🗣'The mechanics lined the front up and kicked the back as hard as they could to get it straight again. That’s rallying.” Pierre-Louis Loubet praised his M-Sport mechanics after “precision kicking” kept his WRC RallydePortugal podium hopes alive. ⬇️
Pierre-Louis Loubet has praised his M-Sport mechanics after some “precision kicking” kept his hopes of a maiden World Rally Championship podium alive in Portugal.The Frenchman led the rally after winning Friday’s opening stage although drama struck at the of stage three when his Ford Puma developed a fire.detected a burning smell but were initially unable to locate the issue. A frustrated Loubet thought his rally was over at this point.
Under the regulations the team could only fix the problem with items carried inside the car. Incredibly the problem was able to be fixed after mechanics resorted to brute force to move the exhaust back into place, allowing Loubet to end Friday sitting fourth, 0.9s adrift of third-placed“It has been a tough day and bit of emotion I would say with the fire, and I was pretty sure it was the end of the rally,” Loubet told Autosport.
“They pushed quite hard but it is a bit of a shame that in rallying today we don’t have many services on such a long day like this."Photo by: M-Sport
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