WRC 2017 Mechanical Issues and Failures

[steve.mandzij]

Latvala tells in a Finnish interview http://www.sportti.com/uutinen.asp?CAT=1-2&ID=343465 about the Poland retirement:



Which translates to "a wrong object had gotten its way below the throttle pedal. I tried to fix it with the clutch but it burnt because it couldn't handle the high engine revs"

So after all it was a human error rather than a pure technical failure. Possibly the tool kit under the pedals like Lefebvre on the last day?

Huh. I'm not very informed, so how does the clutch get burned in that situation? In fact, how does a clutch work?

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