After a yr with lengthy gaps between occasions, and just one outing on his said most well-liked floor of gravel, Mikkelsen’s sounds assured of a greater exhibiting on the season finale. However whether or not that will probably be sufficient to persuade his Hyundai bosses to supply him a 2025 drive is one other query.
“I don’t know,” Mikkelsen reiterated when requested by DirtFish what he thought his probabilities have been of staying within the Rally1 automobile subsequent yr. “No data from anyone. So no clue.”
He gives the look of feeling these probabilities could be higher if he’d had extra alternatives on gravel. In any case, he led on the opening day of Rally Poland – an occasion he has beforehand received – and was nonetheless working second when he suffered a puncture on the opening stage of the final day.
“I believe the sensation got here in a short time on the check on Poland and we have been in a position to struggle for the win there,” he thought of. “Yeah, for certain I discover gravel simpler, particularly if you’re a part-time driver, like myself, you’re not within the automobile fairly often.
“For me it’s very straightforward to leap straight within the automobile on gravel and ship prime outcomes. On Tarmac it’s extra aggressive, it takes just a little bit extra time to essentially get to realize it. It’s not so forgiving, let’s say it like that.
“For certain, if it was my thought, I’d like to have totally different rallies than what I had this yr, however I obtained what I obtained. In fact, you settle for the problem and also you take advantage of out of it.”
Mikkelsen has another alternative to take advantage of this season, and persuade Hyundai he deserves a spot within the group subsequent yr.
