Elfyn Evans entered the WRC history books with a memorable win in Rally Finland. Here's five things you may have missed from the event.
Finland will forever be the World Rally Championship’s spiritual home and once again the nation’s passion was on show as Elfyn Evans entered the history books with a memorable second win. Here’s what you may have missed from FinlandKalle Rovanpera crashing out of a rally lead and completely retiring from an event is a rare collector's item. In fact, last weekend's shock Rally Finland exit was only his third retirement in 41 top-flight WRC starts.
While Latvala tackled some of his favourite stages, Toyoda was charged to oversee the team, waking up at the crack of dawn for morning service, conducting media interviews and of course fulfilling, as he put it, the team's"cheerleader" role. "It is a fantastic result, first, third and fifth. As a principal, I'm very honoured to be with the drivers but all I can smell is champagne, I'm almost drunk here," said Toyoda in the post-event press conference.
Neuville's improvement in these conditions this year compared to 12 months ago is significant. Last year the Belgian could only finish fifth in Finland, 2m18s behind winner and then team-mateThis year the Hyundai driver claimed three stage wins on the way to finishing second, 39.1s behind winner Evans. It was his first podium in Finland since 2013 which again highlighted his struggles on the rollercoaster Finnish roads.
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