Ogier and Paddon on the mat in Finland

Sébastien Ogier (Ford) retired in SS4 Rally from Finland following a trip off the road where he ended up in the trees. His Fiesta WRC who occupied 6th place in the ranking suffers from a broken suspension. Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) also retired following damage to the right rear while he was in 3rd place.

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Ogier on SS4.
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Ott Tänak (Ford), leader of the Rally Finland before SS4, lost more than a minute following a right-rear puncture following a trip off the road.

Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) signed the scratch with a time of 10'06''3 achieved at the end of 21,31km where he was 1''3 ahead of his teammate Jari-Matti Latvala. Mads Ostberg (Ford) followed more than 5 seconds ahead of Teemu Suninen (Ford) and Juho Hänninen (Toyota). Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) set the 9th fastest time, around ten seconds from the benchmark.

Jari-Matti Latvala takes the lead in Rally Finland with a 5s lead over Esapekka Lappi. Craig Breen completes the new provisional podium 8s behind the first Finn, ahead of Teemu Suninen and Mads Ostberg. Juho Hänninen is in 6th place, a dozen seconds from the head of the race, just ahead of Kris Meeke (Citroën) and Elfyn Evans (Ford). Thierry Neuville is in 9th place with a good lead over his teammate Dani Sordo. Ott Tänak is more than a minute late.