A question of feeling for Elfyn Evans

With the decision to Sébastien Ogier de ne venir que ponctuellement en 2022, c’est naturellement vers Elfyn Evans que se sont tournés les regards quand il a fallu désigner un favori pour sa succession chez Toyota. Kalle Rovanperä apparaissait encore trop tendre et Esapekka Lappi ne disposait que d’un programme partiel. Le Gallois fut longtemps le seul à rester au contact des deux Sébastien (Loeb and Ogier) during the first ten stages of Monte-Carlo. Ambushing in 3rd place, he had an excellent card to play, because he would have been the first of the drivers with a full program to score points behind the French. Elfyn, however, made a mistake at the top of Sisteron even though he had perfectly negotiated the part