Label: Mads Ostberg

A spectator at the rally fell in front of a rushing race car

A spectator at the rally fell in front of a rushing race car

Other sports, Rally
The (un) lucky spectator, who was watching one of the speed trials of the rally for the World Championship in Germany, fell awkwardly from his chosen place to watch, about five meters lower on the track, on which he was driving at high speed at that very moment. Mads Ostberg. Only the quick reactions of the racer can be thanked to the spectator that the rushing Citroen missed him by about half a meter, otherwise the incident could have ended fatally. “If I had fallen half a second later, I wouldn’t have been able to avoid it,” Ostberg said. "He fell on his head and I almost drove off the road to get around him, and he also managed to deviate a bit from the ideal line. Such an incident shakes you up a bit as a driver. I thought about it until the end of the test. I don't know how much affected my speed, but definitely not
Ostberg regrets the wasted opportunity

Ostberg regrets the wasted opportunity

WRC
  Mads Ostberg is convinced that the rally in Mexico could have ended in second place if his Ford Fiesta had not let him down. The Norwegian had a lot of problems with the M-Sport race car in Mexico, as he was bothered by the clutch at first, and his efforts fell into the water when his alternator failed. “At the start of the first stage, I felt something was wrong with the clutch,” Ostberg said. "I couldn't drive as I should. I drove for a while on the faster part, where it is not necessary to use the clutch, but when we got to the technical part, I needed it at the exit of the hairpins. All of a sudden it completely failed. we stopped and checked to see if we might be able to fix the problem but there was nothing we could do.Fortunately we were able to continue.We drove through the mes
Ogier on Saturday with a comfortable lead

Ogier on Saturday with a comfortable lead

WRC
  Sebastien Ogier increased his lead to 33 seconds ahead of second-placed Mads Ostberg in a rally in Mexico with victories in two superspecials that ended Friday. The Volkswagen racer thus won eight of the thirteen speed trials and got the competitors completely out of reach. Finnish Mikko Hirvonen is breathing down Ostberg's neck with a Citroen, which is "only" nine seconds behind him. Thierry Neuville can only hope for the problems of the leaders if he wants to take the podium, and Dani Sorda does not threaten him from fifth place. Nasser Al-Attiyah is sixth in M-Sport’s third Ford, ahead of American Ken Block. Chris Atkinson completely lost touch with the best after Friday morning's problems, but by the end of the day he managed to break into tenth place, from where he has a nice pr