2013. április 1., hétfő

KR02 DME

KR02 DME has (well, she's not alone with that) a short and sad story. She was the first car that was built to Step2 spec and not just converted to it, and also debuted on the 2002 Rally Finland with Delecour, and she remained exclusive to him during her career. The performance was solid until a too big jump caused suspension damage, and therefore retirement.
A jump like that was too much for a bad part to handle (motorsport.com)
Next up for her was Rallye New Zealand. Delecour usually did well on these stages, and he had some flashes through the event, but he could only manage a 9th place.
A typical NZ stage: fast, flowing and a lot of little stones (motorsport.com)
Her final event ever was the 2002 Rally Australia. Delecour didn't drive well at all, but on stage 7 they cut a corner too much, and hit a treestump. That launched the car to the forest, and when all was said and done, the engine and the front suspensions were ripped out of the car. Delecour was a bit shaken, but his co-driver, Grataloup wasn't so lucky: bruised lung, broke pelvis and ankle showed that the 88G that hit them wasn't so nice...
Before the crash, 2002 Australia (motorsport.com)
Whereabouts
The car was totally written off, and with the team pulling out, there's no chance she missed scrapping.

Track record
Starts: 3
Wins: 0
Podiums: 0
Best finish: 9th (Rallye New Zealand 2002)
Retirements: 2 (2002 Rally Finland & Rally Australia)

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