"Justin Hughes" (justinhughes54)
06/04/2015 at 11:35 • Filed to: WRC
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"Justin Hughes" (justinhughes54)
06/04/2015 at 11:35 • Filed to: WRC | 3
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WRC Commission President Carlos Barbosa defended their decision !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! when Lorenzo Bertelli reported dizziness and nausea after a crash at Rally Portugal, claiming he “was very anxious to go to the arms of his mother, that’s all it was.”
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Barbosa was referring to the fact that Bertelli is the son of !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , and presumes that he expected special treatment just so that he wouldn’t have to wait in the woods for hours like any other crashed, uninjured rally driver would. Bertelli, of course, disagrees with this assessment, claiming to have hit his helmeted head on the roll cage during the crash and not feeling well after 20 minutes.
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Between this and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to the ground, rather than sending firefighters to put it out, I’m not seeing a lot of concern for safety here. What bothers me more is this attitude is coming not from Rally Portugal officials, but the President of the WRC Commission, which extends that lax attitude to the entire series. I hope it won’t take spectator and/or driver deaths to change this like it did in the Group B days.
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(Source: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Photo credit: Fuckmatie’ World Rally Team)
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> Justin Hughes
06/04/2015 at 11:40 |
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That’s just... wow. Do you have a link to the statement by Barbosa or the article this came from?
BJ
> Justin Hughes
06/04/2015 at 11:50 |
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That sounds like a very childish response from Mr Barbosa. I’m not sure what else could be said...
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Justin Hughes
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
06/04/2015 at 11:57 |
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I linked to my source at the bottom: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.ph…
For Sweden
> Justin Hughes
06/04/2015 at 11:57 |
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Just run the races on the Isle of Man and we won’t care how many people die.
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Justin Hughes
> For Sweden
06/04/2015 at 11:58 |
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Heh - there is that...
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> Justin Hughes
06/04/2015 at 12:02 |
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Holy shit. Even if it’s true, it doesn’t matter. Send the fucking ambulance. I almost can’t believe what I’m reading.
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SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> For Sweden
06/04/2015 at 12:10 |
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That’s different. People know that safety there is minimal, and that’s why pro factory teams don’t compete. The WRC is an FIA event. Even at the TT, I’m sure that the organizers would have sent ambulance if there was a possible head injury.
ElanaR
> Justin Hughes
06/04/2015 at 13:03 |
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What a load of crap. I don’t care who you are related to, a request for EMS should always be honored
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You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> Justin Hughes
06/04/2015 at 13:25 |
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Didn’t notice that, thanks.