Quote Originally Posted by seb_sh View Post
Besides the ratings, he has a point about road behavior. A rally is not just driving fast on the stages, it's also doing the road sections and checking in at the right time, it's repairing the car if necessary, etc. as the WRC3 leader found out in this rally, and Tanak found out last year when he didn't have a road worthy car, it's part of the game.

WRC needs to wake up and draw a hard line on these road section offences in my opinion, rallying can't afford a bad high profile incident.
it happened a year ago. crashing on the road section and escaping police too, for the same reason btw: reach start line on time.
on this side, we cannot come here at these moments and do the puritans. everybody here around knows that happens all the rounds and from many of the drivers, we also make legends on the past (like driving with codriver hanging from the window...). it just becomes a bold statement when it hit the media, and that's a bit...unfair. i didn't remember such a bold sttement last year, when there was the other "crime". but that's just because he didn't get a 1/10 on dirtfish, maybe...