WRC Rallyes - RACCRally Costa Daurada - Ford's Toni Gardemeister blames brakes
29.10.2005:
WRC Rallyes - RACCRally Costa Daurada - Ford's Toni Gardemeister blames brakes
Ford's Toni Gardemeister has blamed a brake problem for the accident on SS10 that turfed him out of fourth-place overall on the Movistar Rally Catalunya. The Finn lost over 12 minutes whilst his Focus WRC was stuck off the road, before spectators managed to help him on his way again.
Ford team boss Malcolm Wilson blamed a rock for Gardemister's problems, saying that it had become wedged between a spring and a rear brake calliper. The incident left the Finn down in 16th place overall, but the attrition rate in Spain has been such that he is still on course to score at least one manufacturer point for Ford.
"The brake pedal went to the floor before a fourth gear corner and the car went straight on and became stuck on top of a bank, with all four wheels off the ground," Gardemeister said. "Beyond the bank was a 20-metre vertical drop and I was sitting pressing the brake pedal and waiting to go straight over the top. We were lucky. The spectators did a great job to lift us back onto the road again."
Gardemeister exit followed the retirement of Ford privateer Dani Sola on the previous stage, while works Ford driver Roman Kresta spun on SS10 and stalled the engine, losing around 20 seconds in the process.
Sebastien Loeb added another 3.7 seconds to his lead over his Citroen team-mate Francois Duval with his seventh stage win of the Movistar Rally Catalunya. Ford-driving Finns Toni Gardemeister and Mikko Hirvonen were next best on the test - the same section that had to be cancelled this morning because of spectator problems.
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Mitsubishi's Gigi Galli hit the highest high and then the lowest low, when he set the fastest time on the first completed stage of today's second day of the Movistar Rally Catalunya, but crashed into a wall just after the flying finish and put himself out of the leg. The Italian's feat lifted weiter >>
The first stage of the second leg of the Movistar Rally Catalunya has been cancelled because of spectator problems. Just five cars registered times on the stage before the decision was taken to suspend it. That means no change in the overall order since last night, with double champion Sebastien Loeb still in charge for Citroen.
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Double champion Sebastien Loeb reckons that he survived one of the worst scares of his season to date on the way to what, from the outside, appeared to be another effortless stroll away from the chasing pack. After the first leg of the Movistar Rally Catalunya, the Frenchman leads the rally from his Citroen team-mate Francois Duval
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Gigi Galli has said that he's delighted to have been nominated to score manufacturers' points by his Mitsubishi team on this weekend's Rallye de Catalunya-Costa Daurada. The gravel ace has emerged as a surprise all-rounder this year, and has already all-but secured his place in the Jap weiter >>
Subaru's Stephane Sarrazin has said he's targeting a podium finish on this weekend's Rallye de Catalunya-Costa Daurada after scoring fourth place on his home event, the Rallye de France in Corsica on Sunday. The French former circuit racer finished fourth in Spain in 2004 in a privateer Subaru and weiter >>
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