After a 12-year absence, Rally Japan returned to the OfficialWRC schedule for the finale of the 2022 season. TommyHoward goes over the best and worst bits from the event. Feature:
Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe were perhaps not the outright fastest pairing, but they made their impressive speed count when it mattered the most.
“It is great to win here because it is the Toyota homeland of course but it is also great to win here because it is the last round of the season, and now there is a two-month break, so it is always nice to leave with a win,” Neuville told Autosport. The two-time WRC runner-up was firmly in the victory hunt until a puncture ruined his cause on Sunday morning, meaning he would end the year without a win for the first time since 2019. Although gutted to miss out on what would have been a famous win, Evans declared that he has made a “massive set forward” with the GR Yaris and his driving style since Spain which bodes well for 2023.
Katsuta dealt with the pressure admirably to secure a second podium of the year, alongside Aaron Johnston, and net fifth in the championship, to once again outline his growing credentials as one of the WRC’s most consistent drivers. In fact Hyundai’s five wins this season thanks to Tanak’s triumphs in Sardinia, Finland and Belgium, and Neuville’s wins in Greece and Japan is the highest number of wins the marque has ever scored in a WRC season, yet it ends the year without any championship titles.
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