That corner was a high-speed left-hander on Sassari - Argentiera where, two years ago, the Japanese driver got quite the fright.
His Yaris World Rally Car was slightly out of line coming over a crest and clipped a bank on the inside which pitched the car into a spectacular barrel roll, ending Katsuta’s rally.
Sassari - Argentiera once again played host to the bonus points-paying Wolf Power Stage last weekend, although the Japanese driver admitted to easing off this time around. Can you really blame him?
“Honestly, I was completely killing speed on this corner,” Katsuta told WRC.com. “Of course, if I am in the fight, then I go for it and I need to push.
“This time, especially with nobody coming from behind, I didn’t need to do anything special. I just needed to bring the car home and take some points for the team and everything.
“Of course it was in the back of my mind, but like I said, I didn’t need to push in this moment and maybe in some ways it was good that we were in this position,” he added.
Katsuta also shed some light on a radiator issue he picked up in the watersplash at Coiluna - Loelle.
“Many things happened, actually,” he explained. “After regroup, there was absolutely no time and we were very rushed. It was my mistake, but I forgot to put the hybrid on and we had no hybrid boost.
“On that stage, in the watersplash, I was not really flat-out but straight away we got an alarm for the radiator. After that, I was having to take care quite a lot and I was really frustrated with myself.”
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