“After a straight I saw the braking, I brake and then I didn’t see really well the entry of the corner,” Fourmaux told DirtFish. “Then all the mid-corner it was full of mud, so I went a bit wide, we go a bit in the ditch, we hit the tree so we damaged the door. But the weird thing is the left wheel is damaged but we hit on the right.”
Coria’s side of the car took the brunt of the impact but, such was his level of focus, he was more concerned about keeping his pacenotes dry in the aftermath of their crash.
“When I see that, I just stay focused on my pace note and put a bit my book, not like straight [but to the side] to not have some rain coming in the car. We adapt, you know, the condition is like this and we’ll see, we continue until the finish.”
It took until the flying finish for Coria to realise both the timecard – and his mobile phone – were no longer with them.
“Just after, for sure, the moment, I’m thinking, oh s***, my time card is on the door, as well my phone. But that is anyways, I don’t care for that.”
Despite missing his door, Coria indicated he would have been fine to continue if Fourmaux had elected to do so and the timecard had not gone missing.
AloJapan.com