Rally Finland 2022
Ott Tänak fails just 2 tenths behind Rovanperä! The Estonian was nevertheless ahead throughout the special! This is the 3rd scratch of the day for the Finn, who is getting closer to Lappi's 2nd place!
See you at 15:38 p.m. for SS16!
The classification of SS15:
The general classification after SS15:
Esapekka Lappi still loses time on Rovanperä: 1″9 behind on this SS15. The gap for 2nd place is now only 1″5!
5″3 lost for Elfyn Evans, who was dropped by Rovanperä in the general: the gap is now 10 seconds between the two teammates at Toyota!
New best time for Rovanperä: 9'27″9! That's 13 seconds faster than Loubet!
Rovanperä: “The ruts are quite rough (…). I wasn't anything special. It's tricky to be honest – we changed the car a lot. »
Takamoto Katsuta lost a little time at the end of the special. The Japanese, ahead in the last intermediate, finally achieves the exact same time as Loubet. But he regained some time on Neuville overall.
Thierry Neuville is slower than Loubet by 9 tenths on this 15th special.
For advice: “There's a lot of ruts in there and it's pretty destroyed in the last section. I didn't feel well at all, but we are here. It's easy to have a puncture or damage – we just drove cleanly. »
And it was immediately beaten by Pierre-Louis Loubet, who finished the special in 9'40″9.
Gus Greensmith improves the best time with a 9'41″4, 4″2 faster than Fourmaux.
Greensmith: “It was the best 9'41″4 of my life! I don't know what it is, but there is something special about this step. It's something ! »
He was not beaten by Jari Huttunen who failed just 3 tenths behind the Frenchman.
Adrien Fourmaux achieves a first mark in 9'45″6.
Please note that it was raining this morning while now the sun dominates the surroundings of Jyväskylä. Times should therefore be faster.
The reference time achieved this morning on the same special: 9'38″1, owned by Elfyn Evans.
Here we go again on this Rally of Finland for the 2nd loop of the day! Adrien Fourmaux is the first to set off like this morning.
Speaking of Craig Breen, here is his accident this morning on video:
A reminder of the starting order for this afternoon's four stages:
- Fourmaux
- Huttunen
- Greensmith
- loubet
- Neuville
- Feel it
- Rovanperä
- Evans
- Lapland
- Thank you
Craig Breen, who crashed during SS12, retired this morning and will not be at the start.
If you missed this morning's specials, don't panic, here is the summary of the first loop with a very compact leading quartet in terms of gaps!
Tänak resists Lappi and Rovanperä, the top 4 in less than 18 seconds!
The start of SS15 (Päijälä 2 – 20,30 km) is scheduled for 14:38 p.m.