🗣 'I had many cuts that were fine last year and this year they are not.' KalleRovanpera says this weekend’s WRC RallyCroatia asphalt stages are rougher than last year and will require more puncture management ⬇️
Toyota team-mate and championship leader Sebastien Ogier, who won the inaugural WRC visit to Croatia in 2021, shared Rovanpera’s views on the stages this weekend.Ogier, competing in a partial coming this year, will start first on the road virtue of his win in Mexico last month, but feels this advantage will be reduced if the weather stays dry due to mud already on the stages.
“It is worse than two years ago but we didn’t have any rain,” said Ogier, who was third fastest in shakedown, while team-mate“It was raining the last week more or less and the cuts are now full of mud and after the recce there is already a lot on the road. “It is never bad to be in front but it is already dirty anyway so I don’t expect a real advantage, but it will depend on the weather because if it rains again it will create more mud, and it will get worse, but yes the puncture risk is there.
“If it is muddy and raining the advantage of being first on the road can be massive as we saw with Kalle last year.“It is difficult because here the amount of cuts are huge and you cannot avoid them otherwise you will lose a minute per stage. “This is the risk you need to manage as best as you can. I have to say I fear some of the sections a bit.”
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