This first title, Thierry Neuville begins to seriously caress it. The day after his mechanical setbacks, the Belgian had a metronome Saturday to move up the rankings. Very diligent, he regularly played the leading roles, even signing two scratch times on the 7 outings of the day.
Fifteenth before the first start, the leader ended the day in 7th place and with 4 points to his credit. A result which allows him to glimpse the crown of world champion in the distance while he only needs two units to place it on his head. Enough to give a smile to the president of Hyundai Motorsport, Cyril Abiteboul, who could take the team to a historic double.
« Thierry worked his magic today, as he has done many times this yeargreets the French leader. By remaining extremely calm and focused to gain good positions and limit damage.
We are now in a reasonable position, but a lot can still happen. The goal isn't reached yet, but we've made good progress in that direction, and we're now focused on doing everything we can tomorrow to bring it back (the double) at home. »
Five stages are on the program for this final day of Rally Japan with a first start at 11:39 p.m. this Saturday.
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