WRC Rally Mexico 2019

[Rallyper]

It does seem awfully strange; not just WHY they red flagged the stage, but WHEN they decided to do it.

Yep. 10+

[Rallyper]

Now some Barca football...

[denkimi]

abusing the sos button for tactics should be exclusion. if it is done on the orders of the team it should be exclusion of that team.

but i doubt citroen will have done that, even they can't be that desperate and stupid.

[Mirek]

Isn't it still the decision of the stage-boss to decide to stop it or not?

Yes but what would You do if a works team was signaling emergency?

We are speculating of course but there seems to be something smelling here anyway.

[KKS]

Seems to be enough room for others to get passed that

It's twice wider that Suninen on SS2. That rally org's just pure sick dogs for red-flagging that stage because of this

[pantealex]

Now some Barca football...

What ?

Barca plays twice every week and we only have 14 WRC rallies in year.

Wrong decision Per !

[mknight]

Yes but what would You do if a works team was signaling emergency?

We are speculating of course but there seems to be something smelling here anyway.

Another idea:
What if they forgot (on purpose or not) to push the "OK" button? I believe there is some timer that sends an alarm if you stand still for longer time and don't push it.

[ZequeArgentina]

"Citroen played some dirty tactics this morning." - Meeke.

from pictures of Lappi’s incident there was enough space for Ogier and Latvala to go through the route. If they communicate with organization and team and got to know Ogier puncture, then it is suspicious. Did they told organization they were blocking the road??

[Morte66]

{edit: brain failure removed}

Or maybe Meeke was just bitter after the puncture and saying things he'll regret.

[jonkka]

Another idea:
What if they forgot (on purpose or not) to push the "OK" button? I believe there is some timer that sends an alarm if you stand still for longer time and don't push it.

That is technically possible but events would have unravelled differently. Firstly, failure to press OK within one minute of stopping would have activated the same emergency stage stop procedure as if they had themselves pressed the SOS on FIA Safety Tracking Device. Eg, stage would have been stopped, not red flagged. Also, how Lappi would have known it soon enough not to press it because that would have been his first instinct after getting stuck and before even calling the team on radio (and hear about Ogier's problems). No, that doesn't stand water.