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Victory For Hirvonen, Disaster For Latvala

Sun, 28 Jun 17:36:14 2009

Before a crowd of thousands, the Mikolajki super special concluded the 66th edition of Rally Poland, the first to be part of the World Rally Championship in 36 years. It also became the scene of a serious upset for Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala, who crashed on this very final run.

Hitting an oil barrel filled with sand, the Finn's car was thrown off course and hit the barriers front first, breaking his suspension and steering system. The clearly devastated Latvala was close to tears as the stunned members of the Ford team looked on while he unsuccessfully tried to complete his run. Details

 

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  1. this make me sick loeb misses four stages and comes in­ 7th after conrad pulls up for 10 min's to let him­ by.
    poor latvala misses a 1.30 stage and nowhere in­ the results . this super rally lark is all wrong.

    From William S, on Sun 28 Jun 5:05PM
  2. aah hahaha latvala is @#$%!!! Come on Sordo you gun!!

    From love_torres_9, on Sun 28 Jun 4:05PM
  3. Oh dear!
    Malcolm's loose cannon strikes again.
    Just­ when it looked like he was at last starting to come­ good.

    From rockott, on Sun 28 Jun 3:13PM
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