How has Thierry Neuville’s World Rally Championship title protection gone so badly incorrect? Spherical-by-round, right here’s the explanation why the Belgian threw the towel in on Saturday night in Jyväskylä.
Monte Carlo Rally – sixth
Simply two months after standing on high of the world at Rally Japan, the newly stickered #1 Hyundai i20 N Rally1 was tearing by the French Alps in any respect types of angles. Neuville slapped banks, obtained punctures, had electrical points and ultimately completed a deeply disgruntled sixth – a far cry from the win he celebrated within the principality 12 months earlier.