With simply 30 factors left to say and a 25-point cushion over his personal team-mate, with Hyundai additionally having to consider the producers’ championship, Thierry Neuville should be feeling quietly assured about his probability.
However as a five-time runner-up within the WRC, he is aware of higher than anybody that nothing is completed till the ultimate time management. Resting on his laurels the Belgian is not going to be.
His odds look remarkably good, although. His type all season-long has been sturdy, and he’s gone effectively on Japan’s tight and twisty roads previously with victory in 2022. A crash right into a tree final 12 months nonetheless proves the way it all can change within the blink of an eye fixed.
What’ll be fascinating is which strategy Neuville decides to take this week. Does he again off fully and simply coast his i20 N Rally1 spherical to world title glory? Or hold the depth, and subsequently rhythm, up?
#8 Ott Tänak/Martin Järveoja (Hyundai i20 N Rally1)
Final 3 WRC outcomes: 1st-Third-Third
Greatest Rally Japan end result: 2nd (2022)
