Quote Originally Posted by mknight View Post
Problem is that the purpose is partly lost when people who have more punctures than ok wheels try to drive on it anyway and first get disqualified in service. (Tanak here, that guy on Canarias, Solberg in Hungary).
No, because without the rule everyone did that not just one or two guys per event. Also they were naturally risking more with taking less spare tyres.

There is really nobody else to blame than Tänak himself here. He knew the rules and the risks, he took only one spare tyres and he picked two punctures. It's not some bad evil FIA who made a mistake here.

Quote Originally Posted by meh View Post
I was actuallt thinking, that maybe there some solution like just "put/clue/attach some layer of rubber on the rim" and nurse your car to service with that.
The rules has been around for like forever and plenty of drivers retired because of that. Why is there suddenly such fuzz when it happens to Tänak and not when it happened to countless others before?