That amateur guy 3 minutes infront of him (Fourmaux) neither. He even did only his second 4WD rally ever (before he did only two national seasons with R2).
I had never heard of him before, but he was super impressive. Maybe we're lucky his first name is Adrien and not Sebastien
But I do agree that Katsuta was not really impressive, but neither were Veiby, well until today and he even has previous experience from Monte.
The problem is that they don't make the decision soon enough, or even have it in the plan before the race. The guy behind who's just come out on fresh tyres & is 2 seconds a lap faster needs the call...
What oother options do Hyundai have, if Tanak will really leave for Toyota? Will they hire again Mikkelsen, Lappi, Sordo? Or reach out for WRC2 field? Or even stay only with two cars?
The RAC Rally seeded entry list is out;
https://racrmc.org/roger-albert-clark-rally/index
Cool to see Marty McCormack switching to a BMW M3 ! Also great to have the Sratos and TR7 V8 guys back...
1 Ogier 2 Evans 3 Katsuta 4 Rovanpera 5 Fourmaux 6 Neuville 7 Tanak 8 Pajari hsmed
[WRC Pickems 2025] R13 - FORUM8...