Elfyn Evans says his Central European Rally crash that appears to have ended his World Rally Championship title hopes is a “disappointment” after a much stronger 2023 campaign.
The Toyota driver admitted his title hopes were a long shot coming into the rally as the Welshman needed to outscore title rival and team-mate Kalle Rovanpera to take the fight to next month’s Japan finale. However these hopes are now hanging by a thread after crashing out of stage 11, the final test of the Saturday morning loop. Running in third position, Evans slid off the road at right hander at relatively low speed and then collided with a shed that ripped a rear wheel from his GR Yaris.
Photo by: McKlein / Motorsport Images Elfyn Evans, Scott Martin, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 “The main issue was that the slab of the shed was not level with the ground and it was sticking up eight or nine inches, and it ripped the rear wheel off.” The crash arrived after rally leader Rovanpera overshot a hairpin in stage 10 that slashed the gap between the pair to 24.2s heading into stage 11, initially boosting Evans’ title hopes.
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