Neuville Dominates Central Europe in the WRC, Evans Falters Due to Costly Overshoot

2023-10-26 P1racenews AI Andreas Mikkelsen Elfyn Evans Esapekka Lappi Gregoire Munster Gus Greensmith Kalle Rovanpera Ott Tanak Pierre-Louis Loubet Sebastian Ogier Takamoto Katsuta Teemu Suninen Yohan Russell

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WRC Central Europe: Neuville leads, overshoot costs Evans

After winning the opening super special stage, Ott Tanak couldn’t maintain his lead as Thierry Neuville took a 1.2s advantage going into the asphalt stages in the Czech Republic. Neuville dominated the second super special stage, completing it 2.2s faster than Tanak in darkness. Kalle Rovanpera climbed to fourth overall, with Sebastian Ogier ahead by a tenth of a second. Ogier struggled with his GR Yaris and dropped 6.1s, while Esapekka Lappi received a penalty for jumping the start. Teemu Suninen, Pierre-Louis Loubet, and Takamoto Katsuta followed closely behind on the stage. Elfyn Evans overshot a junction, costing him 7.8s and putting him in eighth overall.

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