Neuville: WRC’s title “Hopes” after Finland puncture

Thierry neurville It is said that his World Rally is “lost” after derailing a podium shot in Finland, when his World Rally Championship title is “lost”.

World champion who ruled felt Oat Tanak There are six rounds left.

The neurville high -speed gravel was definitely to distribute the podium target as the closest rival of the Kalle Rowanpera on high -speed gravel roads, which they openly admitted that they were not as per their choice.

Sitting in the second 14.9s behind the Rowanpera, Newville faced a right puncture in Stage 16 (Wasilla 2 – 18.94 km). Team partner Adrian Formox To make cases worse for Hyundai, he also raised a right failure in the stage.

The pair, who had caused failures, was surprised by him, chose against the stopping to change the wheels, but lost about two minutes, which dropped the pair to the sixth and seventh position.

Neurville has eliminated its proper part of the puncture this season, mostly in Greece when he slammed tire manufacturer Haukuk. This latest failure has left him believing in his title expectations.

“I don’t know what to say in the end,” Newville told Autosport. “It is difficult to swallow, it is difficult for the team and no one deserves it to be honest.

“If you look at the amount of effort that everyone puts in it and the sacrifice we have made in the last few weeks is also not going home to prepare everything.

“We did our homework as we saw, as we were definitely for the result of a strong team here for the manufacturers’ championships. I was definitely definitely to come back to the battle for the championship of drivers, but unfortunately now I would say that all expectations are lost.

“This (championship) has not ended, but we do not have much chance to get a good result tomorrow, and we were already away (in digits).

“We needed a strong result here and we were definitely and we prepared it very well, we worked, but the puncture ruins our weekend.

“We have to check for (puncture), I cannot understand it. With Pirelli we were very few issues compared to Toyota and now we are getting too much. I have no idea but we need to find a solution.”

Toyota Elephin EvansAs a result of the puncture, who climbed from the sixth to fourth place, believes that Hyundai drivers were unfortunate because he collided with the same derogatory rocks.

“It’s a shame for the two Hyundai people, I think they were a bit inauspicious,” he said. “I think I think there was only one thing and I felt that I would have a puncture immediately, but it was not. Nobody expects it and some go away with it and do nothing.”

Rowanpera Finland is feeling more like his old self as a win

The puncture of Neurville reduced pressure on the Rowanpera, whose rally Finland led Toyota team partner Takmoto Katasura to 36.1s in the last two phases of Sunday.

Finn demanded his first victory on the land of the house, with eight Saturday tests stopped the five -phase victory, as he continued to confident on his Toyota GR Yaris rally 1.

“I am definitely feeling more (my old self),” he said. “This afternoon we made some small changes in the car and it is finally a little more comfortable and I am able to manage the speed and not only go out flat not only in every place, so it was quite good in this way.

“It was a difficult situation. The first was a crazy wet situation in the afternoon, and I never saw anything like this in Finland. It was difficult but this plan was to fight and stay out of trouble and we did so well.”

Two passes will decide a rally on Sunday through the WRC’s most famous platform in Oninapohja, the Rowanpera will unceively go out for super Sunday points.

“I feel quite good,” he said. “I know that everyone will only learn the stage from memory and the interval will be super small. If some crazy risks will be taken, let’s see what marks we can take.