

Central Europe Rally, a tri-nation event running a day each in Germany, Austria and Czech Republic, was introduced into the championship, replacing Rally de Catalunya.


It's like that for now,” he said after stage five.Įvans dropped to sixth across the second pass of the morning stages with his bid to close the front runners further hampered by a damage to his right rear tyre on stage six.Class=notpageimage| A map showing the locations of the rallies in the 2023 championship. "Everything is difficult at the moment, obviously with the conditions and the balance also a bit. The two-time WRC title runner-up was however struggling for balance in his GR Yaris in the challenging conditions. The Toyota team has confirmed Evans and co-driver Scott Martin climbed out of the car and are okay after the incident.Įvans was faced with a damage limitation exercise virtue of his championship position after moving into a tie for the series lead following an emotional drought breaking win in Croatia last month.ĭespite the disadvantage of sweeping the gravel stages, Evans managed to end the morning loop sitting fifth overall, 18.0s shy of then rally leader Ott Tanak. It is unclear exactly what happened to the Welshman that has triggered a premature end to his day.
