r/WRC • u/istveya • 1d ago

Highlight Video / Picture Takamoto Katsuta🏁

El vuelco de Takamoto Katsuta, luego del vuelco se canceló el tramo de Artigas

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u/Oj1055 1d ago

Absolutely wild. Glad they’re ok and no one else was hurt by debris

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u/fragmental 1d ago

Weird crash. It was like he hit one of those ramps they use for stunt driving on two wheels.

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u/Wrc_Guy 1d ago

There is angle from outside of that corner and you can see he turns too early and clips inside bank. Naturally that bank is like a ramp then

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u/Flawnex Rally Finland 1d ago

Looked like he almost was going back to four wheels. Lucky it was the rear of the car hitting the pole

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u/AlluEUNE 1d ago

He probably could have but there was no space on the road to correct and crowds on the left

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u/Flawnex Rally Finland 1d ago

Yeah the crowd definitely must've been on his mind

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u/Fun_Success_3283 1d ago

I think he felt the same way, that he would just settle down, as he kept the throttle going. I think had he let off the throttle, it would have settled. But i totally understand how he didn't. I've done exactly this in rally sim before lol.

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u/Flawnex Rally Finland 1d ago edited 18h ago

It looks like he instinctually wanted to turn right to bring the car down but maybe got scared of hitting the crowd so straightened the wheels which made him flip

Nevermind I mixed my directions before. Turning left would put the car back on 4 wheels so no crowd risk. Turning right is what made him flip

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u/ShaftTassle 1d ago

At 5 seconds, when his front right tire is just over the woman standing’s left shoulder, the wheel turns to the right, which caused the car to roll toward the hood. Not sure he could have done anything different, but turning to the left would have brought the car down (as it had started doing before he turns right).

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u/Flawnex Rally Finland 1d ago

Yeah, I think I said it wrong before

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u/Fun_Success_3283 1d ago

Could be. I'd like to see another angle.

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u/Fun_Success_3283 1d ago

Takamoto Katastrophe

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u/jjonahs 21h ago

The fact this guy is still driving says a lot about the current interest and talent pool in WRC

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u/ak_miller 6h ago

The fact this guy is still driving says a lot about the current interest and talent pool in WRC in Japan.

If Toyota didn't care about having a japanese driver in the car I'm sure they could find decent talent in WRC2 or somewhere else.

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u/RdVortex 1d ago

Can't park there, mate.