Frenchman Adrien Fourmaux (Ford Puma) was fastest in the first stage of the Japan Rally, the final round of the World Championship in the specialty, where two of the drivers of the Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT team are playing for the title. , the Belgian Thierry Neuville and the Estonian Ott Tänak, separated by 25 points.
Fourmaux set the best time (1:44.4) over the first 2.15 kilometer stretch, held at Toyota Stadium, three tenths of a second behind Tanak and four ahead of Japanese Takamoto Katsuta (Toyota Yaris). British Elfyn Evans (Toyota Yaris) was fourth, 0.9 behind Fourmaux and finished ahead of French multi-champion Sebastien Ogier (Toyota Yaris), who lost by 2.2, the same as Neuville.
The 36-year-old Belgian, who has five runners-up finishes and is close to his first title, comes into the Japanese event with a 25-point margin over Ott Tänak, 37, who is seeking a second crown after achieving one. in 2019.
Neuville had led the championship since the first round, the Monte Carlo Rally, and needed just five points in Japan to clinch the long-awaited first crown. Only these two drivers, at the wheel of two Hyundai i20s, compete to win the World Championship in a race based in the city of Toyota and held entirely on asphalt.
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Source: La Verdad
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