The Japanese manufacturer is thinking about deploying tactics to help Evans salvage championship points after an unusual technical fault
Toyota could consider team orders to help Elfyn Evans’ World Rally Championship bid in Rally Finland after the title contender suffered an “unusual” mechanical issue, according to Jari-Matti Latvala. Evans was firmly in the fight for victory, sitting in second behind team-mate Kalle Rovanpera, when the Welshman’s GR Yaris suffered a driveshaft failure on Stage 12 .
“When a technical thing that has played a role, you might consider that we have one driver doing only one event, then maybe you have to little think about the championship as well. Luckily, it is not my decision this weekend - that is with Kaj. “It's an unusual . I don’t think we have ever had a driveshaft problem. “But of course there is always a little bit of risk in motorsport that some parts, when you machine them, that something has gone wrong and that is why it has failed.
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