The 2019 world champion’s WRC title bid ended in dramatic circumstances at Rally Japan
Ott Tanak has explained the crash he described as a “proper disaster” that handed team-mate Thierry Neuville the World Rally Championship crown and dented Hyundai’s manufacturers’ title bid. Tanak started Sunday with a commanding 38 second rally lead over Toyota’s Elfyn Evans but his Rally Japan victory bid unravelled in the most spectacular fashion on stage 17.
The corner proved to be particularly tricky as former Formula 1 driver Heikki Kovalainen also suffered a heavy crash after misguiding the right hander. “It is a proper disaster there are no other words, it is difficult to describe,” said a dejected Tanak. “Somehow I didn’t expect any slippy conditions in this corner and somehow when we immediately hit he corner the front washed out and obviously it went too far off the road to recover.
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