Rally Estonia 2020
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Here is the ranking of this SS2:
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen take the lead of the rally:
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Pontus Tidemand (Skoda) finished 3″1 behind Nikolay Gryazin.
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Correction: Nikolay Gryazin (Hyundai) might have hit something during the special, because his front hood is about to open. He finished 11″ behind Mads Ostberg.
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Unsurprisingly in WRC 2, Mads Ostberg (Citroën) finished behind all WRCs in 12th place, but only 20″ behind Gus Greensmith.
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“I was careful, a little too much perhaps,” explains Pierre-Louis Loubet. I will try to improve for the next stage. »
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Half spin for Nikolay Gryazin (Hyundai) in WRC 2! The Russian leaves without having damaged his car but lost precious seconds.
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Debutant Pierre-Louis Loubet (Hyundai) and his teammate Vincent Landais complete their first “real” special with the i20 WRC. The Corsican driver is 10th, 19″1 behind Kalle Rovanperä.
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The third man of the M-Sport Ford team, Gus Greensmith, is inside. The Briton already loses 24″9 on the leading Toyota!
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Craig Breen (Hyundai) started the day strong with the 2nd fastest time, 1″ behind Kalle Rovanperä.
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The Japanese Takamoto Katsuta (Toyota) gets going with the 7th time, 10″9 behind Kalle Rovanperä.
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Esapekka Lappi had a heat and finished almost 10″ behind Kalle Rovanperä.
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Bad start to the event for Teemu Suninen and Jarmo Lehtinen. They finished 15″7 behind Kalle Rovanperä.
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The first leader of the rally, Esapekka Lappi (Ford), is already 5″ halfway through.
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The outgoing champion Ott Tänak (Hyundai) finished behind Elfyn Evans, 2″8 behind Kalle Rovanperä, while he was provisional leader before the final portion, made up of a long straight line on asphalt. The Hyundai reached for the breaker for several seconds.
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The first Ford Fiesta to set off, that of Teemu Suninen, almost went off the road in a fast curve!
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Kalle Rovanperä finishes 2″1 ahead of Elfyn Evans! Thierry Neuville slips between Elfyn Evans and Sébastien Ogier in 3rd place.
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Elfyn Evans (Toyota) finished 1″3 ahead of Sébastien Ogier.
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Ogier: “Difficult to drive at the limit. The grip is OK but not exceptional. »
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At the second intermediate point, Kalle Rovanperä (Toyota) is the fastest ahead of Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) and Sébastien Ogier by a few tenths.
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Sébastien Ogier finishes after 9'56″1 of effort.
