The Japanese driver rolled his Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 on SS5 of the FIA World Rally Championship's sixth round and also lost time changing a wheel on the penultimate day. Despite the troubles, Katsuta managed to reach the finish and collect valuable points on an event that offered little rhythm.
"It was a very difficult weekend," Katsuta admitted. "Of course I'm not happy - puncture and roll and everything - but otherwise it went pretty okay."
The roll came on a deceptively slow hairpin right, catching him out on the second pass after a small moment earlier in the day.
"On the first pass I went a bit wide, so the second time I wanted to be tidy. Unfortunately [the car] turned in more quickly than I expected, touched a rock or something inside, and it rolled. Very unfortunate."
From that point, recovery was the focus. Despite a compromised road position, Katsuta posted competitive times on Saturday afternoon and set his sights on a strong Wolf Power Stage run - though execution fell just short.
"I was making mistakes and it was not really a nice push," he said. "But at least the time (fourth-fastest) was not so bad."
Katsuta now heads to Greece with a pre-event test planned and a clear objective to dial in confidence on similarly rough conditions.
"Greece is going to be very, very tough, similar to here," he said. "But we have a test before, so we can try a few things on the car and hopefully build more confidence. That's the target."
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