driver's used to drive through the field alongside for miles and then back on the road where it was better.)

[AnttiL]

At least he didnt lose a place to another team driver.

It seems a harsh penalty for what he did.

( BTW,when I watched the Safari rally documentary the other day it showed it used to be the case that you could go any way you wanted between the time controls. If a road was really bad, like flooded or deep mud, some driver's used to drive through the field alongside for miles and then back on the road where it was better.)

Well not really going any way you wanted between time controls, you still had to follow the road book. Cutting just has been more laid back in the past, watch Alen on any super special. And in addition, now you have cameras on the car reporting every single second.

[mknight]

Penalty was ok for me. He certainly did it to gain a competetive advantage, avoiding two mid-speed corners on the straight.

[Myrvold]

At every event they are pinned on the Official Notice Board. These days there is a virtual Official Notice Board on each rally's website. Eg.https://www.safarirally.co.ke/documents/

Oh, I know how it works at the events I'm just too used to F1/WEC where there are one place to find the docs for every event. I take it that in WRC it's on the event organizers web page for every event?

[dimviii]

guys what about the pirelli tyres?Good or bad at Safari?

[Tauri_J]

guys what about the pirelli tyres?Good or bad at Safari?

To be honest I expected more punctures.

[mknight]

Afaik there were 2 "real' punctures. One each for Neuville and Tanak on friday. Both on last stage of the leg and I think both on used? softs (not sure).

Other two of Neuville were tires off rim or broken rim. Think Fourmaux also got tire off rim on PS.

Question is if the tire was now made too hard so it breaks suspension instead, or they run it with higher pressure?
(Ogier, Greensmith and Neuville here, Sordo in Sardinia also lost wheel and rolled the car with tire intact, Mikkelsen also apparently broke a damper on the "pre safari' Pirelli test, might even wonder about both Solberg retirements here as well as Evans )

[linni]

Who took the pictures?
The second one is definitely a candidate for the best rally pic of the year.

[linni]

This one i wanted to quote,

[linni]

2x Japanese anthem !

Seb applied for Japanese citizenship. To get 3 more seasons in Toyota.