Thierry Neuville headed a Hyundai 1-2 at RallyJapan as the South Korean marque scored its fifth victory of the 2022 WRC season. Report: ⬇️
Neuville briefly came under pressure from Toyota’s Elfyn Evans on Sunday morning before a puncture for the latter on Sunday morning gifted Neuville a golden opportunity to prevent Toyota from scoring a victory on home soil.
Japan’s return to the WRC schedule after 12 years away provided an all-new challenge to crews courtesy of a new 19-stage all asphalt event based around Toyota City. The narrow and twisty roads offered little room for error testing crews to the limit. The lead was reduced to 0.6s on Sunday morning before Evans suffered a puncture which allowed Neuville to complete a comfortable win. Evans was left to settle for fifth after losing significant time in the treacherous wet conditions, having gambled on slicks at the start of the day.
Katsuta produced a solid drive throughout his home event with his only blemish an error at junction that resulted in a brief run up a grass bank. The Japanese climbed up the leaderboard after trouble struck all three of his Toyota team-mates. Stage 4 became a talking point of the rally as a civilian car managed to venture onto a live stage, breaching safety protocols which prompted an FIA investigation.
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