Smiling thinly, Fowler informed DirtFish: “I’ve been turning into step by step extra afraid about what Ott Tänak is ready to do with the Hyundai since Portugal.
“Ott’s efficiency has been stepping up over the past 4 gravel occasions and, primarily, I feel he’s solely been held again by reliability and a few consistency matters about whether or not he will get the automotive that he desires when he desires it.
“In any other case, his degree of efficiency appears to be a bit of bit scary. Going into Finland, we all know precisely what he’s able to. There have been some key battles in [Finland] lately and I feel all the groups got here away from Estonia with a bit of little bit of studying – and the season and the battle is simply going to get nearer.”
Jyväskylä has very a lot the stronghold of Toyota’s Yaris, with the World Rally Automobile and Rally1 derivatives combining to win in six of the final seven years. The one fly within the ointment? Tänak’s swashbuckling 2022 success in an i20.
