IT’S OFFICIAL: EVANS CAN’T BE CHAMPION IN 2022
Elfyn Evans will make his Rally New Zealand debut later this month boosted by his troubled Acropolis outing but aware that he has dropped out of World title contention for a third season running.
The factory Toyotadriving Welshman was battling Hyundai’s Dani Sordo for third place when he retired on the road section heading to the final day’s opening stage with an enginerelated issue on his Yaris.
He said: “It was obviously a disappointing end to a weekend where we struggled overall, especially in the looser conditions at the start of the rally, so we have areas to work on there. We did manage to make progress during the weekend which was one positive [for] New Zealand.”
By not scoring in Greece, Evans is 91 points behind team-mate Kalle Rovanpera with only 90 up for grabs from the remaining three rounds. However, he’s 38 points adrift of second-placed Ott Tanak.