Betting Rally Croatia to Win: Drivers Betting Analysis

WRC Croatia Rally: We are 3 races into the new WRC season, and it is already clear that things are a little different

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Given that both Sebastian Ogier and Kalle Rovanpera are racing on a part-time basis, the door is open for other drivers to step in and make their mark. While it is certainly still very early in the new season, we are seeing some real parity, with 3 different drivers winning across the opening 3 races of the season. The question now is whether one driver can take a stranglehold on the proceedings and open up a lead at the top, or whether the championship race is going to be tight all the way to the end. The next opportunity to test out those theories comes this weekend with the running of the Croatia Rally. Let’s look at some of the full-time drivers that might be in the hunt in this one.

2024 WRC Rally Croatia Info

Where: Croatia
Streaming/TV: rally.tv

Thierry Neuville

The Belgian driver saw his season get off to the best possible start with a win in the opening race of the season in Monte Carlo. While he hasn’t been awful in the 2 races since that one, he has not found his way back to the podium, although he did finish in the top 5 in both. Even though he did not finish in the top 3 in those last 2 races, he has picked up enough points to be on top of the driver standings, although his lead is a mere 6 points. He will be looking for better this weekend in Croatia, and I tend to think he will be in the mix. He had an awful run there in 2023, but he finished in the top 3 in the 2 years prior to that.

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Elfyn Evans

Evans has very much been knocking on the championship door for some time now, finishing 2nd overall in 3 of the last 4 WRC seasons. He is back in his familiar spot this time around, picking up 61 points through the opening 3 races of the season to be sitting just off the pace set by Neuville. He has been no worse than 4th through those opening races, landing on the podium twice during that stretch. There is reason to believe that he might do even better this weekend given that he came out on top in Croatia last season. Could this be the week where Evans achieves #1 status?

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Adrien Fourmaux

We are not quite ready to call this a 2-horse race for the championship just yet, but there is a gap opening up between the top 2 and the rest of the pack in the early going. Fourmaux is sitting in 3rd and is already 15 points behind Evans, although that is not an insurmountable gap. He does have back-to-back podium finishes coming into this one, so perhaps he can make an impact this weekend.

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Ott Tanak

Given that he won the 2019 WRC World Championship, we perhaps set the bat a little higher for Tanak. To this point in the season, he is not really coming anywhere near that bar, especially after a disastrous showing in Sweden. He has yet to land on the podium this season, but he did finish 2nd in each of the last 2 seasons in Croatia, so perhaps he can pick up some much-needed points with a strong showing this weekend.

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