Posted in: 09/11/2022 – 14:18
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Lamia (Greece) (AFP) – Belgian driver Thierry Neuville on Sunday received the Acropolis of Greece Rally, the tenth stage of the World Rally Championship out of 13, although the South Korean company dominated the prime a few with Estonian Ott Tanak and Spanish Dani Sordo respectively. in second and 3rd area.
It is the initial time in Hyundai’s heritage that it has occupied the best 3 positions in a Environment Tour (WRC) because its participation in 2014, and the next this 12 months for a solitary maker adhering to Toyota’s achievement in the Kenya Safari Rally, wherever the company Japanese dominated the best four places.
Neuville took his first gain this calendar year and his initially considering that the 2021 Belgium Ypres Rally, and his 16th job in the environment championship, just after controlling the remaining day of racing and retaining a 15-second variance amongst him and Tanak, the 2019 earth champion, with the finish of the last sixteenth phase of the “Power” Stage “, with a length of 16 km, which rewards the initial 5 details.
“I am pretty delighted for the workforce, because the commence of the time was pretty complex,” said Neuville.
“This is the first time we have realized a triple (positions) and this outcome rewards several years of function,” mentioned the Belgian, who has joined Hyundai since his beginnings in the “WRC” and has realized all his victories, noting that he is was the second up to 5-time planet winner.
The Frenchman Pierre-Louis Loubet (Ford Puma), chief, soon after his compatriot Sebastien Loeb, nine instances earth winner, still left Saturday morning due to an electrical challenge at the conclusion of the eighth stage, fourth following obtaining confronted various troubles at the identical working day (a punctured tire), benefiting from the retirement of the Welsh Toyota driver Elvin Evans on Al Wasl Street at stage 14 for the final working day owing to a turbocharger dilemma.
The younger Finn Kali Rovanpera, leader of the drivers’ classification and pursuer of the initially globe title in his career at the age of 21, did not fare superior, since on Saturday he produced a miscalculation driving the wheel of his Toyota when he was in the table details (strike a tree), to fall to 15th position out of points, but compensated by scoring the 2nd speediest time in the “Electricity Stage” to get 4 points, bringing his score to 207 factors.
It is the second consecutive rally, right after Belgium, that Rovanpera leaves vacant-handed in the remaining standings, knowing that he has received five rounds this yr (Sweden, Croatia, Portugal, Kenya and Estonia).
Tanak, the second in the standings (154), who extra to his score the details for the ideal time in the past phase (5), and Neuville 3rd (131) lessened the change with the Finn to 53 and 76 points respectively .
Neuville established the swiftest moments in 5 velocity stages, compared to 4 for Loeb and Tanak, 2 for Lobe and one particular for Sordo.
The up coming round will be held in New Zealand from 29th of this month to 2nd October, ahead of the very last two rounds will be held in Spain in Oct and Japan in November.
Rating of the best five of the rally:
1- Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) 3: 34.52 hrs
2- Estonian Ott Tanak (Hyundai) leads by 15 seconds
3- Spanish Dani Sordo (Hyundai), 1: 49.7 minutes
4- Frenchman Pierre-Louis Loubet (M-Sport Ford), with a big difference of 3: 42.2 d.
5- The Irish Greg Breen (M-Sport Ford) with a change of 4:09 d.
Environment Drivers’ Championship standings:
1. Finn Kali Rovanpera (Toyota) 207 factors
2. Estonian Out Tanak (Hyundai) 154
3. Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) 131
4. Welsh Elvin Evans (Toyota) 116
5- The Japanese Takamoto Katsuta (Toyota) 100
Constructors’ Championship Standings:
1- Toyota 404 factors
2- Hyundai 341
3- M-Sport / Ford 214
4-Toyota 112
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