Gronholm gets angry - New Zealand 2001

Marcus Gronholm gets angry after Peugeot team wrongly calculated a strategy and lost him the title

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[sarkasmi83]

uh... I don't get it. Why would slowing down be a good strategy, ever?

[AlejjSi]

@sarkasmi83 Because he will start 1st on the roand for the enxt day and especially at new zealand if you are among some first 5-7 cars,you will be running over a surface covered by small stones like ball bearing and it will be very slippery for you = you will be slower. When you run behind those first cars,this surface is moved away by the cars that already went trough and your wheels grip to the true surface. By being 2nd on the road,Gronholm lost about 50s over the first 51 km stage on day two

[AlejjSi]

@sarkasmi83 Because he will start 1st on the roand for the enxt day and especially at new zealand if you are among some first 5-7 cars,you will be running over a surface covered by small stones like ball bearing and it will be very slippery for you = you will be slower. When you run behind those first cars,this surface is moved away by the cars that already went trough and your wheels grip to the true surface. By being 2nd on the road,Gronholm lost about 50s over the first 51km stage on day two

[BuenoSeraPerkele]

Onko Marcus niinkin raivoissaan että huutaa kartturille/tiimille ''Fuck you!''? :D

[AlejjSi]

@BuenoSeraPerkele Kyllä, se oli ;)

[YukiNekoPrincess]

"VITTU!" xD I think it's wonderful that foreign curse words aren't bleeped out. :3

[GarthBeatty]

Team Peugeot absolutely was to blame for this costly mishap.

[alb91jpn]

これ以上になくブチ切れてらっしゃる

[sarkasmi83]

@endlosschleife interesting read, tnx

[sarkasmi83]

@AlejjSi aaaaa, ok - I see. :) Thanks for the great explanation, totally get it now.

But considering that, don't all the racers slow down because of that, and what's the dangers of actually driving reaaally slow? The last bunch gets disqualified? Haven't really watched rally before, even though I'm kinda interested. (I don't have any networks available that show em)

But anyway; thanks for the reply :)

[ICYBOYSalvin23a]

Gronholm Smash!!! LOL

[hlidskjalf666]

what a fucking  material/car/team sport !!!

[endlosschleife]

@KuostA It had been changed the way that the first 10 (?) drivers started the next day in reverse order. That led to the problem that once someone was in first place he usually remained there due to the best road conditions. So they changed it back and tactics have been a huge topic in 2010 und 2011. Few days ago the FIA announced to use the shakedown as some kind of qualifying. The fastest driver gets to choose his starting position first. We'll see how that's gonna work out.

[dartass85]

He lost his WDC for that...!? Oh shit... Suomalaista tuuria...