The stewards of Acropolis Rally gave to Gregoire Munster and to Louis Louka a time penalty for breaking the safety regulations in Stage 6.
Munster and Louka stopped in Stage 6 of Acropolis Rally in order to change a puncture as they were the top M-Sport Ford crew after Adrien Fourmaux's and Alex Coria's retirement in Stage 4. They were fifth overall at the end of SS5, but they were in a hurry not to lose more time in Stage 6, thus Louka had his safety belts not properly fastened while the car was in motion in Stage 6 after the wheel change. The team manager of M-Sport Ford, Pablo Marcos, aksed the stewards the possibility to have the complete crew shot of the on-board camera of car #13. However, there was a problem with the card, thus the data ofcar No. 13 had not been recorded for the whole loop of stages of Friday 06th September afternoon. The stewards insisted in their initial decision as they had a video evidence, therefore they decided to give to Munster and to Louka a one-minute time penalty which will be applied at TC11A. The driver from Luxembourg was forced to retire in Stage 9 as he went wide and his Puma was stuck into a ditch.
Watch below the stewards' decision:
Photo Credits: M-Sport
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