M-Sport\u2019s Ott Tanak emerged from an eventful Friday leading Rally Chile from Hyundai\u2019s Teemu Suninen as the World Rally Championship returned to the South American nation after a four-year hiatus.
After winning two of the three morning stages, Evans dropped from the rally lead to third after the afternoon’s first test, a second pass through Pulperia 19.77km.
The sister Hyundai driven by Neuville also showed an improvement in pace after fighting the handling of his i20N in the morning. The Belgian still wasn’t completely happy with his car, but managed to post the stage's third fastest time, 6.7s shy of Suninen. As Neuville alluded, the afternoon developed into tyre strategy battle. Tanak elected for a package of six softs, which helped the Estonian win stage five .
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