Following Saturday's morning loop of stages on WRC Rally Finland, OttTanak retains his advantage at the top. But KalleRovanpera is closing on the Estonian and second-placed Esapekka Lappi in third position, after taking advantage of rain. Report ⬇️
Tanak increased an overnight 3.8s advantage over Lappi into a 9.5s lead at the end of a wet Saturday morning loop of gravel stages.
Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville made the most of mistakes from Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta and M-Sport’s Craig Breen to rise to fifth,Evans made the best start to the day as he won Stage 11, held in damp conditions. The Welshman pipped Rovanpera by 0.7s, but the latter’s pace in the tricky conditions was a sign of things to come.
At the front, Lappi lost more time to leader Tanak when he overshot a junction, a carbon copy of an error made by his Toyota team-mate Katsuta as braking points became hard to judge.Photo by: Toyota Racing Breen’s M-Sport team-mates Adrien Fourmaux, Pierre-Louis Loubet, Gus Greensmith and Jari Huttunen, who were among the first to encounter the heavy rain, survived severe aquaplaning to reach the stage end.
Behind, there was yet more misfortune for Rally1 debutant Huttunen, who suffered a power steering issue after a fuel pressure problem robbed the Finn of eighth overall on Friday.
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