
Originally Posted by
Steve Boyd
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 driving off while a technical official is inspecting the car - it's less than the penalty for not stopping at a time control.
It can be all down to setup, tyre pressure and etc In case of Tänak the Estonian commentators had a good point that the speeds went so crazy on second pass of ouninpohja that it could have been...
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