Quote Originally Posted by Mirek View Post
To me it looks like Racing Lions made an appeal against Škoda because Scandola used completely worn tyres for the asphalt stages. The stewards decided to exclude Scandola for not having min. 1,6 mm thread on tyres.

In my opinion this is completely idiotic decision. Half of the crews in WRC events would be disqualified because of that...
The rules are the same for everyone.
This is no WRC event, so no excuse that the tyres were worn due to ''monster'' stage lenght 40,50 km..
We are speaking over Škoda Italy, professional team, not some privat driver.
If Scandola had advantage with this on tarmac, the decision is more than fair.
But, if they have made an appeal, they are not gulity until the ACI will make a decission. We will wait.