Thierry Neuville scored Hyundai's first WRC win of 2023 in RallyItaliaSardegna, with Esapekka Lappi completing a 1-2 for the Korean marque. Full report and results:
World champion and standings leader Kalle Rovanpera completed the podium in third, 1m55.3s in arrears.
Up until that point Lappi and Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier had dominated proceedings as the pair waged a titanic scrap, the lead changing hands twice, before Lappi ended Friday with a 0.1s lead, with Neuville third, 18.6s adrift. The key point of the rally arrived at the start of stage 14 when Ogier made a rare error and veered off the slippery wet road.were forced to make a rapid 58s wheel change on the muddy road before the startline after noticing a slow puncture.
Keen to ensure a 1-2 finish, the Hyundai duo held station through Sunday to score the Korean marque’s first win since Rally Japan last November.
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