How can Thierry Neuville win WRC title in Central European Rally?
12th October 2024Hyundai’s Belgian championship leaders, Theirry Neuville and co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe, can secure the championship in the World Rally Championship’s Central European Rally.
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Central Europe stands as the next round of the WRC’s championship, with it being the season’s penultimate event. Despite this, the drivers and co-drivers’ championship is yet to be sealed and secured.
Heading into the season’s final two events, the championship has been led by the Belgian Hyundai crew of Neuville and Wydaeghe, since they took victory at the season opener in Monaco.
Whilst the Belgian i20 crew could’ve won the championship in Chile last time out, this championship is simply theirs to lose.
How can they win the championship in Central Europe?
It’s a return to asphalt roads for the remaining two events of the year with Chile being the last gravel event of the season. At the same time, Neuville has a proven record on tarmac and will be a tough opponent for his fellow championship rivals to beat.
Having won the inaugural event last year, Neuville will be looking to make CER his third win of the season after Monte-Carlo and Greece and take the title.
To do this, the permutations claim that Neuville needs to outscore his teammate – and closest championship rival – Ott Tanak by two points to have mathematical certainty of winning the title.
However, with a team’s championship still up for grabs between Hyundai and Toyota, Neuville will need to make sure he doesn’t drop any points to Toyota’s drivers.
As such, the Belgian crew will need to avoid dropping 10 points to Sebastien Ogier and 16 points to Elfyn Evans – 15 if the Welshman wins the rally.
What do you think, will Neuville and Wydaeghe secure the championship in the WRC Central European Rally?
Read more WRC here:
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- Toyota become first team to take home max points in WRC
- Rovanpera beats Evans and Tanak to secure Rally Chile WRC win
- Rovanpera wins WRC Rally Chile despite challenging conditions
- Rovanpera takes Rally Chile lead as Ogier retires from day
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Hi, I'm Kamron. I created ApexMotorsports.co.uk in the dying embers of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship. It allowed me freedom to write whatever I wanted to write about which was all things motorsports, my passion. I have put a lot of effort in over the years to keep this website in its best shape and I've loved seeing the brand grow consistently, month-on-month, year-on-year. My ambition is to keep watching this brand grow into a primary outlet of news for all things motorsports whilst fueling my desire to pursue a career in sports journalism, specialising in motorsports.
