Ott Tänak has received a big time penalty in the Finnish World Rally.
A big punishment would be taken to Tänak. Vesa Pöppönen / All Over Press
Rally World Championship Series Take this Friday was grim in special stages, and at the end of the day he was still heard from the jury from a special series of events.
It all started when Tänak collided with a bow in the second time in the special stage of Saarikka. Tänak was able to continue the journey, but the car’s radiator system was damaged in the collision.
After the special stage, Tänak had to stop for a ring inspection. According to the jury’s decision, Tänak signed the surveyor to move out of the way while the second surveyor started checking the tires.
The inspection was almost complete, but at that point, Tänak decided to accelerate before he was allowed to continue his journey. In acceleration, Hyundai’s right front angle hit a surveyor in front of the car, which was slightly injured and, among other things, blood scars on her left generation.
Tänak and a representative of the Hyundai stable arrived on Friday night to hear the jury. On Saturday night, the jury made its decisions: a five -minute time sentence was imposed on Tänak.
In addition, Tänaki and Hyundai was a conditional conditional punishment for the 35 World Championship if the Estonian commits a similar breach this year.
According to this, the team had instructed him to keep the car in motion so that the engine would not overheat. He tried to explain the situation to the surveyor with a hand sign because it was otherwise difficult to communicate. Tänak told the jury that he was moving after assuming that the inspection was over and he did not notice that he had hit the surveyor.
– The driver apologized to the jury and stated that he was not aware that the surveyor was injured. He said he would have stopped immediately if he knew he had hit the surveyor. Tänak also stated that he wanted to apologize to the person injured by the person who is injured, the jury’s decision states.
The jury ordered Tonaki to contact the Finnish World Championship Race Director and agree on a personal apology to the injured surveyor.
Tänak was tenth in the Finnish World Rally at the end of Friday’s special stages. Because of the time penalty, he hardly has a point for points.