Volkswagen's Jari-Matti Latvala says he has learned from last year's RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada and knows now what he needs to do on the opening day. The event in Spain is the only one in the World Rally Championship that features mixed surfaces, with Friday's action incorporating tests on gravel and on gravel and asphalt, before Saturday and Sunday's all-tarmac affairs. Latvala lost out twelve months ago on the first leg, finishing it 36.6s behind team-mate, Sebastien Ogier, and while he then stormed back on Saturday and Sunday, winning eight of the ten stages in his Polo R WRC, he ultimately had to settle for the runners-up spot, 11.3s adrift. “Rally Spain is one of my favourite...
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