Ahead of the season decider from 6 - 8 October, Norbert Maior holds a slender advantage over Roberto Daprà with 30 points still up for grabs. Although financial constraints appear to have brought Ola Nore’s challenge to a premature conclusion, the Norwegian remains in title contention, 12 points adrift of Maior, should he be able to secure a return to duty.
After finishing fourth on Barum Czech Rally Zlín last month, Romanian Maior moved to the top of the provisional standings. He said: “It’s not the best result but it’s minus one event [in the championship] and hopefully this is our minus because it’s not great to finish in fourth position in terms of the championship fight. It is what it is, and I have learned when something is not going like you planned it’s better to stay like this and not do extra things to achieve what you can’t.”
The 25-year-old continued: “For sure the crash in the test was not helpful for us but we finished Barum and now we will prepare for Rally Hungary because there will be a lot of fights with the guys like Timo [Schulz], Daprà and hopefully Nore will come so it will be a fight to watch for sure."
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