Rally Finland 2017
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The Power Stage will be contested from 12:18 p.m. and will be broadcast from 12:40 p.m. on the L’Équipe channel. Latvala signed the scratch in the first passage of Oittila by completing the 10,12km in 4’52”1.
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Huttunen remains solid leader of WRC 2 with more than 2 minutes ahead of Gilbert. Camilli remains 13s behind the Finn.
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Lappi was able to resume the connection after inspecting the suspension which seemed to have held. The Toyota driver got away with quite a scare.
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Lappi should have enough of a lead to maintain his position until the finish. Changing the wheel should have solved the problem, although the suspension seems to have suffered.
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Lappi is said to have damaged his left-rear suspension. The crew changed the wheel.
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Victory is not yet decided at Rally Finland. Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) dropped 7s to his teammate Juho Hänninen in the second pass of Lempää, but the leader of the event indicated that he was suffering from a mechanical problem.
Teemu Suninen (Ford) lost 19s after damaging his Fiesta WRC after spinning.
Juho Hänninen (Toyota) signed the scratch with Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) by completing the 6,8km of Lempää in 3'08''3. The first Finn took 1”1 from Elfyn Evans (Ford).
Esapekka Lappi maintains a lead of almost 38 seconds over his teammate Juho Hänninen. Elfyn Evans remains 3rd, moving 9 tenths from 2nd place. Teemu Suninen fell to 4th position almost 16s behind. Craig Breen (Citroën) remains 5th ahead of Thierry Neuville (Hyundai), Ott Tänak (Ford), Kris Meeke (Citroën), Dani Sordo (Hyundai) and Mads Ostberg (Ford).
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Latvala equals Hänninen’s scratch with a time of 3’08”3.
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Lappi dropped 7s on Hänninen. The leader of Rally Finland did not make extensive comments upon arrival, the Toyota driver having a problem with his Yaris WRC!
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Suninen’s Ford at the finish of SS24:
#RallyFinland #infoteam @TeemuSuninenRac SS24 pic.twitter.com/v4NbGNK6M3
— Marko Miettinen (@miettinen) July 30, 2017
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Suninen finished 19s behind Hänninen with damage to the front of his Toyota. The Finn finds himself almost 16s behind Evans in the general classification, falling to 4th place. “I spun. » His Ford suffered badly in his outing, the M-Sport driver could still lose places, with Breen less than 23 seconds from 4th place.
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Suninen lost 15s in the first partial. The Toyota driver risks losing his place on the podium.
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Hänninen took the provisional scratch with a time of 3’08″3 which allowed him to take 1″1 from Evans. The Toyota driver takes 3rd place from the Welshman by 9 tenths. “I didn’t push hard, that’s satisfactory. »
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Evans finished 6 tenths behind Tänak. The Dmack driver is a few seconds behind 2nd place. “I had a lot of oversteer. I didn't feel confident. We have to give everything in the Power Stage, we'll see what happens. »
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Breen sets the 4th provisional time, 3″8 behind the benchmark. The Citroën driver is 5th with 18 seconds ahead of Neuville in the general classification. “I won’t take any risks in the Power Stage. I have to finish. »
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Neuville is closest to Tänak with 2”6 behind. The Hyundai driver remains 6th with 22 seconds ahead of the Estonian. “We won't be able to do much about the Power Stage. This result is more important. We will try to do better in Germany. »
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Tänak improves the benchmark with a time of 3’08”8. The M-Sport driver is in 7th place.
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Meeke sets the 2nd provisional time, 3″8 behind Ostberg. “We suffered this weekend, it’s the hardest experience so far in my career. » The Citroën driver remains 8th.
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Sordo drops almost 5s in Ostberg and only has a 12s lead over the Norwegian before the Power Stage. “We’ll just try to finish and do better in Germany. I really want to do well on the asphalt. »
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Al Qassimi set a time of 3’31”1, quickly beaten by Ostberg with a time of 3’11”6. The Norwegian in 10th place is 3s behind Latvala's scratch achieved in the first pass.
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Al Qassimi set off in the second pass of Lempää.
