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Finland – SS9: Lappi still gains time on Tänak
Lappi is gradually returning to Tänak in Finland © Nikos Katikis / DPPI
It's an exciting duel that Esapekka Lappi and Ott Tänak ! The two drivers once again monopolized the first two places on SS9 of the Rally de Finlande. Comme pour l’ES8, c’est le Finlandais qui a pris le meilleur temps, 9 dixièmes devant l’Estonien. Au général, le pilote Toyota revient à 5″3 de Tänak. Chacun a désormais 3 victoires de spéciale à son actif.
Behind, it also tightens between Elfyn Evans and Kalle Rovanperä for 3rd place. The Welshman retained his 3rd place by just 5 tenths ahead of the Finn. Craig Breen (5th, +3″9) gave himself a little breathing space in front of Takamoto Katsuta (7th, +5″1) and now has a 1″8 lead over the Toyota driver. Thierry Neuville (6th, +4″6) is still behind in 7th place.
SS9 was a little more complicated for our French: Pierre-Louis Loubet (9th, +6″1) and Adrien fourmaux (10th, +9″9) lacked pace on this penultimate special of the day. Jari Huttunen (11th, +11″7) was able to restart despite his oil pressure problem.
The classification of SS9:
The general classification after SS9:
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Dorian Grangier
A young journalist nostalgic for the motorsport of yesteryear. Raised on the exploits of Sébastien Loeb and Fernando Alonso.
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