The Toyota driver, sitting second, was pushing hard in stage 16 when he lost the rear of GR Yaris on a long left-hander, resulting in a heavy impact with a snowbank.
Evans was able to continue with damage to the front of his car before stopping to make some repairs. It was initially thought that the frontal impact was the reason for his retirement but the Welshman has confirmed that the absence of any lights on his hybrid system forced him out under the new FIA Rally1 regulations.
The incident was similar to the problem that forced Hyundai’s Ott Tanak to retire from the lead battle on Friday when a red light appeared on his hybrid unit.
In this situation, under the new FIA regulations, the team is unable to continue for safety reasons with the crew and team unable to touch the car until given the all-clear by hybrid supplier Compact Dynamics and the FIA.
“Everything was going okay in the stage but on a long left hander we aggressively lost the rear end and it sort of…
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