Kalle Rovanperä flies to victory in Estonia

In struggle with Craig Breen dans la journée du vendredi, Kalle Rovanperä (Toyota) s’envole vers un succès en Estonie. Même si il reste encore 11 spéciales à parcourir, le Finlandais a maintenant un écart de 35“7 sur son principal poursuivant irlandais.

The pilot Hyundai a perdu la majorité de son retard lors de la première spéciale de ce matin, que Rovanperä a maitrisée d’une main de maître. Breen n’a pourtant pas à rougir de sa performance ce week-end. Il entre régulièrement dans le top 3, jamais très loin de son équipier Ott Tanäk.

The unlucky Estonian yesterday, victim of two punctures and a problem with the suspension, lost all chances of ranking well in the general classification. Despite everything, he returned to the road today and set three scratch times on the four special stages on the program. He even plays the team game for Hyundai.

He actually placed himself behind Sebastien Ogier and in front Thierry Neuville, to prevent the French pilot from getting back on his Belgian teammate, in the second main battle of this rally from Estonia. Thierry Neuville third, trying to keep the last step of the podium. Sebastien Ogier pushes behind to come back. The Frenchman is only 4"5 away. 

In WRC2, Adrien fourmaux is currently in fourth position with 41” behind leader Mikkelsen. Note that SS13 was not able to complete. It is currently neutralized because Gryazin (Polo) rolled over. The crew is “ok”. This should allow Adrien Fourmaux to get on the provisional podium in Estonia.
 

Gryazin rolled on SS12 @RallyEstonia stage stopped, follow live https://t.co/uBtJUsbVNq pic.twitter.com/kUvFmfyNs3

— eWRC-results (@eWRCresults) July 17, 2021

 

General classification after SS13: