The WRC is in Italy this week. But the drivers fear stage conditions will be more like those seen on the punishing Safari Rally! Story:
World Rally Championship drivers believe this weekend’s Rally Sardinia is more extreme than previous editions, with some sections harder than those at the gruelling Safari Rally Kenya.Sardinia is renowned for producing rough gravel stages but a revised route for this weekend’s 20th anniversary event is set to deliver perhaps the toughest conditions of the season.
“I thought Safari Rally Kenya was in three weeks time but we have a taste of it already because some sections are very rough," Ogier told Autosport. The rough stages will require plenty of focus on car management to reach the finish according tor reigning world champion and Ogier’s Toyota team-mate Kalle Rovanpera.
“I don’t think the car is an issue now let’s say I think the performance has been proved to be there in most of these type of rallies more recently," said Evans.
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