The Toyota driver has been among the many most crucial of the brand new factors system and once more introduced the topic again into query after ending second behind team-mate Sebastien Ogier.
Evans scooped 19 factors from the weekend, choosing up 15 for ending second on Saturday earlier than claiming three from the Tremendous Sunday classification and one from the Energy Stage.
His tally matched title rival Thierry Neuville, who completed third, to make sure Evans continues to path the Hyundai driver by six factors within the championship standings.
One other quirk of the factors construction noticed Ott Tanak declare 20 factors, one lower than rally winner Ogier after ending fourth. Tanak picked up 10 factors after ending Saturday fourth however earned six factors from ending second within the Sunday standings, and 4 factors from the Energy Stage.
After being concerned in a “mega” battle for the win with Neuville and Ogier all through the rally earlier than a mistake on stage 18, Evans felt his efforts weren’t sufficiently rewarded.
“After all, there was loads of pleasure from it [the close fight with Neuville] however on the finish of all of it though now we have had a mega weekend, it looks like there’s zero reward for it given the brand new factors construction,” Evans informed Autosport when requested about his tense battle for the win.
“Adrien [Fourmaux] spent quarter-hour altering his steering arm and he has bought 13 factors and now we have come away with 19 factors and Ott has bought 20 factors. It’s tough to really feel pleasure and you may clearly see that on the rostrum, all people is in the identical boat.”
Adrien Fourmaux, Alexandre Coria, M-Sport Ford World Rally Group Ford Puma Rally1
Photograph by: M-Sport
The brand new factors system is being monitored by the FIA, however the intention is for the system to see out the season based on the governing physique’s highway sport director Andrew Wheatley.
“The principles are set yr by yr and if you wish to change the factors system within the yr you must have unanimous settlement of each registered competitor and that’s extremely tough to do,” stated Wheatley on the Friday of the occasion.
“The intention of the factors system is to let it run for the yr and we’re consistently monitoring it to grasp what the implications are and what the alternatives are. We’ve got had a few ends of the spectrum. I don’t suppose now we have had anyone reporting on the finish of a Sunday stage saying that they’re simply driving spherical.
“What it has finished thus far is it has achieved its goal [to improve the action on Sundays] nevertheless now we have each ends of the spectrum and now we have to see if we’re nonetheless attaining the goal on the center or the tip of the season.”
Along with frustrations over the factors system, Evans rued a “huge error” in taking extra laborious tyres than his rivals, which he felt contributed to his expensive spin in stage 18 that ended his victory hopes.
“I’m simply so disenchanted with my tyre selection this morning it was fairly a giant error to go so courageous,” added Evans.
“The situations have been worse than what we anticipated, and we knew there could be air pollution [on the road] and we didn’t fairly anticipate it to be as unhealthy because it was.
“After all, the spin occurred because of the laborious tyre on the rear, so it was positively a mistake to go together with that selection in the present day.”