Pierre-Louis Loubet has retired from Rally Sardinia after the MSportLtd WRC team discovered significant damage while trying to repair his Ford Puma overnight. TakamotoKatsuta has also retired from Saturday's action. ⬇️
Loubet endured an eventful Friday at the rough gravel event which ultimately ended with a crash on stage seven.However, his rally began to unravel when he suffered a gear selection issue at the start of stage five that prevented the 2019 WRC2 champion from starting on time, resulting in a three-minute penalty.M-Sport had hoped to repair the Puma to allow Loubet to re-join the rally on Saturday but the while fixing the car the team discovered more damage than they had originally anticipated.
“Whilst repairing Pierre-Louis’ car after the accident on SS7 yesterday, more damage was discovered than anticipated,” read a statement from the team.The retirement marks the fourth non-score from six events for Loubet this season after encountering issues in Monte Carlo, Mexico and Portugal.Photo by: Red Bull Content Pool
“As always, we were in the game, we could have hoped for a good result this weekend,” said Loubet on Friday night. “A blocked gearbox, a three minute penalty and then the broken steering. The frustration is huge for me tonight.”
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