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Atkinson just misses out on Podium

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:19 am
by wagonist
Chris Atkinson missed out on a podium finish at Rally Australia by only 6 seconds.

It happened after Colin McRae had clutch problems this morning & the service crew had to pull out the Skoda Fabia's gearbox & clutch & reassemble it during a 20 minute service this morning.
IT was an awesome sight to watch 8O

Unfortunately, their was somethign wrong with the new clutch, a& as they were already one minute over service time, it couldn't be fixed & McRae had to withdraw.
It was a pity as I believe Skoda deserve a result after all the years they've put into the WRC.

More details can be found at the Rally Austrlaia website:
http://www.rallyaustralia.com.au/one/index.asp

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:08 pm
by Redback
That was an awesome drive by Colin McRae in a car that is some what inferior to all the other car out there in the competition.