A serious accident occurred in the Tunturi rally last weekend.
The security arrangements let down the weekend at Tunturiralli. TIMO KORKALAINEN / AKK
The Arctic Rally Lapland, or more familiarly the Tunturiralli, ended last weekend by Elfyn Evans to victory. Of course, the Welshman got his first place for free because he dominated the rally Kalle Rovanperä stopped at the end of the very last special test.
Behind the battle of the Toyota brothers was a serious danger situation, involving only a 17-year-old Belgian rally promise Thomas Martens had to during the special test after the Saturday maintenance break.
The 32 kilometer long Sarriojärvi section was the longest special stage of the route. Martens was allowed to gas up his Renault Clio at the limit of performance, even though there were several cars waiting behind the bend, stopped and the route blocked.
The first was Joni Korhonen The Peugeot 208, which was waiting across the road, suffered the consequences of the tire contact.
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Martens was miraculously able to stop his car in time. If his reflexes had worked any slower, he would have rammed his car into other drivers.
– Fortunately, no one was injured. I didn’t get a warning about the red flag, and the other drivers weren’t aware of the situation either, Martens commented on social media.
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Iltalehti has reached out to the competition management to comment on possible problems with the security arrangements.