He has had quite many of these ,,pointless'' crashes, but this year it seems to going his way and 29p lead is huge. He has managed it thru the whole season..
Neuville has a long list of seemingly unnecessary (not under pressure) tarmac crashes. Japan last year, Ypres and Croatia the year before++ Which is why I wonder if he tries to go a little bit...
remember 2020. Evans had 14 point lead with only monza left to go but still lost the title by crashing out.
He didn't say it, but I think he doesn't have second car and Central European Rally starts just 4 days after Silesia.
In CER, Neuville will probably drive conservative again, while Tanak will push, so I wouldn't be so sure that it will be easy for Neuville to outscore Tanak. He can't just cruise if he wants to stay...
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