SS14 to fifteen – Neuville very near victory, Evans out

Solely the 16.9 km of the second passage on the Eleftherohori particular, which serves because the Energy Stage on this Acropolis Rally, now separate Thierry Neuville from a victory that has been denied him for nearly a yr and his final success in Catalonia in October 2021. Giant chief of the Greek occasion final night time after the setbacks encountered by the M-Sport pilots, the Belgian pilot then confirmed that he didn’t intend to step apart in favor of his teammate Ott Tänak but nonetheless in rivalry for the title towards Kalle Rovanperä.

The Estonian actually made up a while this morning through the first particular, however the Belgian driver replied from the subsequent one, preserving the established order on the head of the race with a lead of 29.3. given the course of the occasion to this point, the principle worry that the latter can legitimately harbor would now be a mechanical glitch within the Energy Stage, Eleftherohori 2.

It’s true that this begin to the day has put a brand new driver on the sidelines, within the individual of Elfyn Evans, sufferer of turbo issues which prevented him from taking the beginning of the primary timed course this Sunday. A retirement that propelled Pierre-Louis Loubet to fourth place, sad yesterday because of a puncture. The Frenchman is forward of his teammate Craig Breen and Takamoto Katsuta, the Japanese on the way in which to ending this tenth spherical, and who stays the one driver to not have suffered the slightest retirement this season.

The remainder of the highest 10 concentrates the main group of WRC2, with Emil Lindholm nonetheless holding the highest spot within the class forward of Russian Nikolay Gryazin and Frenchman Yohan Rossel.

The Energy Stage, the ultimate particular of this Acropolis Rally, will begin at 12:18 p.m. French time.

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