The World Rally Championship leader is bracing for a difficult maiden outing in Latvia
The World Rally Championship’s inaugural visit to Latvia is poised to be the most challenging of the season to date for points leader Thierry Neuville. The Hyundai driver heads to Latvia’s high-speed gravel stages with a 15-point lead over Toyota’s Elfyn Evans, but believes he’ll have a battle on his hands to maintain his advantage due to several factors.
” Thierry Neuville, Martijn Wydaeghe, Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Photo by: McKlein / Motorsport Images Neuville has already found the limits during Thursday morning’s shakedown, when he was fortunate to survive a wild venture into a ditch. “Obviously, it is really slippery. We went out there to see where the limits are, and I think I found them,” he smiled.
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