Tänak takes off at Rally Chile

Ott Tänak (Toyota) a signé le scratch dans les deux spéciales de nouveau traversées dans la première étape du Rally from Chile. 6 seconds ahead of Sébastien Ogier (Citroën) at the service, the Estonian has 23 seconds on the six-time champion WRC before the super special which will close the day.

Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) climbed onto the provisional podium with a little more than 2 seconds ahead of Thierry Neuville (Hyundai), le Belge ayant davantage souffert du balayage dans le second passage.

Kris Meeke (Toyota) still occupies 5th place, but the Northern Irishman sees Sébastien Loeb (Hyundai) revenir rapidement dans ses rétros. Avec deux deuxièmes meilleurs temps d’affilée, le nonuple champion du monde n’est plus qu’à 4 secondes de la deuxième Yaris WRC après avoir repris Elfyn Evans (M-Sport).

The gap is made in the peloton since Teemu Suninen (M-Sport) is ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai) by a second, being more than 2 minutes behind the leader of the race. Esapekka Lappi (Citroën) still completes the Top 10.

It is now Kalle Rovanperä (Skoda) who occupies the lead in WRC 2 Pro, as well as 11th position in the general classification, ahead of Mads Ostberg (Citroën) by less than 3 seconds.

Update after the super special

At the end of the super special closing the first stage of the Rally Chile, Ott Tänak has a 22s lead over Sébastien Ogier. Jari-Matti Latvala maintains third place, 4 tenths ahead of Thierry Neuville. Kris Meeke remains 7th with 5”2 ahead of Sébastien Loeb. Elfyn Evans remains 2th ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen who takes 7th place from Teemu Suninen for a second lead. Esapekka Lappi still completes the Top 8.