There's a dramatic change in the dynamics of the pair now that Salminen has been replaced by Lehtinen as Suninen's co-driver. Suninen immediately apologized to Lehtinen after the finish line of SS4 for the small off they had early in the stage. Would never have happened with Salminen.
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What I would add is the procedure for holding a car while it is being inspected needs to be reviewed to stop this from happening again.
5 minute penalty for engine change is for changing the engine after shakedown and before the rally starts. You can't change the engine after TC0.
I don't think that 5 minutes is too much for...
The cars have to comply with the "NGTC" rules that the BTCC organisers wrote in 2011. Unfortunately they are on a password protected site. There's a general summary here...
With Paraguay being probably rough and difficult for the cars and Chile suiting both Kalle and Elfyn, 2 tarmac rounds where Kalle showed he can go fast this year and total car-breaker Arabia, I...
Tried to edit post but forum gives database error. What I would add is the procedure for holding a car while it is being inspected needs to be reviewed to stop this from happening again.
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