Rally Finland 2017

08h

The crews will compete on the 15km Päijälä SS22,68 from 9:06 a.m.

08h

The provisional classification after SS14:

 

08h

Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) took the scratch in the 14,9km of Pihlajakoski with a time of 6'53''9. The Finn took 3”8 from his teammate Esapekka Lappi who completed the quadruple of local drivers behind Juho Hänninen (Toyota) and Teemu Suninen (Ford). Craig Breen (Citroën) finished 8s behind the benchmark after missing a turn. Mads Ostberg (Ford) lost more than a second to Elfyn Evans (Ford).

Esapekka Lappi only maintains a lead of 6 tenths over Jari-Matti Latvala. Teemu Suninen still completes the provisional podium ahead of Craig Breen who only has a 6 tenths lead over Juho Hänninen. Elfyn Evans climbed to 6th place with 1”2 ahead of Mads Ostberg. Thierry Neuville remains 8th.

08h

Lapi drops 3″8 to Latvala and only maintains a lead of 6 tenths over his teammate in the general classification. “Jari-Matti did a very good special. I was a little too careful at the beginning but I pushed a little more towards the end. »

08h

Latvala improves the provisional scratch with a time of 6'53″9, 2″7 ahead of his teammate Hänninen. “I have to do my best. I am here to fight even if it is not easy. I was a little too aggressive at the start but more careful towards the middle. »

08h

Suninen is closest to Hänninen with half a second behind. The Toyota driver remains well established in 3rd place. “The special was very beautiful. I could have attacked a little more. »

08h

Breen drops 5″5 to Hänninen and only retains his 4th place for a lead of 6 tenths over the Toyota driver. “The car behaves very well, it’s better than the day before. I lost time by missing a turn. »

08h

Hänninen improves the benchmark with a time of 6'56″6, 3″1 better than Evans. The Toyota driver is 5th, a few seconds behind Breen after losing time following a twisted wheel yesterday. “We will see if it will be enough to get back into the top 4 but it will be a long day. »

08h

Ostberg drops 1″3 from Evans and finds himself 7th behind the Dmack driver. “It was a pretty good stage but we still had some difficulties. »

08h

Evans is the first to go under the 7min mark with a time of 6'59″7, 6 tenths better than Tänak. The M-Sport driver is battling with Ostberg for 6th place.

08h

Neuville is closest to Tänak, finishing at 1″6. The Hyundai driver is 8th. “We will not be competitive this weekend. »

08h

Meeke ranks 11″3 behind Tänak. The Citroën driver ranks 9th. “I still have direction problems. I wish I had a hangover. »

08h

All the drivers wearing Michelin tires took 5 soft tires.

08h

Tänak improves Sordo's time by 15 seconds with a time of 7'00″3 which well protects his 10th place.

08h

Sordo improves Al Qassimi's time by almost half a minute with a time of 7'15"4. “The last km were very fast. » The Hyundai driver is in 11th place, a few tenths behind Tänak.

08h

Al Qassimi sets a first time of 7'41″7 on this special run for the first time in this direction. The Citroën driver is moving towards 20th place.

07h

Al Qassimi set off in the 14,9km from Pihlajakoski.

07h

The WRCs will start every 2 minutes. The gap will drop to one minute for WRC 2.

07h

Latvala leaves the service park in his Toyota:

 

07h

Here is the order of departures for this 2nd stage. Al Qassimi will be responsible for sweeping the road.

 

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