Rally Finland 2017

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Greensmith gave up. The Briton, who was in 4th place in WRC 2 in a Fiesta R5, abandoned the stage. Gilbert finds himself 2nd, 9s behind category leader Huttunen.

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Loubet was stopped in the special even though he had moved up to 2nd place in WRC 2 ahead of Gilbert.

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The provisional classification after SS10:

 

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Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) scored his 6th scratch of the day at Rally Finland by winning the 10km Lankamaa SS21,68, completing the course in 10'21''4 with a 7 tenths lead over Teemu Suninen ( Ford). Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) followed at 1”4 and Juho Hänninen (Toyota) at 2”8, completing a Finnish quadruple. Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) set the 8th time, 12”5 behind the benchmark. Kris Meeke (Citroën) and Mads Ostberg (Ford) finished around 20s behind due to mechanical problems.

Esapekka Lappi has taken the lead at Rally Finland where local drivers dominate the WRC field. The Toyota driver has a lead of 3 tenths over his teammate Jari-Matti Latvala. Teemu Suninen remains in 3rd place, 14 seconds behind the Toyota drivers, ahead of Juho Hänninen by around ten seconds who took 4th place with almost 3 seconds ahead of Craig Breen (Citroën). Elfyn Evans (Ford) gained two places, now occupying 6th place ahead of Mads Ostberg and Kris Meeke (Citroën) who, conversely, lost two places. The Northern Irishman only has a lead of 8 tenths over Thierry Neuville.

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Suninen was closest to Lappi, 7 tenths behind, but the M-Sport driver reported having a problem without specifying what it was. He remains 3rd ahead of his compatriot Hänninen who took 4th place and completes the Finnish quadruple.

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Ostberg finished more than 20 seconds behind Lappi's provisional scratch. The Norwegian loses two places and finds himself 2s behind Evans. “We already had the same problem in Sardinia and Argentina. This is a wheel level. »

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Lappi takes the lead in the Rally Finland with a 3 tenths lead over Latvala with a time of 10'21"4 where he is 1"4 ahead of his teammate. " It's nice. I tried to attack as much as possible in this difficult stage. »

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Meeke fails almost 20s from the provisional scratch after losing time in the last sector. Neuville is only 8 tenths behind the Citroën driver who lost a place to Evans. The Northern Irishman did not wish to speak at the end of the special.

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Hänninen also finished with a damaged Toyota even though he was closest to his teammate with 1″ behind. “I hit a rock towards the end. » The Finn, who suffers from a damaged suspension, is playing on the outskirts of the top five.

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Breen achieved the 4th provisional time, almost 8s from the provisional scratch. “I quickly lost the brakes in the special. » The Citroën driver could well lose his 4th place to Ostberg.

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Latvala finished SS10 with minor damage to the rear of his Toyota.

 

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Lappi set off at a fantastic pace, beating Latvala by more than 4 seconds at the first intermediate.

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Evans signs the 3rd provisional time, 3″7 behind Latvala and takes over 7s from Neuville, who is 14s behind the M-Sport driver in the general classification. “Things are working much better now. »

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Sordo lost 26s from the race lead in SS10. “I’m not enjoying this moment. » The Hyundai driver could soon be taken over by Tänak.

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Täbak finished 2″8 behind Latvala. The Estonian is half a minute out of the top ten in the general classification.

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Latvala took the scratch with a time of 10’22″8, 11″1 better than Neuville. The Toyota driver remains under direct threat from his teammate Lappi who is one second behind at the start of the special.

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Neuville sets a first time in 10’33”9 at the end of the 21,68km.

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The 21,68km Lankamaa special will be contested from 16:11 p.m. This route played only once is the longest of the stage. Neuville started the special.

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