Arctic Rally Finland 2021
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This is the end of the first day of the Arctic Rally. See you this Saturday at 8:08 a.m. for the start of the third special of the event
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Ott Tänak wins SS2 and consolidates his lead at the top of the general standings. The Hyundai driver is 16″2 ahead of his teammate Craig Breen at the end of the first day of the Arctic Rally. Kalle Rovanperä is in 3rd place, just over 20 seconds behind the Estonian. Bad operation for Sébastien Ogier who is only 9th at 49″8.
SS2 classification General classification at the end of SS2
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SS2 finished for Pierre-Louis Loubet. His puncture cost him a lot of time. He reached the finish in 19'44″1 to 3'51″2 from Ott Tänak
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The Frenchman appears to have suffered a puncture
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Pirre-Louis Loubet stopped shortly after the 10th kilometer of the special but was able to restart. He lost three minutes
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Great performance from Oliver Solberg for his second WRC outing of the day. The Swede finished the special in 16'07″7, 14″8 off the lead and in a good 4th place (provisional)
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Despite a time of 16'05″5, Craig Breen set the third time of SS2, 12″6 behind Ott Tänak. He will finish the day in second place overall
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Fourth time of SS2 for Gus Greensmith with a time of 16'08″6
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Ott Tänak strikes again and takes the lead with a time of 15'52″9, 9″8 faster than Kalle Rovanperä
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14″2 behind Rovanperä for Greensmith at the finish. He stopped his time 16'16″9
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Takamoto Katsuta signs the 4th provisional time in 16'11″8, 9″1 behind the leader
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Best time for Kalle Rovanperä in 16'02″7, 5″5 faster than Elfyn Evans
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“To be honest, in these conditions, I am satisfied with my passage,” explains the Belgian
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Second provisional time for Thierry Neuville in 16'10″3, 2″1 from Elfyn Evans' mark
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“The road was not easy especially at the end but we are doing well,” underlines the Welshman
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16'08″2 for Elfyn Evans who is ahead of Sébastien Ogier by 11″8 in this SS2
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“I did what I could but it’s very difficult,” Ogier regrets upon arrival.
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Sébastien Ogier finishes his special. The Frenchman stops the clock in 16'20, half a second faster than his previous run
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Neuville provisional second time in 2nd intermediate
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Third overall, Rovanperä receives the green light and hits the road!
