Evans to rejoin WRC Rally Sardinia to salvage points
Evans had been leading the rough gravel rally heading into Stage 3 when his GR Yaris suffered a heavy impact in a compression, which resulted in a water leak on the car.
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Evans had been leading the rough gravel rally heading into Stage 3 when his GR Yaris suffered a heavy impact in a compression, which resulted in a water leak on the car.
Finnish driver Esapekka Lappi won Rally Sweden on Sunday for Hyundai's second success in two rounds this season and his first since 2017.
Toyota's Kalle Rovanpera won Rally Estonia for the third year in a row on Sunday to stretch his world championship lead to 55 points.
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Belgian Thierry Neuville will lead a Hyundai one-two into the final day of the Rally of Italy in Sardinia after Toyota's Sebastien Ogier crashed out on Saturday.
The M-Sport driver revealed he had become “slightly lost” in previous rounds in Portugal and Croatia having tried to chase “something that probably didn’t need chasing” behind the wheel of his Ford Puma.
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Esapekka Lappi, who won the FIA European Rally Championship in 2014, is taking over from one of the sport’s greatest drivers on Rally Sweden next week. Lappi has been chosen to share Sebastien Ogier’s Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 on several WRC events in 2022, starting with the winter counter from February 24-27.