Shocking footage of spectators behaving badly at the Jyväskylä World Rally Championship – EPN’s experts uploaded strict greetings: “That’s unbelievable”

JYVÄSKYLÄ. The public’s behavior became a big topic of discussion on the first actual day of driving at the Jyväskylä World Rally Championship. The Lankamäki special test had to be canceled in the afternoon for safety reasons.

of the FIA ​​Safety Delegate by Michele Mouton touring the routes with Miikka Anttilan according to the route, there were people in several places who were told to move to safer spectator seats, but the instructions were not respected. After the order, the instructions were followed for a while, but as the cars approached, the spectators moved closer again.

Finnish rally audiences are normally very obedient people. Cancellation of a special exam is very rare. The last time a special stage was canceled due to bad public behavior was at the Finnish World Rally Championship in 1986.

There were already problems in Lankamaa in the morning, when the special test was run for the first time. Esapeka Lapland the car had recorded scary footage showing how close the public on the Jyväskylä rally route has come to the road.

In ‘s rally studio, the topic of the day was strictly discussed.

– Yes, that is absurd. You have to respect the drivers. It’s really shocking to drive if people start to be so close to the road. The cars come so quickly that it is useless to think that I will jump to the side of the road when a car comes. When the sound is heard, the car is ready, expert Henri Haapamäki emphasized.

– It can also happen that the driver gets scared and makes an evasive move. It can turn out to be the driver’s fate, another rally expert Mikko Hirvonen continued.

– I swerved to the left at 180 kilometers per hour, so the group stood on the road and then jumped into the ditch.

He had direct words for the spectators who caused the danger.

– Such idiots pay for nothing. They don’t even see us because of their own nonsense, Lappi stated.