Kenya – SS14: Katsuta blasts onto the podium

The Japanese driver put everyone on the right track during the second run of Sleeping Warrior. With the arrival of the rain, the morning's muddy stretches only increased, and almost all the Rally1 crews made their own small mistake. Katsuta remained the most focused to set the fastest time ahead of his teammates Kalle Rovanperä and Elfyn Evans. The Finn finished with a puncture, while the Welshman made two mistakes, but he retains the lead. rally.

Hyundai has had problems again, this time with fogging on its two cars. Ott Tänak et Thierry Neuville had to ask their respective co-drivers to clean the inside of the windshield in the middle of the special stage. While Neuville remains comfortably fifth, he is now two minutes behind Katsuta. The latter has closed on Ott Tänak, the gap being only 15″9 before the last two stages of the day. The Estonian lost 1'31″8 on this SS14 alone.

Rally Kenya – SS14

Rally Kenya – Overall after SS14

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