Evans loses vital factors with penultimate stage puncture – DirtFish

Elfyn Evans misplaced second place at Rally Chile, and a decisive factors swing towards Sami Pajari that will’ve include it, to a puncture on the penultimate stage.

The World Rally Championship chief had been three positions forward of closest rival Sami Pajari however fell to 1 spot behind in fifth when he stopped to alter a wheel on SS15 of 16.

Asked by DirtFish to elucidate what occurred, Evans stated: “I can’t. Usual story but yeah, makes it more frustrating anyway.”

The Toyota driver revealed the choice to cease was extra sophisticated than regular because of a slight challenge along with his GR Yaris Rally1’s TPMS system.

“We didn’t get the notification on the dash,” he stated, “so we had to make sure it definitely was flat or delaminated and what have you, so it made the decision to stop a bit more difficult or prolonged let’s say than it normally would’ve been.

“But I guess it anyway wouldn’t have made any difference in the scheme of what’s happened.

“I think there was no chance to go halfway through that stage, 16km or something, with a front puncture,” Evans added, “so I think we had to stop but it was just to make sure that it definitely was a puncture before we stopped.”

Evans has led the championship since April’s Rally Islas Canarias, and can nonetheless lead after Chile however received’t rating the factors he was set to.

These moments outdoors of his management are irritating.

“Yeah it is, but nothing I say I will change anything now,” he stated. “Plenty’s been said about the situation, there’s no need to say any more.”