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Rally: Neuville and Evans neck and neck after the first day in Croatia

The Belgian Thierry Neuville (Hyundai), leader of the world championship, is in the lead at the Croatia Rally, 4th round out of 13 of the season, after the first day Friday, tied with his runner-up, the Briton Elfyn Evans (Toyota).

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Rally: Neuville and Evans neck and neck after the first day in Croatia

The Belgian Thierry Neuville (Hyundai), leader of the world championship, is in the lead at the Croatia Rally, 4th round out of 13 of the season, after the first day Friday, tied with his runner-up, the Briton Elfyn Evans (Toyota). Neuville, who won four of the day's eight stages, was 8.6 seconds ahead of Evans and more than 21 seconds ahead of Sébastien Ogier at midday after the first four stages, but lost time after a puncture in the sixth. “I did what I could, it wasn’t a great day for us,” reacted Neuville after the eighth special.

He finished the day in the same tenth as Evans, winner of two special stages, and who won in Croatia last year. Third in the championship in 2021 and 2022, Neuville, who is aiming for a second victory this season after the Monte-Carlo rally, is six points ahead of Evans in the world championship standings. Eight-time French world champion Sébastien Ogier, engaged in a partial program with Toyota and who won in Croatia in 2021, is in third place, 6.6 seconds behind, thanks to his victories on the last two specials. Eight stages are on the program on Saturday for the second day.

Rankings for the Croatia Rally, 4th round of the WRC world championship, at the end of the first day on Friday:

1. Thierry Neuville/Martijn Wydaeghe (BEL/Hyundai): 1:05.15.3

2. Elfyn Evans/Scott Martin (GBR/Toyota): same time

3. Sébastien Ogier/Vincent Landais (FRA/Toyota) at 6.6

4. Ott Tänak/Martin Järveoja (EST/Hyundai) à 41.1

5. Adrien Fourmaux/Alexandre Coria (FRA/M-Sport Ford) at 52.7

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