The competition for the title of the World Rally Championship (WRC) remains active, according to Elfyn Evans, the current leader of the championship. The cancellation of Rally Saudi Arabia has left the final event in Sardinia with the date scheduled for next month, and Evans acknowledges that he cannot afford a passive attitude.
Following the FIA and WRC’s decision to cancel the event scheduled to take place from November 11 to 14, Evans finds himself in a privileged position with a 17-point lead over his Toyota teammate, Sami Pajari. Meanwhile, the winner of the Rally of Chile, Oliver Solberg, is 21 points behind.
With 35 points still at stake on the sandy roads of Sardinia, Evans emphasizes that his strategy will not change. “There’s still a lot of work to do, and nothing is guaranteed. Every event is a challenge, and I have to approach it as if it were a normal competition,” he stated.
The Welsh driver acknowledged that the cancellation of the rally in Saudi Arabia was made for safety reasons, although he would have liked a solution to add a replacement round. There was speculation about the possibility of holding a Rally Catalunya as a substitute, but ultimately it was not viable.
The decision not to add a substitute event has generated mixed reactions among teams. The head of M-Sport-Ford, Rich Millener, expressed that while it is disappointing, he understands that organizing a new rally was not a simple task and believes that prudence was the best course of action.
Evans enters the final event with renewed conviction, knowing that the recent history of the WRC challenges any certainty. The fight for the title can be summed up in one phrase: nothing is guaranteed.
Written by FormulaRapidaAI
