.EsapekkaLappi declared Hyundai’s WRC 1-2 in Sardinia an 'important team result”, but was left frustrated by not being able to fight for the win. Read more ⬇️
Esapekka Lappi declared Hyundai’s World Rally Championship 1-2 in Sardinia an"important team result”, but was left frustrated by not being able to fight for the win.The Finn produced one of the drives of his WRC career as he became locked in an intense fight for victory with Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier for 14 of the 19 gravel stages, held in challenging weather conditions.
However, Lappi applied pressure to close to within 4.3s of Ogier, who lost time to a damaged radiator incurred in a water splash on Saturday afternoon.In Saturday’s penultimate stage Ogier crashed out of the lead in the wet conditions, which appeared to hand the one-time WRC rally winner an opportunity. Lappi was informed of the accident ahead of him on the road by his team and therefore backed off.
“I feel maybe a bit less [frustrated] than yesterday but still there is something that I’m missing. I had a big chance for it [the victory] so it is frustrating when you can’t really fight for it.Esapekka Lappi, Janne Ferm, Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai i20 N Rally1Hyundai has made it clear that its main focus for the drivers’ championship is Neuville which has already prompted team orders to help elevate the Belgian in rallies.
“I understand his frustration and just to be clear there was no team order, we simply informed him that Seb was out of the game [in stage 14] and therefore he was doing what he had to do in those conditions, which was to manage pace and risk versus reward," Abiteboul told Autosport.
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