Evans: A two -minute lead is no guarantee of victory in the most difficult modern safari rally

Elephin Evans It is said that there is no guarantee of a two -minute lead winning victory, as wild circumstances have made this year’s Safari rally the most difficult as this incident has re -incorporated the World Rally Championship.

WRC points leader survived incredibly challenging with Handai with a lead of 1M57.4S in the last five phases of Sundays. Oat Tanak Kallele got a shock after Rovanpera’s victory.

Evans is the only rally 1 driver who is not a major issue after 16 stages, as the mixture of cruel roads and chaotic wet weather wreaked havoc on their rivals. It is said that Welshman spinned in stage 14 and ran out of the Windscreen washer fluid, which hurrics his visibility on Saturday afternoon.

Evans said, “We have some plays and this is definitely difficult.” “This has certainly been a proper safari so far. The two -minute lead, usually you will say that it will guarantee a win, but not really here.

“I will try to drive well and see after a few steps if (super Sunday) points may be possible and we will continue to go for them, but I am not going to an all-out Banjai attack tomorrow.”

Evans’ lead was at 7.7s on Rowanpera in early Saturday, but A Pankunth pair dent Fin’s bid for winning the third safari rally,

Rowanpara then attacked a rock in weight stage 14, requiring an emergency makeshift repair using a two -time world champion to bring back to service.

“It was not easy and we had never broken this part on this car, so it seemed that we did not have so many options to work,” said Rovanpera.

“But we were found to be something small to put there so that at least we can start the stage and return here. We definitely need some good points from tomorrow.”

Toyota suffered another setback for his safari bid Takmoto katsususa The incident till date had to face its sixth puncture. Despite struggling with food poisoning, Japanese gave time to win a stunning step under the conditions of waterlogged on stage 14, which included themselves in the podium dispute.

Katsuta had gone to third place, avoiding a puncture in the last phase of the day, but instead had to settle for the fourth, 5m06.6s of Evans.

Hyundai enjoys podium turnaround because Safari has wreaked havoc

Hyundai had faced the possibility of losing the grip of podium positions completely with i20 NS, who was struggling in a trusted wet circumstances in the charge of Catsuta to close Tanak in third place, in the third place.

Tanak and an under-visitor Thierry neurville The two endured their own issues on Saturday afternoon, but eventually motivated to place problems for Rowanpera and Katsuta respectively and in third and third place.

Tanak was unable to repeat the leading pace of Friday’s rally, while a puncture proved expensive in Stage 11. He then fell into the clutches of Katsusa due to a blurred windscreen on stage 14, which severely limited his visibility in some of the most difficult WRC conditions in the recent memory.

Team-Mate Neurville, suffering from the disease, who looted him from valuable sleep on Friday night, described the day ending the day, which was a reward in view of the circumstances.

“It is difficult to describe how difficult it is for many reasons, first of all I did not feel well and I had a very bad night,” said Nuvilla, who would make a difference of 33.2S on the Katsusa in the last five stages of Sunday.

“I was really struggling to keep my concentration and work, but we kept fighting and we were rewarded.

“They were incredible situation this afternoon and I have not seen anything like this throughout my career, and it is great to be rewarded and rewarded with the third place overnight.

“We have some thick safari, but it is definitely the thickest ever, and it is not finished.”

Meanwhile, M-Sport-Ford Driver Gregor Munter And Josh McRlen managed to choose his path through incredibly difficult situations to claim 1-2 on the timing screen in Stage 15.

The pair was lucky to have a minor experience in terrible circumstances due to their street conditions, but their efforts were commendable, although Munter jokingly said that the “jet ski” would have been better to navigate through wet classes.

Munter finished the day sitting in the seventh, 11m02s, while McRlenn, who lost half an hour for repairing the steering arm in the morning loop, sitting in the 13th, sitting in the 13th, behind the M-Sport Privaters Tide seridis In 10th position.

Gus greensomith Overall, Jan managed to capture Solan to lead the WRC2 class in the eighth.

Rally Safari Leaderboard after SS16: