http://www.maxrally.com/news/entry/latv ... xico_test/Latvala crash halts Ford's pre-Mexico test
Ford’s pre-Rally Mexico preparations have suffered a setback after Jari-Matti Latvala crashed during the team’s pre-event test in Portugal last night.
Latvala rolled several times after leaving the road at the test venue the team was using near Tavira, east of Faro.
Although Latvala and co-driver Miikka Anttila were uninjured, the roll cage of the Fiesta RS WRC test car the Finn was using was damaged and caused the test to be halted.
A replacement car has now been despatched from the Ford World Rally Team’s base in Cumbria, UK, to enable Latvala’s team-mate, the world championship leader Mikko Hirvonen, to test as planned on Saturday and Sunday.
Latvala, who has returned home to his native Finland, will fly back to Portugal to complete a one-day test on Monday to enable him to regain his confidence of driving on gravel prior to heading to Mexico for the second round of the WRC in early March.
While it is not clear what caused Latvala’s accident, there have been reports that the car’s ultra-responsive handling could have caught out the 25-year-old.
It’s the second time this season that Latvala has crashed heavily in testing. A high-speed off in Sweden last month forced Ford to cancel its planned entry on the Arctic Lapland Rally.
However, it hit back with a one-two-three finish on Rally Sweden last weekend and team sources are confident the crash in Portugal won’t compromise the Blue Oval’s chances of a second-successive win this season in Mexico.
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At least the crash won't hamper Ford preparations.
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Oh, Jari-Mari. You silly little crash-happy boy
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Somehow this photo reminded me of Jari-Mari
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sleenster wrote:Somehow this photo reminded me of Jari-Mari
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Jari-Matti's so nice in person - i would know as i've had the pleasure of meeting him twice and Dindi your avatar pic was taken on the 6th June 2010 as i was there when that pic was taken.
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Kiitos sleenster for that cute of Jari-Matti
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You're welcome
This is actually kind of neat
This is actually kind of neat
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Hope Jari-Matti does well in Portgual as when i met him in '09, i noticed a massive bruise after his roll over the barrier and it was a huge bruise which covered the bottom of the thumb.
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One day, I will be as lucky as you. Did you get to chat with him?Jari-Matti Fan wrote:Jari-Matti's so nice in person - i would know as i've had the pleasure of meeting him twice and Dindi your avatar pic was taken on the 6th June 2010 as i was there when that pic was taken.
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There are so many things I can think of doing to him.Jari-Matti Fan wrote:
Aww
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*faints*sleenster wrote:dindi, Jari-Mari is talking about his nerdy glasses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98bGjbOZtF0
Too frickin' cute! OMG, Sleenie, he is so dweeby!!!
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Dindi - yeah i did chat with Jari-Matti and it was really amazing to chat with him but it was mostly in Finnish as i speak some Finnish too. He couldnt stop looking at me with those eyes and it happened twice on the times i met him.. * smug *dindi wrote:One day, I will be as lucky as you. Did you get to chat with him?Jari-Matti Fan wrote:Jari-Matti's so nice in person - i would know as i've had the pleasure of meeting him twice and Dindi your avatar pic was taken on the 6th June 2010 as i was there when that pic was taken.
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There are so many things I can think of doing to him.Jari-Matti Fan wrote:
Aww