What panache! Kalle Rovanperä wins the Power Stage, Rally New Zealand and the 2022 WRC World Championship at 22 years and 1 day.

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Sébastien Ogier takes second time. Kalle Rovanperä sets off for a meeting with history.

4'52″5, Ott Tänak takes first place. A diabolical pace, but will it be enough...

Here we go for Ott Tänak!

Reasonable pace for Thierry Neuville. We can guess that the Hyundai drivers are holding back so as not to take the risk of depriving Ott Tänak of some precious ePower Stage points!

Oliver Solberg finished cautiously with the first significant mark of 4'55″5. Lots of little glitches and in the end a Top 5.

The Ford Puma moves at low speed... A technical problem sadly ends the Breen rally. “I took out a tire on the landing of the jump. Things are going like this at the moment…”

Craig Breen sets off on the final stage of Rally New Zealand!

After passing the first 5 WRC2, Craig Breen will start the stage for the WRC in a few minutes.

Shane Van Gisbergen gains height and takes a podium!

Here is the general classification updated before the start of SS17:

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SS17-Power Stage Jacks Ridge (6,77 km) will start at 04:30 a.m.!

Kalle Rovanperä: “Let's see what we can do. “We’re going to get some points and see what happens.”