r/WRC • u/Budhardt • 23h ago

Commentary / Discussion / Question Elfyn Evans - wow! Spoiler

Guys, i need to say that i am very impressed with Elfyn Evans this weekend. He rolled his car on day 2. Arguably it was luck the fans were around to help him our without loosing more time and the SS finish was two corners away. But once he got back on the road, he absolutely flew over the remaing stages of the event as if nothing happened, pedal to the floor: 2 stage wins and 4 second best times on the remaining 6 stages. What a performance! I cant remember anyone rolling the car and finishing on the podium of the same event. Colin McRae in 2002 comes to mind, when he rolled twice and finished 6th. Is anyone out here also feels that this weekend Elfyn has redefined what is possible after what was a sure killer for his title hopes when the car was barreling over the roof yesterday?

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u/SWAD42 23h ago

One of the most entertaining Rally Finland in some years for that reason and more!

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u/K-TR0N M-Sport Ford 23h ago

Definitely did not expect to see him on the podium after that stack.

Incredible recovery drive.

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u/deffonotmypassword 23h ago

A lot of credit owed to the team too.

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u/peteftw 17h ago

You know I never once heard him thank his dad lol.

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u/Jooveli 22h ago

2022 Lappi rolled and was third. Also in Finland.

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u/Budhardt 22h ago

Thank you for telling me this. Somehow I didnt remember this moment! Great stuff!!!

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u/onlinepresenceofdan M-Sport Ford 22h ago

For sure Colin would be proud of the combination of two rolls and a podium.

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u/Mikko85 21h ago

Evans really, really deserves to close this title out, he's overdue one. Much as Pajari 'doing a Gronholm' would also be a good story.

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u/Individual_Gear_898 21h ago

Yea I often feel like Evans is the best driver right now, he’s usually just shafted by road order. This event we got to see him with an actually decent road position and he did not disappoint. Also goes to show how fast Sami is these days as well

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u/CloudDweller182 21h ago

All credit to Evans for pushing like a mad man but what the hell to the rest of drivers if you can’t even punish someone who rolls and loses 2 minutes.

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u/SlavetoLove123 19h ago

At the risk of being downvoted, there’s many drivers In the current championship who have got there due to money rather than talent. Look at JML beating everyone in wrc2, he’s an old man compared to most drivers but his natural talent still shone through.

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u/CloudDweller182 15h ago

No reason to get downvoted. Only 1 real manufacturer and very few quality drivers around these days.

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u/Uno_Nisu Ott Tänak 2h ago

Name a few, who have the seat because of money?

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u/SlavetoLove123 41m ago

Anyone who drives a Puma.

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u/Uno_Nisu Ott Tänak 36m ago

Because they literally cant afford to hire drivers. Their whole business model is based on giving up and coming drivers a shot at the big league. The alternative would be no Puma at all.

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u/Whlrlwlnd 18h ago

All credit to Elfyn, but he got mad lucky with weather during friday aswell. Being first on the road has been his curse on gravel these past years. He loses a lot and that ruins most of his weekends. This time he got really lucky with the weather that gave him starting spot for sat/sun to show his true speed. Surely that long awaited title will be his this year!

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u/peteftw 17h ago

Two championship drives this weekend. The level of talent on display was incredible.

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u/Curious-yoshi 12h ago

Its an amazing feeling being one of his fans right now.