Thierry Neuville insists that its first objective is to achieve an “event consisting” of this week, since the Hyundai driver is close to his first World Rally Championship title.
The Belgian driver advances to the penultimate event of the which takes place on asphalt in the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany, with a lead of 29 points about his biggest rival and teammate Ott Tanak.
Neuville He will win his first WRC title if he can increase that margin above 30 points this weekend, with just one round remaining to end the season in Japan.
The odds seem to be in Neuville’s favor as he won the first Central European Rally last year and will start this year with the advantage of leading the way by being leader of the championship.
Even though the prospect of winning the world title is getting closer, Neuville says his main objective is to ensure a consistent performance this week: “Last year we had a big victory at the first Central European Rally”, he declared. “We know we tend to perform well on asphalt, and winning in Germany was great for the whole team.”
“Despite the difficult conditions, we performed very well. But due to the changes at different stages, we have to do a bit of video work, so we will study everything to get a good idea before tackling the new areas.”
“The main objective is to manage our championship to be able to score as many points as possible. Of course, we would like to have the title in our pocket, but our first objective will be to have a consistent race,” he added.
The team Hyundai de Neuville will be eager to react to the performance of Toyota In which reduced the gap between them in the manufacturers’ standings to 17 points.
“We need to maintain our lead in all three championships, and a good performance at the Central European Rally is essential to win them,” said the Hyundai team principal. Cyril Abiteboul.
“Thierry won here last year, and we know how strong he is on asphalt, so anything is possible this weekend.”
“In addition to the fight for the driver and co-driver titles, we also have the fight for the constructor titles, and we have three strong teams also fighting for this goal.”
“We want to leave the Central European Rally having taken advantage of our positions and making the most of the weekend, which we were not able to do in Chile,” he concluded.
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