World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans says the increased tyre allocation for Rally Chile is necessary to reduce the risk of failures on the abrasive gravel stages.
Ahead of the rally, the FIA confirmed that Rally1 crews will receive eight additional tyres for the event, increasing the allocation from 28 to 36 tyres. Crews will have a choice between a maximum of 16 soft and 28 hard Hankook tyres.
The regulation change is intended to reduce the risk of a repeat of the punctures and tyre delaminations that plagued Rally Paraguay last month. Hankook believes the failures were caused by a combination of long st
