Elfyn Evans’ World Rally Championship hopes suffered a blow after rolling out of a victory fight with Sebastien Ogier at Rally Finland.
The championship leader had been chasing down rally leader Ogier, reducing the gap from 16.3s to 11.6s heading into the final stage of the morning loop (SS14 Leustu) when drama struck.
Evans misjudged a left hander towards the end of the stage which pitched his GR Yaris into a roll. The car landed on its wheels but as Evans attempted to rejoin the road he ran into a ditch. Dozens of spectators, including Evans’ father Gwyndaf, came rushing to his aid and eventually pushed the ca
