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    Quote Originally Posted by mknight View Post
    Hard to say what he should have done differently, he is on brakes almost until the stone then is on throttle that lifts the front just before.
    Yeah rocks on the line like that are tough luck.

    Similar in Portugal last year - Tanak broke the car on a big rock and Paddon crashed avoiding one, both while leading the rally.

    Must be a hard call for the engineers whether to compromise speed with a higher ride height etc to protect the car, or run a bit lower for speed and hope the big rocks are in places the driver can see them in time to avoid them. Probably a bigger risk for the later road positions on the rougher rallies as the road gets ripped up more.
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