Takamoto Katsuta

So, uh, it'll be a, a tough fight.

Um, also keen to see how Takamoto Katsuta bounces back after his two crashes in Paraguay.

We, we spoke last week about, um, the, the disappointment that he's had by crashing so many times and, um, yeah, I'm not sure what approach he'll take.

It'll be interesting to see.

M Sport won, Hyundai won, this one will be Toyota.

Of course, if you don't know the news, he's joining Takamoto Katsuta this week, with Aaron Johnson sadly needing a little bit of time to recover after their accident.

in paraguay so first and foremost we wish aaron all the best um and we expect to see him back in sardinia but for james david it's a it's a beautiful opportunity isn't it i know he's very um sort of laid back about it and like playing it down it's like i'm just helping out a mate but it's really nice to see him back in a car again and actually i'm curious and this is not to suggest that i think there needed to be any kind of change with taka but we know he's been a difficult runner for him could this just be a tiny little change that like unlocks something i don't know is that is that fair to to question i'm not sure but again you know what i'm saying it's just a little bit of a slight reset in his head isn't it yeah yeah and what effect might that have who knows

Who knows exactly that? You are a great man of statistics.

And there's no one really in the pipeline.

There's not exactly Toyota knocking on the door saying you've got to bring in... you know, Takamoto Katsuta into the ranks.

He's a world rally driver for those of you playing along at home.

Listen to my calls.

But, assuming there's three rallies left to go, Elvin Evans leads the way from Sammy Pirey now by just 20 points, with Oliver Solberg a little bit further behind.

He's 41 points in arrears, with Takamoto Katsuta unfortunately crashing out of Rally Paraguay 56 points behind for him.

A big, big ask now for Taka to win his first World Rally Championship.

And indeed, for Solberg, he's going to need problems for both Evans and Pirie ahead of him.

The win narrows Pajari's championship deficit to 20 points behind leader Elfin Evans with three rounds left.

There was a dramatic penultimate stage crash that sent Takamoto Katsuta to the hospital for a checkup and a power stage win by Oliver Solberg.

Pretty mad.

Pretty mad, the rally in Paraguay.

So at the moment it is Elvyn who leads by 30 points over Sami Pajari.

Takko is third, 11 points behind Sami, so 41 behind Elvyn.

He's only four points ahead of Oliver, so Oliver is 45, if my maths is correct.

Or is it 55? 45 points behind Elvyn.

I, I don't know.

But in, I would say Elvyn, Sami.

If you say Sami, you've got to probably say Takko and Oliver as well, 'cause there's not that much in between.

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