Rally Finland 2018
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Mikkelsen is expected to start in Kakaristo from 15:08 p.m. Tänak took the scratch this morning in 11'40"4.
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Rovanperä is still fastest in WRC 2 in SS16. His lead over Pietarinen is now more than 53s. Veiby took 3rd place, 6 tenths ahead of Huttunen.
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The general classification after SS16:
WRC standings after SS16 – 1. Tänak 1h 43m 20.0sec 2. Østberg +27.0sec 3. Latvala +44.6sec 4. Paddon +1m 18.4sec 5. Lappi +1m 31.0sec 6. Suninen +1m 37.0sec #WRC
— WRC (@OfficialWRC) July 28, 2018
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Ott Tänak (Toyota) signs his 5th scratch of the day in as many special stages contested so far in the second stage of the Rally Finland. The Estonian completed the 8,95km of Tuohikotanen in 4'26''0, tied with his teammate Jari-Matti Latvala and thus further increased his lead over Mads Ostberg (Citroën) by more than 3 seconds. Esapekka Lappi completed the Toyota top three on this route, preceding Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) and Teemu Suninen (M-Sport).
Ott Tänak now has a 27 second lead over Mads Ostberg who sees Jari-Matti Latvala come back to less than 18 seconds. Hayden Paddon and Esapekka Lappi complete the Top 5 while Teemu Suninen is 6 seconds behind his compatriot. Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport) keeps the advantage over his teammate Elfyn Evans for just over 2 seconds. Craig Breen (Citroën) is still ahead of Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) in 10th position.
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Tänak equalizes Latvala's time and increases his lead over the Norwegian by another 3″3. The Citroën is 27s behind the leader.
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Ostberg sets the 5th time, 3″3 behind Latvala. “We will change a few things for the next SS. » The Citroën driver still has more than 17s on the Finn.
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Latvala improves the reference of his teammate Lappi by another 9 tenths. The Finn remains well placed in 3rd position.
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Paddon is closest to the benchmark with a second behind Lappi. The New Zealander still maintains more than a dozen seconds ahead of the local driver.
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Suninen was closest to Lappi, 2″3 behind. The M-Sport driver is now 6s behind the Toyota in the general classification.
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Ogier finished 6 tenths ahead of his teammate Evans. The defending champion retains his 7th place. “It's hard to judge the changes in such a short SS but it seems to be going in the right direction. »
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Evans is the closest with 3″2 behind Lappi. “We only made minor changes, it doesn’t change much. » The Welshman remains 2″5 behind Ogier in 7th place.
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The Toyotas of Latvala and Lappi, the Hyundais and the Fords took 2 spare wheels compared to only one for the others. All crews are on medium tires.
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The first crews are already at the arrival of Tuohikotanen who was the last SS contested this morning.
Lappi set the provisional best time in 4'26″9, almost 4 seconds ahead of Breen and Neuville.
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