Pierre-Louis Loubet has praised M-Sport mechanics after some 'precision kicking' saved his hopes of scoring a podium in RallyPortugal. Full WRC story:
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 Motorsport.com.
“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 “Luckily the guys were able to get it back in alignment at the tyre fitting zone. We can’t bring anything and use only what is in the car so that was really good as he ended up in a good position.
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