{"id":142077,"date":"2025-09-14T07:40:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T07:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/142077\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T07:40:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T07:40:32","slug":"why-ott-tanak-suffered-a-second-wrc-rally-chile-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/142077\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Ott Tanak suffered a second WRC Rally Chile retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Protecting his spare engine for a chance to fight for Super Sunday points is the reason behind Ott Tanak<\/a>\u2019s decision to retire from Rally Chile for a second time.<\/p>\n

Tanak rejoined the rally after his Hyundai team fitted a spare engine to his i20 N Rally1 car overnight, following an engine failure during Friday\u2019s stage six while leading the rally by 9.7s.<\/p>\n

The two-time Rally Chile winner lit up the timing screens on Saturday morning as Tanak won the opening two stages, held in wet conditions, before deciding to retire the car again before stage nine.<\/p>\n

Tanak explained the reason behind contesting the two stages was to check the engine and gather data ahead of Sunday\u2019s four stages when a maximum of 10 points are on offer to crews, that will be crucial to Tanak\u2019s World Rally Championship title bid.<\/p>\n

The 2019 world champion headed into Rally Chile 18 points behind leader Elfyn Evans<\/a>, who led Rally Chile after stage nine.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBy regulation you are allowed two engines per year,\u201d said Tanak. \u201cThis is actually also the engine which we had a problem with in Sweden and it\u2019s also not in a good shape.<\/p>\n

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Ott T\u00e4nak, Martin J\u00e4rveoja, Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai i20 N Rally1<\/p>\n

Photo by: Romain Thuillier \/ Hyundai Motorsport<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it was already getting on the limit in these two stages. So yeah, we try to save it for Super Sunday and hopefully it can take us through four stages.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe came back [today] not to damage the engine too much and have a good look at the data, have a good preparation for tomorrow and do everything we can from our side.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tanak admitted his title bid is \u201cnot great\u201d after Friday\u2019s engine failure and believes a \u201cbig change\u201d in the championship battle will be needed to keep his hopes of a second title alive.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s see what the situation is after this rally,\u201d he added. \u201cLike I said, I will for sure do my best if I start the rally. It doesn\u2019t really matter if it\u2019s for the championship or is it for the rally.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou always try to keep everything from your side. Otherwise, there is no point in going to the rally. So, some kind of excitement and motivation still needs to be there and that\u2019s part of the job. Looking back to this season it will need a big change.”<\/p>\n

When asked about the bad luck he has experienced this year, he added, \u201cIt has absolutely nothing to do with luck.\u201d<\/p>\n

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