WRC Paraguay Tyre Woes Cause Chaos

Four-time world champion Juha Kankkunen described Friday at Rally Paraguay as unprecedented in his career, with multiple tyre punctures and delaminations causing chaos on the event's opening day. The extreme conditions have crews preparing for a weekend that could become even more challenging with heavy rain expected to make the clay/gravel stages extremely slippery.

WRC teams had anticipated Paraguay would be a "rally of survival," potentially as extreme as the famous Safari Rally Kenya. The combination of abrasive surfaces and unpredictable weather has already forced several retirements and damaged championship hopes for top contenders. sport-ipl.my