Tractor Chicane

"Jesse Shaffer" (7esse) 08/11/2016 at 19:15 • Filed to: None

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Please enjoy this video featuring the use of tractors as obstacles at the WRC Rally Finland for 2016 from just a couple of weeks back.

They made the drivers !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! like it was Gymkana. Keep in mind the mass and raw density that a tractor imposes if your brakes fail vs. hitting a tire barrier or some plastic safety barricade, all driving capability aside.

Also feel free to listen to and comment on our thoughts in the latest episode of the Formula Freak podcast - jump to the 46:30 mark if you’re not in to all that F1 jazz, where we talk tractors.

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Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Jesse Shaffer 08/11/2016 at 19:21

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It’s not as if that kind of thing killed an F1 driver...

DarkCreamyBeer > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 08/11/2016 at 19:24

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Not a *Finnish* F1 driver though. Makes you think.

Jesse Shaffer > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 08/11/2016 at 19:26

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I turned my head half sideways like a confused dog when I first saw this.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Jesse Shaffer 08/11/2016 at 19:32

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Yeah, WRC should’ve had a stern conversation with organizers about this. It’s falling into the “gross negligence” category for me.

Dusty Ventures > Jesse Shaffer 08/11/2016 at 19:50

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Dumb, dumb, dumb. They should have known better. Particularly after Ostberg’s run-in with a logging truck last year (at recce speed), resulting in two cracked ribs.

Jesse Shaffer > Dusty Ventures 08/11/2016 at 20:32

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Wow,

Looks like he cut the truck out of the original photo on his facebook page.

Look at how the A-pillar was only saved by the roll cage. Not a good sight. This is my first time seeing this. The door-skin buckle is also pretty awful.

Dusty Ventures > Jesse Shaffer 08/11/2016 at 20:35

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Yeah, it was a serious hit. If recce cars weren’t caged I can’t imagine how bad this may have turned out

BJ > Dusty Ventures 08/11/2016 at 21:54

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In their defense, if you overcook the entry you’ll most likely end up in the crash barrier on the left, and not under a tractor. That second tractor might pose more of a risk, however, if you bounce off the barrier or lose control coming around.

But I agree they should have erred on the side of safety.

Dusty Ventures > BJ 08/11/2016 at 23:48

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True, though this being rally there’s the chance a car’s coming into that chicane with a flat or damaged suspension/steering, in which case all bets are off as to which way the car will go.

Also, I should mention that this comes right after a poorly placed/designed chicane at the last round damaged a number of cars, forcing at least one retirement