How Tänak beat the odds and exacted his revenge – DirtFish – DirtFish
But I also think he was something of an illusionist as well. I don’t doubt the car was something of a handful, it absolutely was. But I’m really not sure it was quite as bad as Tänak made out. He got his wish though. A vocal Thursday ensured Toyota sent its cars out with a marginally more conservative setup than it might have done had it have seen the Estonian onslaught coming its way.</p…….
But I also think he was something of an illusionist as well. I don’t doubt the car was something of a handful, it absolutely was. But I’m really not sure it was quite as bad as Tänak made out. He got his wish though. A vocal Thursday ensured Toyota sent its cars out with a marginally more conservative setup than it might have done had it have seen the Estonian onslaught coming its way.
By the time it saw it, it was further compromised by changeable weather on Saturday and the fact that Ott had grown accustomed to life on the knife edge.
As Colin Clark continually pointed out, he was a warrior. And he absolutely was.
Having watched him haul the Hyundai back into line with the thing singing on the limiter in top, I asked Ott how he did it. How did he have the presence of mind to do what needed to be done to avoid what would have been a plane crash of shunt.
“Instinct,” came the reply from the admittedly rather ashen-faced one.
Source: https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/how-tanak-beat-the-odds-and-exacted-his-revenge/
