Rally Mexico Cancels Stages Because No One Has Their Car
If you thought you had a miserable time in traffic this morning, you've got nothing on the World Rally Championship.
The first loop of Rally Mexico including stages 2 and 3 have been cancelled because the cars' transporters are still stuck in traffic.
The service park is empty, waiting the cars from Mexico City. #WRC #RallyMexico pic.twitter.com/bxwLxY7TZ4
— Michelin Motorsport (@Michelin_Sport) March 10, 2017
Last night, the WRC opened with a spectacular special stage in central Mexico City's Zócalo square. We got to see rally cars hoon through a James Bond movie backdrop and move around a bollard in the middle of a particularly tight donut on the super special.
The only problem with this pretty backdrop is that it's hours away from the start of the second stage, which is nearly 250 miles away in Leon, per the WRC.
The cars didn't make it in time, so the morning loop including Stages 2 and 3 have been cancelled. A new itinerary will be coming out later today.
About the cancellation of the morning stages@RallyMexico @OfficialWRC #RallyMexico #WRC pic.twitter.com/gSRfVFQLNm
— RallyLive (@rallylivenet) March 10, 2017
A traffic jam caused by a roadblock for an accident held up everyone's transporters as they left Mexico City, reports Motorsport-Total.
Hearing from Hyundai team this morning that convoy back to Leon is delayed. At 07.30 it was 300kms from service. Waiting for more news
— Colin Clark (@voiceofrally) March 10, 2017
Per a tweet by WRC commentator Colin Clark, Hyundai's cars were still 186 miles from the service park as of 7:30 a.m. local time.
Suddenly, I feel a lot better about Austin's garbage traffic—and I'm also sad because there are no WRC cars running yet. Where are the cars? Please bring the cars.