The WRC should have a test of endurance
The Rally Italy schedule meant long days and sleep-deprived drivers. For DAVID EVANS, it was the perfect time to explore endurance rallies in the WRC
Midnight was coming way too quickly. The talk turned to alarm clocks.
"I use two," says Mads Ostberg last Friday night in Sardinia. "I need two."
And setting them with a time starting with a four just wasn't going down very well. Being completely honest, it wasn't hard to argue. There had been very little sleep the night before. And clearly, eyes weren't going to be shut for too long in the night ahead.
The frustration got to Ostberg. Maybe it was the hour. Certainly it was the lack of sleep during Rally Italy.
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