Tänak the survivor of the Rally of Türkiye

The second passage of the second stage of Rally from Türkiye once again brought its share of surprises. The general classification is once again shaken up, especially after SS11 which saw problems accumulate among the competitors.

While Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport) avait bien limité son retard après la casse d’un triangle de suspension, le quintuple champion du WRC est sorti de la route et a terminé sa course contre un arbre. Alors leader de la course, Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai) a perdu plusieurs minutes en raison d’un souci de différentiel lui faisant perdre la motricité sur le train avant. Craig Breen (Citroën) saw his C3 WRC go up in smoke while he was in 6th place.

(Crew OK) @Craig_Breen ´s car after SS11…
SS12 now running and live on https://t.co/twccZ0hRvh#WRC #WRCLive @rallyturkey pic.twitter.com/zWbyPGGwKy

— WRC (@OfficialWRC) September 15, 2018

Ott Tänak (Toyota) se retrouve ainsi en position idéale pour remporter sa 3e victoire consécutive cette année. L’Estonien ne dispose que de 13 secondes d’avance sur son coéquipier Jari-Matti Latvala qui a souffert d’une crevaison dans l’ES11, mais il devrait bénéficier des consignes d’équipe pour la dernière journée afin de lui optimiser ses chances au championnat.

The provisional podium is completed by Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) who is one minute behind the Yaris WRC. The New Zealander is more than 2 minutes ahead of Teemu Suninen (M-Sport) while Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai) completes the Top 5 after a very complicated passage.

Henning Solberg (Skoda) is in an unexpected 6th position even though he is not eligible for WRC 2, ahead of Elfyn Evans (M-Sport) by almost 4 minutes who returned to Rally 2 this Saturday.

Jan Kopecky (Skoda) regained the lead of WRC 2, occupying 8th place in the standings. The Czech took advantage of a stop by Chris Ingram (Skoda) in SS13. The Briton finds himself 3rd in WRC 2 behind Simone Tempestini (Citroën).

The final stage of Rally Turkey is scheduled to start at 9:08 a.m. with 4 special stages on the program.