Abiteboul salutes a magical Neuville before the outcome of Japan

This first title, Thierry Neuville is starting to seriously caress him. The day after his mechanical setbacks, the Belgian signed a metronomic Saturday to climb back up the rankings. Very diligent, he regularly played the leading roles, even signing two scratch times on the 7 outings of the day.

Fifteenth before the first start, the leader finished the day in 7th place and with 4 points to his name. A result that allows him to glimpse the world champion crown in the distance while he only needs two points to place it on his head. Enough to put a smile on the face of the president of Hyundai Motorsports, Cyril Abiteboul, which could take the team to a historic double.

« Thierry worked his magic today, as he has done many times this year., greets the French leader. By remaining extremely calm and focused to gain good positions and limit damage.

We are now in a reasonable position, but a lot can still happen. The goal is not yet reached, but we have made good progress in that direction, and we are now focused on doing everything in our power tomorrow to bring it back. (the double) of home care »

Five special stages are on the programme for this last day of the Rally from Japan with a first departure at 23:39 p.m. this Saturday.

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