Takamoto Katsuta has opened up a couple of Rally Japan week which he says was essentially the most pressured of his life.
Katsuta has been a fixture in Toyota’s lineup since 2020, however was benched for September’s Rally Chile after a string of errors.
The Japanese bounced again strongly at Central European Rally with fourth place general and all 12 factors from Sunday’s powerstage and Tremendous Sunday format, however has by no means felt such strain in a rally automotive earlier than than at his dwelling occasion in Japan this weekend.
On the finish of the powerstage, Katsuta advised “if one thing occurred this could possibly be the final rally for me” – indicating that any form of error would have spelled the top of his profession with Toyota.
“It was not regular strain, in fact. It was a loopy, loopy weekend,” Katsuta informed DirtFish.
“I don’t know, how do I say it? I’ve by no means been in this sort of feeling in a rally automotive and even in my life. Big strain. I simply needed to convey the automotive again.
“Identical time that is in Japan, I can not drive similar to Sunday drive. [It was] so, so powerful like mentally.
