MIKKELSEN COULD BE A CHAMPION FROM AFAR
Andreas Mikkelsen can still be crowned WRC2 champion for a second time even though he won’t contest Rally Japan.
The Norwegian has entered the maximum permitted seven events in his Toksport Skoda and won’t be in action in Toyota City where the support championship title will be decided on Sunday.
Mikkelsen is five points ahead of Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Emil Lindholm, who are joint second heading to Japan. He would need his fellow Fabia drivers to falter in the Far East to take the title, which would be his first alongside co-driver Torstein Eriksen.
With Mikkelsen not competing, the championship is essentially a straight fight between three-time
European champion Kajetanowicz and Lindholm, who beat Brit Chris Ingram to the WRC2 Junior crown this season.
Lindholm said: “If we are in front of Kajto it’s clear – it depends who finishes in front and what positions we are fighting for.”