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If you don’t make any mistakes in the table, even if it seems unbelievable, you have to go again Stay up late to follow the action at Rally New Zealand. However, a few hours after Friday’s finish, a decision was made by the stewards of the final round of the 2022 WRC, which changed the classification of the ocean race and somewhat eased the dilemma Toyota GAZOO Racing could have. Until then.
Commissioners confirmed that Thierry Neuville and Ott Tanak both have penalties Five seconds each after it was confirmed that both received a value of energy released higher than that allowed for the short course of the show stage. In the case of the Estonian pilot those power peaks were two, and they exceeded the 240 kilojoules allowed in SSS1, registering 241.03 kJ and 242.04 kJ on time, while the Belgian unit had one of 243.83 kJ.
Paul MarkThe principal of Hyundai Motorsport Group, who was in charge at the meeting, admitted his mistake. It is a human error. For his part: “IEven if the violation happened twice, he Stewarts felt that the performance advantage was still small. However, the maximum value was exceeded. Therefore, they have decided to impose this penalty considering that it is the competitor’s responsibility to ensure the compatibility of the car at all times.”.
As soon as these results became known, Toyota GAZOO Racing was quick to celebrate Elfin Evans became the new leader of the New Zealand rally Ott Tänak is 4.8 seconds ahead of himself, Sébastien Ogier is 1.7 seconds behind the Estonian and Kalle Rovanperä to shorten the general classification even more and the four drivers stay just 7 lap seconds. For his part, Thierry Neuville is out of contention and already leads by 50.6 seconds, with Gus Greensmith 6.8 behind in fifth.
The second stage starts at nine o’clock in the evening (mainland Spain, Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla time) and it will certainly help us to see who the contenders will be fighting for victory on Sunday. One of those events that all WRC drivers dream of.
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