In the Junior WRC, Juuso Nordgren took the provisional best time in 3'36″4 ahead of Ole Christian Veiby at 2″3 and Simone Tempestini at 3″3.

Special stage no. 22 of this Rally of Finland will start at 8:21 a.m.

In WRC-2, Pontus Tidemand (Skoda) is currently the fastest, ahead of Teemu Suninen's Skoda by 0"5 and Elfyn Evans' Ford Fiesta R1 by 3"5. Esapekka Lappi (Skoda) is in 4th provisional place at 1″6.

Overall, Lappi remains well in the lead with 45″8 ahead of Suninen and 56″4 over Tidemand.

“I was calm. I have fun on these ES, but above all we respect them. » admits Meeke.

Rally leader Kris Meeke arrives at the stopping point in 3'20"5, 6"8 behind Ott Tänak and 4"7 behind Latvala. The Briton remains 36″3 ahead of the Finn in the general classification.  

3rd provisional time for Jari-Matti Latvala on his Volkswagen Polo R WRC. The Finn concluded this ES in 3'15″8, 2″1 behind Tänak.

“You have to remember the experience these guys have,” admits Breen. On my side everything is fine. We will attack a little in the next SS. »

Craig Breen (DS3) concedes 4″3 on Tänak’s provisional best time. The Irishman now only has a 4″8 lead over the Estonian overall.

The fight for the podium is well and truly underway. Craig Breen seems slower than Ott Tänak on the first kilometers of the ES. The Estonian from Ford finished in 3'13″7, the provisional best time.

“I struggle a lot with the rear of the car,” confesses Neuville. I couldn't do better on this one. »

Thierry Neuville fails 1″6 behind Paddon. The Belgian sees his overall lead for fifth place against the New Zealander reduced to 1″1.

Mads Ostberg (Ford) climbs into provisional third position, six tenths behind Abbring. The Norwegian from Team M-Sport is followed by Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) who for his part beats the time of his teammate Abbring in 3'15"4, 2"9 better than the Dutchman.

Andreas Mikkelsen (Volkswagen) fails 2″4 behind the benchmark set by Kevin Abbring (Hyundai). “I'm trying to save my tires for the Power Stage. » specifies the Norwegian.

“I decided to trust myself and the notes,” admits the Dutchman from Hyundai. The slippery road suited the pace of my notes. Tricky, but pleasant. »

Al-Qassimi (DS3) is at 17″3. A few moments later, it was Kevin Abbring (Hyundai) who finished and was ahead of Ogier's Volkswagen Polo by a tenth of a second.

Valeriy Gorban (Mini) ranks 12″1 behind Ogier in 3’30″5.

Sébastien Ogier improves Ligato's time to 3'18″4. " Everything is fine. There were a few traps on some of the turns. » The Frenchman from Volkswagen confirms that his objective remains the Power Stage points.

First on the road, Marcos Ligato (DS3) concluded this first ES in 3'27″3.

Note that the times seem to have been corrected since yesterday evening, because Ott Tänak, clocked in at the end of the third day at 11″5 behind Breen, is this morning classified at 9″1.

Here is the starting order for this last stage: 1. Ligato, 2. Ogier, 3. Gorban, 4. Al Qassimi, 5. Abbring, 6. Mikkelsen, 7. Ostberg, 8. Paddon, 9. Neuville, 10. Tänak, 11. Breen, 12. Latvala, 13. Meeke.