Rally Finland 2017
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Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) took the scratch in the 22,68km of Päijälä, SS15 of the Rally Finland, completing the course in 10'55''2. The Finn regained 5”4 on his teammate Esapekka Lappi. Elfyn Evans (Ford) was closest to the benchmark with almost 4 seconds behind, taking back almost 3 seconds from Juho Hänninen (Toyota). Mads Ostberg (Ford) finished more than 9s from the scratch. Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) lost a dozen seconds on the lead of the race.
Jari-Matti Latvala takes the lead in Rally Finland with a 4s lead over his compatriot. The Finns now occupy the first four places since Juho Hänninen took 8th place between Teemu Suninen (Ford) and Elfyn Evans (Ford) who also took the advantage over Craig Breen (Citroën). The Irishman is now threatened by Mads Ostberg who is just over 4s behind. Thierry Neuville remains 3th.
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Paddon hit a rock and damaged his suspension. The Hyundai driver had already broken his suspension during the first stage.
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Veiby is also arrested in the special. The Skoda driver was in 12th place in the standings.
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Lappi sets the 3rd time, 5″4 behind Latvala. The latter takes the lead of the rally with a 4″8 lead over his compatriot. “It was a good stage for me, but Jari-Matti is attacking very hard. »
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Latvala took the provisional scratch with a time of 10'55"5, 3"7 better than Evans. The Toyota driver remains in a duel with his teammate Lappi for the lead of the race. “This stage was very difficult because it was difficult to see the level of grip. »
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Paddon stopped due to a wheel problem.
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Suninen sets the 3rd provisional time, 2″2 behind Evans. The M-Sport driver remains well placed in 3rd place.
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Starting again in Rally 2, Paddon was stopped in the special.
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Breen: “I spun towards the end of the stage. The car is too nervous. I don't feel confident before Ouninpohja. »
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Breen lost 13″3 to Evans who recovered 4th place with almost 13 seconds ahead of the Citroën driver.
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Hänninen is closest to Evans with 2″8 behind. The Toyota driver is still looking to regain 4th place from Breen.
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Ostberg signs the 3rd provisional time by dropping 5”6 to Evans who is now ahead of the Norwegian by almost 7s in the general classification. “I had a lot of oversteer. I couldn't attack. »
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Evans took the provisional scratch in 10'59″2, 3″8 better than Tänak. “I had a lot of trouble in this special because the grip wasn't there. » The Dmack driver seeks to maintain his 6th place against Ostberg.
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Neuville achieves the 3rd provisional time, 5″1 behind Tänak. The Hyundai driver maintains 8th place. “The car was moving too much in this stage. »
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Meeke finished 2″2 behind Tänak and kept a little less than half a minute ahead of the M-Sport driver in 9th place. “I'm still a little disturbed by the management. »
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Tänak improves the benchmark with a time of 11'03″0, 18s better than Sordo. The M-Sport driver remains 10th. “It’s a long step. The conditions were still a little tricky. »
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Sordo improves Al Qassimi's time by 50 seconds with a time of 11'21″0. The Hyundai driver is 11th in the general classification. “This stage was fun even if the road was quite slippery. The weekend remains difficult for us but at least we are here. I hope we will do better in Germany. »
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Al Qassimi signs a first time of 12'11″8. “This special is complicated. It's not easy to have confidence because the road is slippery. »
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Al Qassimi started SS15.
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The crews will compete on the 15km Päijälä SS22,68 from 9:06 a.m.
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