the finnish pilot Kalle Rovanpera (Toyota Gazoo Racing), only 22 years old, will make his world title debut at the RallyRacc Catalunya-Costa Daurada which will be held on the routes of the province of Tarragona from this Friday to Sunday after winning the title in the previous test held in New Zealand.
instead, The battle for the Constructors’ World Championship title is still open, between Toyota Gazoo Racing and Hyundai Motorsport. The Japanese team is the big favorite, as it leads the standings with 455 points to the South Korean’s 374. The Rally de Catalunya will have a total route of 1,330 kilometers, of which 293.77 will be the speed divided into 19 timed sections.
A) Yes, with more numbers to win in Salou is Kalle Rovanpera, who has already won six races this season. But it will not be easy for the second and third classified in the World Championship, the Estonian Ott Tänak (Hyundai Motorsport) and the Belgian Thierry Neuville (Hyundai Motorsport), winners of the last two editions of Rally Catalunya. The meaning of the Constructors’ World Cup will depend on what happens in this match of absence, which is in Japan.
Also set to have a special role is Dani Sordo (Hyundai Motorsport), ninth in the World Cup standings with 49 points and who climbed the podium in the three tests he played this year (Portugal, Sardinia and Acropolis). The streak extends to five consecutive podiums if you count the ones he attended last season. The first of them, certainly, was in Rally Catalunya.
“This rally will always be special to me, it’s my home World Cup event and I’m lucky to receive great support from the public. Besides, I like the stages, they are very nice and they adapt to my riding style”, explains Sordo in the preview.
The first phase, Friday, which will be new, is the longest with a dispute over four sections without assistance that will be repeated twice: Els Omells-Maldà (11.05 kilometers), Serra de la Llena (11.79 kilometers), Les Garrigues Altes (22.64 kilometers) and Riba-roja (13.98 kilometers).
Saturday’s will be shorter, consisting of three timed sections which will be passed twice already covered in the 2021 edition: Savallà (13.93 kilometers), Querol-Les Pobles (20.19 kilometers) and El Montmell (24.18 kilometers). In addition, in the afternoon an urban special will be held on Paseo Marítimo de Salou (2.15 kilometers).
Rally Catalunya will end on Sunday with two stages that will be done twice: Pratdip (12.15 kilometers) and Riudecanyes (15.90 kilometers), which will be the Wolf Power Stage, which will award extra points to the top five finishers. Later, the podium ceremony will be held in Salou.
Source: La Verdad
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