{"id":297064,"date":"2023-05-16T02:57:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T02:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=297064"},"modified":"2023-05-16T03:58:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T03:58:19","slug":"celebration-costs-showboating-star-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=297064","title":{"rendered":"Celebration costs showboating star victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Rally Championship<\/a> driver Oliver Solberg was left to rue a costly call to entertain fans that ultimately meant he missed out on victory by just 1.2 seconds due to a penalty.<\/p>\n

Solberg, who was competing in the second-tier WRC2 class, decided to wow spectators by performing doughnuts at the end of a rally stage on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Unbeknownst to him, "exhibition driving" is illegal under the sport's rules anywhere.<\/p>\n

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Solberg lit up his tyres after the flying finish and between the controlled stopping area where he believed it was safe to do so.<\/p>\n

\"Oliver<\/p>\n

According to the steward's findings, Solberg and his co-driver Elliot Edmondson said "they did not know the regulations in relation to this matter".<\/p>\n

Solberg noted that the stage was designated a "show special stage" and that "they thought they had performed a good show for the spectators", according to the FIA.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Solberg and Edmondson apologised for not knowing the rules but believed they had not created an unsafe environment.<\/p>\n

The Swedish driver held a 35.4-second lead heading into the final day of the three-day rally but had one minute added to his overall time for the stunt that put him at a 24.6-second deficit to Gus Greensmith.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/OliverSolberg01\/status\/1657616373650956290<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite winning every stage of the rally on Sunday, Solberg came up just 1.2 seconds short of the win.<\/p>\n

Solberg took the penalty in his stride, adding a doughnut emoji to his Twitter handle and shared an image of some doughnuts after the rally.<\/p>\n

The nature of the penalty left leading WRC driver Ott Tanak puzzled.<\/p>\n

"Obviously there are many things which are going against each other," said the Ford driver.<\/p>\n

"The first thing is doing doughnut in what the FIA said is not a safe environment and 10 seconds before you are going flat out on the same road. And then it's suddenly unsafe.<\/p>\n

"But also the regulation is written that if you do a doughnut you get a minimum five-minute penalty and then you give one minute, so why do you do regulation if nobody follows them?"<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/OliverSolberg01\/status\/1658162431451967496<\/a><\/p>\n

Toyota's Esappeka Lappi was similarly bemused.<\/p>\n

"On the other hand the rule is clear, but I don't know there were five thousand, six thousand people watching and it is a show for them," said Lappi.<\/p>\n

"It is not a safety issue there, there is a concrete wall and the spectators are back, so why not?<\/p>\n

"I understand that if you do doughnuts before the finish ramp there can be a lot of people next to you and something strange can happen, but in that kind of safe area it felt a bit rude."<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/OliverSolberg01\/status\/1658012734858883073<\/a><\/p>\n

Solberg said he hoped the rules would be changed while ex-Formula 1 team boss turned Hyundai skipper Cyril Abiteboul said the sport needs to be pragmatic.<\/p>\n

"One side says that the sport needs some change and create a bit more entertainment and everyone is talking about Formula 1 and what recipe made it into that platform," he said.<\/p>\n

"We can't do that on one side and then be very restrictive on the regulations."<\/p>\n

The World Rally Championship continues with Rally Sardegna in Italy on June 1-4.<\/p>\n

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