Ott Tänak dominates the first stage at Rally Estonia

If you Rally of Estonia has no accounting issues this year in WRC, the Baltic round serves as a big rehearsal before the next Rally Finland in early August. And on his lands, Ott Tänak intends to shine in addition to preparing as best as possible for the legendary “1000 Lakes” meeting.

The pilot of the Toyota Gazoo Racing s’est offert sept temps scratchs ce samedi pour la première étape, et conclut la journée avec 33″4 d’avance sur Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai). Une marge qui aurait pu être plus importante sans une pénalité pour un pointage en retard de l’Estonien.

Esapekka Lappi (Citroën) complète le podium provisoire à 46″3. Suivent Elfyn Evans (M-Sport Ford) and Craig Breen (Hyundai) which continues its discovery of the i20 Coupe WRC before its return to the World Cup in Finland.

Sixth, Oliver Solberg places his Volkswagen Polo R5 at the head of the category, and precedes the Ford Fiesta WRC of Markko Martin. Among the notable retirements of the day, Takamoto Katsuta gave up following a cooling problem.

Six stages are on the program tomorrow for the final stage.